Constantinope and Warsaw items from London Gazette
From the London Gazette travel notes report progress of the plague in Constantinope and its absence at Smyrna. Warsaw reports the Diet meeting naming Count Milachowsky as Marshal and a confederation proposed by the King with assent. Copenhagen notes Swedish troops near Gorttenburgh and an eight day armistice agreed.
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Empresses Will and Polish Union Talk Amid Moves
Warsaw reports Lt Col Suip arrived from Petersbursh with the Empress decree on the Prussia demand. The Act of Confederation is not yet signed but provisional talks limit Diet debate. A Russian fleet heads toward Carlscrone while Swedish forces confront German auxiliaries near Gottenburgh and Gottenburgh. Excerpts note potential large Russian force nearby and peace hopes from Hugh Elliott.
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Gottenburgh
Royal Relapse Report and Global Dispatches 1788
London dateline reports the King’s relapse and Windsor to Kew withdrawal, Privy Council slave trade workup, Berlin dispatches, Danish and Swedish troop movements, a Dutch memorial for Colonel Cathcart, and naval arrivals. Noted are a Gottenburgh crisis with Danes, a Jewish land annexation fund in Constantinople, animal pelts fashion imagery, a French arret banning whale oil, and London Middlesex sittings through Michaelmas 1788.
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Ships and trials amid late 18th century London news
Dispatches from Jamaica arrive with reports of Majesty's ships Europa Expedition Amphion Aurora Alert Calypso and Signet safe at Falmouth. The East Indiaman Blachford reaches Margate Roads. Customs revenue soars past two million. Trials at Hicks's Hall feature journeymen strikes and Glover byelaws. pleas for mild sentences. Brighton horse mischief, Ramsgate pier work, Old Bailey deaths, and a treasure find of 345 doubloons from a suspected Portuguese captain’s former residence.
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Prize Hidden in Chimney Prompts Landlord's New Line
A prize found in the chimney of the room where he died signals a shift for the landlord now moving into a more profitable line of business. He treated all Iron-Gate customers and their companions to plentiful punch and excellent porter at the occasion.
Four Children Born to Northampton Couple
Northampton, October 25. On Saturday morning last the wife of Mr. Ralph Bulliman of Newnham in this county was safely delivered of four children, three girls and one boy. Two of the girls, with the mother, are in a fair way of doing well.
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London and regional obituaries and notices
Notices record deaths and notable life events across London and provinces. Samuel Thorley of Argyle street and others are named as debtors and mourners. Marriages include George Henry Johnston and Jane Campbell. literary figure William Julius Mickle celebrated for translations. Obituaries note Warren Lisle of Upway and the death of Richard Gardner, customs official, with details of motives and circumstances.
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A. G. Haynes
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Extraordinary testimony to Mr Spilsbury Drops London Sherborne paper
A letter from George Williams of Plymouth-dock attests the remarkable recovery in his seven month old child after long illness and a violent eruption. He credits four or five shilling bottles of Spilsbury Drops for restoring mobility and health, noting remaining swelling and holes healing with perseverance. The notice adds that Spilsbury's Drops are sold at the printing office and general medicine vendors across Britain and Ireland.
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Notice to creditors of the late William Francis Undertaker
Not 10 E. LL Persons who stand indebted to the Estate of Mr. WILLIAM FRANCIS, Undertaker, of the City of Bristel, deceased, must pay to Mr. JOHN MANWARING or Mr. HENRY WARNER at Maryport street. Demands should be sent in. The Undertaking business will be continued by his Widow.
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Irish State Lottery 1788 Ticket Prices and Draw Dates
Tickets registered at six-pence each. Prizes paid at offices as drawn. Irish Tickets £712 0s 0d. Various shares in the British Lottery also on sale, drawing begins February 16, 1789.
Turkish fortress surrenders after heavy siege
Friday and Saturday reports describe the surrender of a fortification after a second assault. Turkish defenders, 600 fit for service and 100 wounded, faced disarmament and allowed to depart with families to Bredor. Over 200 killed. fortress found no cannon but ample corn and military stores. A vast naval magazine forms for the Empress of Russia as a large North fleet is expected by year’s end. Tippo Saib ambassadors prepare to depart in a seventy four gun ship with frigates. another line of battle ship may join. England watches French naval preparations amid fears of pacific assurances.
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Royal gossip and war news from Windsor and beyond
News from London and Windsor reports Sir G. Baker visiting the king and the monarch starting a daily wine measure on medical advice. Charles Douglas to command in America, a pension to Wardhape, and renewed armistice terms with Sweden and Denmark under Prussian influence. Updates on Halifax and Jamaica dispatches, Manchester duke’s intestacy, a perjury indictment, and harsh desertion penalties in Laudobn’s army.
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