Majestys Council appoints Portland and others in Ireland
The London Gazette reports King appoints William Henry Duke of Portland as Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland. George Duke of Manchester and other Household officials take their places. Promotions include Earl of Tankerville and Earl Carteret as Post-Master General. Naval officers reorganized from April 8 to 13 1782. News from Bombay confirms Hyder Ally defeated and Negapatnam surrendered to the Company. The Pope visits the Emperor and Archduke Maximilian with Mass and ceremonies.
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St. James's
JIS
William Henry Duke of Portland
Kingdom of Ireland
George Duke of Manchester
Thomas Earl of Effingham
Peter Earl of Ludlow
George Yonge
Earl of Tankerville
Henry Frederick Carteret
James Douglas
George Lord Viscount
North America
West Indies
T. Townshend
Buffora
Bombay
Coste
Hyder
Sir Eyre
Bengal
Arcot
Sadras
Pulicat
Binilipatam
Medras
Chinfura
Coote
Revenge
Negapatnam
Coromandel
London Ganette
Negarat
Ganges
Hugueley
Maximilian
Maja
M. Ponzetti
Maria Theresa
Holy Father
Fire at Keremith-Machalefi ruins 600 houses in Constantinople
In Constantinople on February 16 a severe fire destroyed about 600 houses in Keremith-Machalefi with five deaths. The Grand Admiral rescued three near-perishing individuals and the Grand Visit gathered refugees into a mosque to warm and feed them amid a violent snowstorm. The report continues with a March 27 note referencing Saturday the 23d.
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Constantinople
Keremith-Machalefi
Hmself
Ipnna
William Ler
James
Harman
Pali
British appointments and disturbances in London and Ireland
London reports detail new ministerial appointments including Cholmondeley as Steward and Derby as Groom of the Stole, with Shelburne and Pye shaping naval and colonial posts. Notes on peerages, a plan to abolish sinecures, and a Quebec fleet convoy. Also covered are a Nottingham mail robbery verdicts, a Magdalen Street tragedy, Old Bailey sentences, and local murders in Gloucestershire with a father killing his son.
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London
Earl of Cholmondeley
Lord Talbot
Houthold
Earl of Derby
Earl of Ashburnham
Maurice Morgan
America
Guy Carleton
Lord Shelburne
Mr. Nepean
Lord Shuldham
Newfoundland
Fisher
General Burgoyne
Ireland
Royal Hospital
Liffey
Portsmouth
Quebec
John Johnson
William Johnson
Province of
Canada
Campbell
Cooper Hall
Nottingham
Newark
Magdalen
Exeter
Thomas Spindlow
Jeremiah Strange
Robert Hudson
Oxfordshire
Samuel Strode
Old Bailey
Gloocester
John Harris
Whaddon
Crimes At Severn Cast City And Aure Village
A brutal assault ends with a man bound and beaten, described as shocking. In Aure a fisherman Matthews is found murdered with severe head injuries. Suspected Phelps is released after magistrate proceedings due to lack of proof.
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Aure
Severn
Matthews
Phelps
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Thomas
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Baister
Ohn Morgan
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Bristol Hotwells
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Thursay
Great-Britain
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Milton
Ow. Lee
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Hartwell
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St. Paul's Church-Yard
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