Court of Directors grants shipbuilding for 1800 service
London notices from India House report Meff. Wilsons obtaining permission to build an 800 ton vessel for 1800 service. Nelson dispatch details, maritime dispatches, and reactions across the fleet are shared. Court adjourns till Wednesday. Illumination, naval appointments, and mock mob incidents are described.
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Syria
Aleppo
Buonaparte
Grand Cairo
India
H. Nelson
Rosetta
Alexandria
Guerrier
Nelson
England
J Saumarez
Orion
Bellerophon
Alexander
Majestic
Theseus
Goliath
Defence
Lord St. Vincent
Board of Admiralty
R. Curtis
W. Parker
Cambridge
R. Allen
William and Ann
Italy
Messina
Duncan
Lieut
Bolton
Admiralty
Carleton-house
Birch
Lowe
Horse-guards
Local Gentry Gather in York and Edinburgh as November Burns Night
SATURDAY Oct. 6 reports Sir Ed. Lacon sworn as Mayor of Yarmouth with prominent guests including Lord Duncan and Sir R. Onslow. Edinburgh elects Sir J Stirling Lord Provost with Baillies J Wyre and others. Worsley corn-mill fires destroying property valued around 30001. Hilstone encampment tents blown down by storm. troops march to Hull. Peter Martin executed near Chester for firing at the Acteor’s boat crew during impress service. Details note his Whitehaven birth and age.
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Ed. Lacon
Yarmouth
Lord Duncan
R. Onslow
J. Stirling
Bart
Edinburgh
J. Wyre
G. Spankie
Hilstone
Hull
Peter Martin
Bouchton
Chester
Acteor
Iniersey
Liverpool
Ed. Murphy
Henry
Whitehaven
Nelson Granted Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe
From the London Gazette the King grants the dignity of Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe to Sir Horatio Nelson K B Rear Admiral of Blue Squadron and the heirs male of his body. Advance from Constantinople reports declares war with the Grand Signior against the French and the French minister sent to the Castle of the Seven Towers. Also lists bankrupts and tradesmen docketed at Guildhall and other notices.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Horatio Nelson
K. B
Blue
Baron Nelson
the Nile
Burnham Thorpe
Epidemic watch orders at Copenhagen and Greek uprisings
News from Copenhagen reports vigilance for ships from Dantzic amid an epidemic scare though later notes say the distemper is not infectious. A quarantine committee is set up in Stubkieping and Swendburg. Other items mention Gibraltar fleet arrivals, Kosciuszko aiding Polish asylum in Italy, Nelson’s impact on Vienna, a Russian squadron’s departure, and Greek revolutionary unrest with the tree of liberty planted at Arta Epirus aided by French troops at Corfu.
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Copenhagen
Dantzic
Stubkieping
Swendburg
Gibraltar
Kosciusko
Paris
Italy
Admiral Nelson
Vienna
Rufsian
Illineur
England
Mediterranean
Greece
Arta
Epirus
Mosea
Corfu
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Coldstream Regiment
R. Burnet
Sir Robert
Portsmond
Wandsworth
Charses
Ripley
Parliam-nt-street
Hanover
Quebec
Mr. Baffett
Buckingham
Strand Green
Croydon
THE
London Gazette
L . W. Stokoe
Mariner
Guildhall
W. Badley
Cleveland-street
W. Westley
Birmingham
A. Morrice
the Star Brewhouse
Surry
W.tibbs
Richmond
G. Bleckley
Godmanchester
Hunting
J. Adamson
Catenton-street
Finen-Draper
We Taylor
Woodlesford
Yorkshire
Potter
Atking and Seagar
Dudley
Worc
Iora
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