Death of the Grand Signior and accession of Selim III
From Constantinople April 7 reports the Grand Signior died after a fainting spell and apoplexy. Selim the Third, born 1761, ascended the Ottoman throne with usual Seraglio ceremonies as cannon proclaimed the accession. St Petersburgh April 24 notes General Moushkin takes command in Finland with Lieutenant General Michelson joining the army.
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London Gazette
Constantinople
Turkey
Esterday
Porte
Pahaw
Seraglio
Selim the Third
St. Petersburgh
Rusia
Count Moushkin
Finland
Michelson
Royal Birthday Observances And International Tensions
London dispatches describe royal preparations for the king’s birthday at St James’s with the, gala at the French ambassador’s and a crowded drawing room. Reports recount reactions to the king’s horse fall, health, and high society watching closely. Eurasian war news note Russian actions in Moldavia and Wallachia, Ottoman Turkish defeats, and proposed name change for Oczakow. France’s political shifts and May events of 1789 are linked, with Paris parliament moves and States General openings drawn into comparative history.
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Col. Goldsworthy
Plender
England
George Baker
Duke of Clarence
Eden
Madrid
Spain
Rasha
France
Danube
Ruschuck
Silifirsa
Moldavia
Wallachia
Oczakow
Saint Nicholas
St. Petersburgh
Cronstadt
Sweden
Paris
States General of
States General
M. d’Espremenil
House of Peers
Iland
St. Marguerite
Eo Sability
States Enteral
Cee
Impeachment session worries and public life notes
A tobacco of varied items reports on impeachment delays, fashion statements from managers, charitable acts in Liverpool and Manchester aiding debtors, and the rising use of public benevolence. It cites trials, ship appointments, canal opposition petitions, and Newgate convicts being sent to Portmouth.
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Apentator
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Liverpool
Palatine of Lancaster
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Society of Arts
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Neil
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John Lewis Stone
Avon Street
Temple
John Banfield
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Lazarus Jacobs
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Walter Wilson
Hannah Golding
Hannah Canning
John Hawk
Wolves
Haan Golding
Bristo
D. Bure Bbiot
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Levant
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Messrs. Robinson and Brooks
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Charles Bannister
Sihiee Staples
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Marchant
Mr. Hayman
Maredant’s Drops
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Logan
Royal Inirmary
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James M‘culloch
Kirkholm
No. 11
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J. Hayman
New-York
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Almondsbury
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Ohn
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Frome
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Edingworth
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WedNesway
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