Plague news from Algiers and court proclamations
From the London Gazette March 10 reports authentic intelligence of plague breaking out at Algiers and raging at Constantinople, with government precautions. Vienna letters March 12 note Emperor's arrival at Trieste, review of port defenses, and departure for Fame. The Gazette includes the king's proclamation recalling seamen from foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Constantinoe
Vienna
Trieste
Lond. Gazette
Speech of Speaker on Irish Money Bills 1785 Approval
The Right Hon. Mr. Speaker addresses Lord Lieutenant General George Grenville Nugent at the bar of the House of Lords. He extols Ireland's 1785 tax increases, praised public credit, commerce, and prosperity under liberal supplies, and notes the Commons grant of supplies for Royal Assent. The House then votes thanks to the Speaker for his speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker
Geo
Grenville Nugent Tempple
Commons
British Regiments for East India Voyages Announced
London reports outline regiments 74th through 77th bound for East India duties. The 74th, led by Sir Archibald Campbell, remains home to recruit and complete establishments for the other three regiments, totaling 2,150 men. Cabinet approved plan in August amid Cornwallis representations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East India
Sir Archibald Campbell
Lord Cornwallis
Spain
St. Roch
Russia
Rusha
Portugal
Cork
Limerick
Galway
Belfast
Dublin
Oporto Comp
Ireland
John Adams
Europe
Great Britain
Holland
Prussia
Saxony
Sardinia
France
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Bank of England
Paris
M. de Lanlade
Journal de Paris
Strange Wonders and Lottery Prizes In Early News
The piece narrates marvels of the era from women bearing rabbits to men eating fowls at meals and a bet about a cat, while noting a single 10,000 prize in a lottery and the lottery's potential resurgence. It also reports births, vagrancy actions in Essex, a maid killed by a kettle incident, executions for murder in Thetford and Worcester, and a Charlestown dispatch about Georgia’s plea for aid against Indians, plus a brutal murder at Tallow, Waterford with a woman killed and a child harmed.
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le Falmont
Mary Duras
Madame Fortune
Divide & Impera
Mab
Chester
Jade
Fortune
Dash
Kensington Square
Essex
Crafton
Walton Grange
Staffordshire
Thetford
Henry Sell
Elizabeth Clark
William Clark
Farrier
Wal Hoken
Wisbech
Joseph Saunders
Fea
Worcester
J. Thomas
William Welton
Longdon
Thomas Ford
Weston
Panstett
Charlestown
Butler
House of Representatives
Georgia
Congress
Tallow
Waterford
Gosip
Five Hearings Open on Ties and Discovery of Reason
Five hearings explore the ties and motives behind a case. The panel scrutinizes evidence to uncover the reasons driving actions and decisions that shaped the dispute.
Clergy Moves and Local Executions Reported
Winchester reports Dr Butler removed from Oxford to Hereford and resigns a prebend, with Dr Warton receiving it. Execution carried out near the city for William Marrett and Charles Sainsbury. Manchester notes a well sinking accident at Kerfal-moor crushes a worker, leaving a widow and four children destitute in Thomas-street.
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Winchester
Butler
Oxford
Hereford
Warton
William Marrett
Charles Sainsbury
Manchester
Kerfal-moor
Thomas-street
Lottery prizes and bankrupt notices across London and Bristol
The morning drawing completed with numbers 21933 and others, awarding gold prizes while thousands of tickets were cast. Bankruptcy notices issued March 23 to several trades including a bedstead-maker and a coach harness maker, with further listings through April and May across Bristol Warwick Poole and Birmingham plus notable deaths and marriages including Mr Robert Pearce and Lady Wilmot.
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Whitehall
John Noble
Coldbath
Isaac Thorne
Henry Davis
Exeter
George Gardner
St. Martin’s-lane
Middlesex
John Jones
Liverpool
John Clark
Mumfordcourt
Joleen Loggins the Younger
Newnham
Glocestershire
White Lion
Broadstreet
Bristol
Chinn
Divipenns
Thomas Collins
Warwick
White Swan
Walter Bradley
Stourbridge
Crown Inn
Cratificate
Thomas Wall
Maltster
Marrien
Robert Pearce, Mercer
Admiral Byron
Newgate
Henry Sterne
Harry
George
Duke of Beaufort
Tiverton
Robert Avery
Lady Armytage
George Armytage
Poole
Samuel Welch
Birmingham
Baskerville
John Baskerville
Edwards Freeman
Steyning
Margaret Ford
Ford
Bedford-in
Hadwen
Yealand
Jancaster
Holt Castle
Worcester
Countesss Dowger
Coventry
Glenco Clan Recall During 1745 Rebellion
An anecdote recounts Glenco clan quarters near Lord Stair's house in 1745. The Pretender feared they would recall a massacre warrant signed by the Earl of Stair's father and sent guards to the house. The clan left the rebel army. upon inquiry they said the affront was being suspected of planning injuries to the innocent son.
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Glenco
Lord Stair
Public Auction of City Lands and Premises
City surveyors announce bids on multiple lots in King Street and surrounding streets. Properties include houses, warehouses, a ruinous tenement, and a tollhouse near Queen Charlton with annual chief rents. Lot 7 offers a seven year rental with certain conditions. Auction at Council House on April 26. payment terms include ten guineas earnest and leases prepared by specific attorneys.
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James Palmer
Queen Square
Bristol
City of
Houshold
N. B
Alexander Edgar
King-street
Nir
Fuffel
Mason
Kingstreet
Goat Alehouse
Stephen Thomas
Little King- Street
Rich. Gwyther
Thomas Coulihring
Messrs
Bush
Winpeanys
Pipe-Lane
Frog-Lane
Bartholomew Doyle
Per Ann
Pithay
Wm. Cherry
Perann
Duck-Lane
David Evans
Tolzey-House
Queen Charlton
Somerset
John Boulter
Arthur Browne
Edward
Richard Parkers
Ro. Hawkswell
Council House
Queen's pregnancy rumors and King’s Birthday plans in London
London dispatches report a claimed pregnancy of the Queen with no court confirmation. They note preparations for a grand Knights of the Bath installation on May 19 and cite various political and naval developments including trade, treaties, and proclamations. The piece also mentions excise reform talk, Gibraltar tensions, Jamaica intelligence, and troop movements to the East Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Knights of the Bath
St. James's
William Henry
Barbadoes
Holland
United States
England
Prussia
Privy Council
Bay of
Gibraltar
Lord Heathfield
Jamaica
Cape Francois
France
Portsmouth
East Indies
India
Middlesex
Alexander Lord Loughborough
His
Consol
Utrecht
Paris
William Bishop
Royal Exchange
de Cacher
Berties
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The
London Gazette
Treland
House of Commons
Country News
Artisis
Thomas Beckwick
F. A
Hades
G. Riiey
Ludgate Street
Messrs. Norton
Bulgin, Browne
Riley
High Court of Chancery
John Somers
Nempnett
Ebwire
Deceas
John Orn
Lincoln’s Inn
Utk
County of Monmouth
Lanover
Abergavenny
Howell Powell
Bris
Exchange
WiLliam Powe
William Powel
John Hughes
WN. B
Glocester
Mesfrs
Nibletts
Stroud
Joseph Grazebrook
Cirencester
Samuel Rudder
Wotten
New Bristol
Foreign Affairs
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