Clyde Defeats French Frigate La Vettale in Action
Royal Navy ship Clyde engages two French frigates off Rochefort. La Vettale surrenders after heavy damage. Sageffe escapes. Crew lists show multiple killed and wounded on both sides. Includes notes on officers, ship roles, and subsequent public notices from Weymouth and Stockport.
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Clodéy Plumbbath Sound
Cordovan
Tix
la Vettale
Monsieur P. M. Gaspard
Clyde
Sagerle
Garrone
Kerr
Aktion
Vestale
St. Domingo
Passage
Rochefort
Sageffe
Guaaloupe
Gatt
John Hurne
John. Tucker
Collins
John Gardner
la Vettalé
C. Cunningham
Royal Family Attends Service and Anglers Enjoy Esplanade
The Royal Family attended a Weymouth church service where Rev Dr Chapman preached from St John. 13 17 The King walked the Esplanade and Queen and Princesses joined a Sands airing after a barracks supper with country dances led by Gen Goldsworthy. News records several local incidents including a drowning in Honiton and a manslaughter verdict in Warwick jail.
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Weymouth Church
Chapman
Trinity College
Oxford
St. John’s Gospel
Charlotte
Goldsworthy
William ‘Pitt
Lord Viscount Howe
George Lenox
Duke of York
Wiliam Fawcett
Sarah Penelope Stanley
Ayrshire Fencibles
Fae
Bath
Honiton
Lykes
St. John’street
Lynes
London
Bridge
Thames
Warwick Gaol
William Hicks
Thomas Maddocks
James
Bank of England
Edward Neagle
Sir Edward
Edward
Seduction Charge Involving Child in Clare Market Case
Mary Newell appeared before the mapistrate on a seduction charge for taking an infant girl ages three to four from home with intent to steal. Witnesses stated she enticed the child in Bear Yard Clare Market offering a halfpenny to go to the fields, amid a scene involving violence by Sarah Page and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Newell
Sarah Fotherby
Sarah Page
Bearyard
Clare-market
Convictions under new act over parcel carriage at Lincoln’s Inn Fields
A trial in London heard two convictions under Parliament’s parcel carriage act. George Boulton, Golden Cross Inn Charing Cross, fined five shillings plus costs for delivering a parcel without proper ticket. George May, Cross Keys Inn Grace Church Street, fined five shillings for overcharging and tampering with the ticket. Fenes have offered to serve in the navy coastwise. A Swedish ship captured en route to Cadiz was retaken by a French privateer, then released after Madrid demanded payment. Sweden’s property dispute led to dismantling of the ship.
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Lincoln's Inn-Fields
Nicks Bond , Esq
George’Boulton
George
Cross-keys-inn
Grace
Church-Street
Fea Fencibles
Thames
Land's-end
Cadiz
Bourdeaux
Court of
Madrid
REPORT ON JULY AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE KINGDOM
The July report notes heavy weather harming southern hay crops and flood damage in northern districts, with exhausted old stalks and poor first-cuttings. Second hay crops look promising, but excessive wetness damaged corn, lodging may prevent reuse. Corn harvests will be late but near average. grain harvests few. Potatoes appear favorable. grain prices are high and rising.
Deaths in Britain and Ireland Across Several Localities
Notices report multiple deaths including Robert Dunmore of Ballikinrain, Mary Eleanor Gaitheh, Gilbert Barkly, Mrs Blackburne of Richmond, Mrs Strattenh of Hackney, Miss Sarah Neave of Watford, John Batkerville of Bishopsgate, Mr Sergeant of Greentree, Miss Sarah Moale of Covent Garden, Charles Townsend, General Lascelles, Mrs Tottie of Oxford Street, and Thomas Holt of Redgrave, with ages and titles where given.
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Ballikinrain
Scotland
Robert Dunmore
Mary Eleanor Gaithkeh
Thomas Gaitskell
Bermondsey
Bath
Gilbert Barkly
Richmond
Yorkshire
Blackburne
Archdeacon Blackburne
Grove
Hackney
Strattenh
Thomas Stratten
Watford
Sarah Neave
Edward Neave
Cornelius Deane
John Batkerville
Bishopsgate
Greentreet
Grosvenor-square
Sergeant
Sarah Moale
Moals
Rainbow Coffee Hous
Kingstreet
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J. C. Jenkin
Clock Mills
Clifford
Hereford
Hay
Breton
J Horsfield
Manchester
Francis Hiltidge
Market-place
Manchrester
Allen
South Shields
Derham
Merchant
Shakespeare Tavern
Newcastle-non-Tyne
R. Henderson
Sun
Bishopsgate-street
Guildhall
W. Grigg
Wickham Market
Suffolk
Guildhal
J. Yates
R.grimshaw
Gorton
Lancaster
J. Grimshaw
Mannchester
Merchants
E. Morris
Shrewsbury
Salop
T Jones
Liverpool
Lanrcatter
J. Withers
Bristol
Cordwainer
J. Alcock
Butcher Row
St. Clement Danes
Tobacconust
J. Donkin
Wakeheld
York
Bo Newlyn
New Alresford
Southampton
W. Back
Marchard Bishop
Devon
Amelia
Monckton-hill
Weymouth
Royal Dragoons
Goldworthy
Ridgeway-hill
Fernight
Stockport
Jenkins
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