News and Orders From the London Gazette July 27
The dispatch reports Me dows and forces reaching Bombay on January 6, relief of Tellicherry with two battalions, and the capture of Sordan Dawn with 50 cannon, plus vast spoils. It notes appointments for Receiver General and Navy Treasurer, prizes taken near Portsmouth and Whitby, and a major East Indies action between French and British fleets near Pondicherry. It covers Gibraltar relief plans and Holland’s resolve to reinforce the Dutch navy, plus assorted legal sentences and local notices across England.
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Meadows
Johnstone
India
Bombay
East India Company
Tellicherry
Abingdon
Sordan Dawn
Hyder
St. James’s
Rng
Isaac Barre
His Majesty’s Guards
Henry Dundas
Scotland
East-Indies
Constantinople
Marc
Mons
d’Orves
Sir Edward Hughes
Pondicherry
Edw
Mauritius
Edward Hughes
King
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Jamaica
Lord Howe
Southampton
Plymouth
Hague
States General
Republick
England
Holland
Suffolk
Stowmarket
Sir Edward Newenham
House of Lords of Ireland
Exeter
Devonshire
Francis Lathey
William Rose
Pollard
John Cullyhorn
John Carney
Rebecca Downing
Richard Jarvis
John Patmore
Shrewsbury
Sarah Turner
Mary Davies
Hannah Jones
Anne Smith
Derby
Diamond mine discovery sparks clashes near Rio de Janeiro
Advices from Rio Janeiro report a newly found diamond mine near the city prompting the Court to dispatch a yacht. King's officers faced violent resistance from the discoverers, with casualties on both sides. Geneva notes the Council of Two Hundred forming a commission of 800 to craft a pacification plan based on the edict of 1738.
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Lisson
Funers
Rio Janeiro
Geneva
Fulyg
Council of
News of Dutch War Reaches Indian Ports and Conquests
An India Gazette Extraordinary report from Calcutta dated February 18, 1782 notes Indiamen returning from China learned of a Dutch War. They attacked Padang and three other settlements at Bencoolen, with no losses, then Major Abingdon captured Mehe after Tillicherry fell.
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India Gazette
Calcutta
Madras
Bencoolen
China
Padang
Tillicherry
Abingdon
Mehe
Heider
Bishops Barrington and Watson Appointed to See Salisbury and Llanff
London July 27 The Hon and Rev Dr Barrington Bishop of Llandaff kissed the King's hand on translation to Salisbury See, and a Watson likewise named Bishop of Llan aff. Holyrood House saw the election of a Scottish representative peer to replace the late Earl of London with the Earls Buchan and Lauderdale as candidates. Lauderdale won by two votes.
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Barrington
Llandaff
Salisbury
Watson
Llanaff
Holyrood-house
Earl of London
Earls of Buchan
Lauderdale
Demands on Estate of William Mongo Deceased
Bristol July 26 1782 All persons with claims on the estate of William Mongo late lieutenant in the Ninety-seventh Regiment of Foot who went to America in 1768 must file accounts with Mrs Hatstone or Mrs Mary Mowano administrator of Wat Monro. Those indebted to the estate or holding his goods or effects must pay and deliver them to the administrator without further notice or face legal action.
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Bristol
William Mongo
Deceas
America
Hatstone
Mary Mownao
Monro
Swinfen’s Electuary and Related Pills Advertised Remedies
An advertisement lists STONE and GRAVEL remedies with Swinfen’s Electuary, PULLIN’S Antiscorbutic and Female Pills, and Swinfen’s Infallible Ointment for the ITCH. It notes price points, extensive cures, and the distribution network across pharmacies and shopkeepers in Leicester Bristol Bath Cirencester Gloucester and other towns.
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Swinfen
Pullin
Leicester
Godfrey
Bateman
Turlington
Walker
Squire
Stoughton
Radcliffe
Hooper
Anderson
Hadfiei
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