Siege of Gibraltar Dominates Paris News
Paris reports ongoing siege chatter from St Roch camp with details of August actions. English forces reportedly reached the parapet, burned a fortification, and faced strong resistance before retreating to the fortress. Floating batteries showed surprising effectiveness as land and sea batteries near readiness for mid September.
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Paris
Gibraltar
St. Roch
Asth
Duc de Crillon
M. d’Arcon
Retirement and appointments at the Navy Board and Dublin visit
London reports Timothy Brett retires after 37 years on the Navy Board with George Rogers named successor. Earl Temple arrives in Dublin, reviews at Phoenix Park, and Lord Portland stance. Letters nominate regiments to bear Warwick and Yorkshire West Riding names. Baltic fleet news arrives with vast naval stores and prizes from Canada. Reading fair lists cheese prices. ships and crews faced losses and repairs.
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London
Timothy Brett
Navy Board
George Rogers
Earl Temple
Dublin
Phoenix Park
Duke of Portland
Lord Temple
Thomas Townsend
Warwick
Conway
Earl Cornwallis
Regiment of Foot
Yorkshire West Riding
Flamborough Head
General Post Office
Roebuck
Plymouth
New York
Susannah
Johnson
Downs
Quebec
Canada
Trowbridge
Rountree
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Lord Howe
Scilly
le Robelois
Rochelle
Ireland
Galway
Matty
Bartlett
Poole
Newfoundland
Bay of Bulls
Grafton
Maitland
Brune
Woolwich
Bickerton
Commodore Bickerton
East Indies
Reading Fair
Remarkable Wheat Field At Portwood Lanashire
News notes a fine wheat field with heads eight inches long, reports on Clutterbuck the bank clerk fleeing with food, and outlines a French court decision about extradition. It also covers a spate of burglaries, a candle fire that killed a stable worker, a major fire at Boreatton, and naval intelligence from Falmouth and Lisbon.
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Harrison
Portwood
Lancashire
Clutterbuck
St. Omer’s
France
Fitzherbert
England
Arm of Justice
Egham
Miss Stevenson
Gates
Linton
Well-street
Jewin-street
Wood-street
Compter
Woolwich
Sea Service
Boreatton
Shropshire
Rowland Hunt
John Edwards
Edwards
Falmouth
King George
Lisbon
Gibraltar
N.S. de Bom Fim
East-Indies
Cape of Good-Hope
Mons. de Buffy
Mont. de Buffy
Cape
False-Bay
Bristol State Lottery Ticket Prices and Sales Format
State Lottery tickets and shares sold by James Cassin in Small Street Bristol. Tickets and shares registered at sixpence per number. Shares priced as Half 8 shillings 150? Eighth 1 24 Fourth 4 Sixteenth 1 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cassin
Small-Street
Bristol
Creditors of John Thurston Estate Urged to Settle Debts
Persons indebted to the estate of John Thurston late of Tirley in Gloucestershire cyder merchant are to pay to W Jarvis attorney at law Newent Gloucestershire by Tuesday October 1 at the dwelling house of Mr Wittis The George in Wine street Bristol or be proceeded against. Creditors with demands must deliver accounts at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thurston
Tirley
Glocefier
W. Jarvis
Newent
Glocefiershire
Wittis
George
Wine-street
Bristol
British Magazine and Review
Universal Miscellany
Contalning
Earl of Shelburne
Lord Ashburton
Dutchess of
Kingston
Sessions House
Middlesex
Bartolozzi
Joshua Reynolds
Earl of Mansfield
Carn Woop
Oliver Cromwell
Philosophical Transactions
Paris
Morad
Abima
London
Review and Guardian of Literature
John Scott
Robertson, Stuart
Home
James Ripley
Red Lion
Barnet
Harrison and Co
Paternofter-Row
Chew
Sellick
Bulgin
Smith
Great Britain
Ireland
Destruction of Woods and Game at Stawell Manor
Bristol dated Sept 3 1782 reports ongoing depredations on woods coppices and game within Stawell Manor Somerset owned by Henry Goopwin Esq. as ill disposed persons continue to destroy property, with measures proposed to prevent further evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Stawell
Somerset
Henry Goopwin
Lottery Tickets and Shares Offered at Cornhill Office
John Barnes Pearce advertises in Halves Quarters Eighths and Sixteenths of Lottery Tickets with secure stamps from Stamp Office and lists prizes won including 20000 10000 5000. He claims twelve profitable lotteries and offers free schemes and registered numbers with daily fate updates by post. Also offers stock and government securities trading and speedy post handling of letters on lottery business funds and more.
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London
His
John Barnes Pearce
Cornhill
Cox
England
South Sea
India
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Dalby
J. Dalby
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
T. Cocking
E. Shiercliff
J. Chew
E. Palmer
Abr. Brown
J.norton
W. Bulgin
W. Jackson
S.and
J. Fitchew
W. Pine
M.thompson
Bonner and Middleton
T. Mills
Mr. Newbery
Joseph Dunn
Jun
Samuel Stevens
St. Peter-street
Dolphin Street
Willliam Lupton
Ames
I. Maudlin-Lane
Michaelmas
George Inn
CatHe-street
John Wolfe
George Cooper
Mary Monro
Hatstoney
Dighton Street
Authon
Swan-Inn
Tuvornsury
Glocester
Innermead
Newbridge Leaves
Hampton Paddock
Swanacres
Swinwalls
Great Newbridge
Little Newbridge
Great Leaze
Moorton
Thornbury
Joan CuLnimore
Weymouth
Lamb-Inn
Broad-Mead
Brifil
Crown
Tissursdays
Hillman, Biiale, and Co
Carn Woon
Spor
Ietz
Heath
Stothard
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