Moon Fortresses and Moonfarms Spark Public Debate
Articles from The Times and other papers dissect Professor Gruithuisen of Munich on lunar discoveries. While some papers hype fortress roads and cultivation traces on the Moon, others mock the claims as fanciful, citing the Moon’s visible features and a spoof letter from Baron Munchausen. A witty scholar argues the Moon’s “fortress” is a lunatic asylum, while observers note roadways, paths, and walls as plainly as earthly sites.
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London
Grsitiken
Munich
Varsely
Globe and Traveller
Frilieh Traveller
Courier
Jove
Public Ledger
Morning Herald
Constantinople
Madrid
Paris
Brittah Press
Morning Chronicle
Munchauser
Mourning Chronicle
Profeasor Gruithuisen
Prett
Harre Mountains
Gruithuisen
Monshee
Gardene
Tha Aist
Mer Dolland
Walla
Ayer
Edinburgh Review
Evotion Law Promartony And Office Succession
The report states Lorlillo is to be made Miter of the Kulls and the Attorney General Sir John Copley will replace the Noble Lord as Chief Justice. Tindall and Mr Shadwell are described as ingationed by Hert as successors to the present attorney general.
London vocalist attempts suicide after hairdressing scene
A London scene on Oxford Street ends with an aristocratic woman, aged about 80, seeking a quick hairdo before a Royal Theatre debut. After delivery of a long letter and a rejected reply, she poisons herself and is rushed to care. The incident follows a tumultuous domestic life and infidelity leading to abandonment by her family.
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London
Oxford-street
Royal Theatres
Hia
Dreay
Tega
Baton
Burt
Death of Sir Thomas Maitland Reported in Gazette
The Malta Government Gazette announces the melancholy and unexpected death of Sir Thomas Maitland and his interim government, with detailed medical narration of his decline. Attendants and officials, including Dr Broadfoot and Sir Ht Plaskett, were present as he faded and died after several hours of distress, with notes of dispatches and final words amid a sequence of visits.
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Sir Thomas Maitland
Malta
Matta
Fox
Government
MM. Power
Thomas Maitland
Exce Honey
Broadfoot
Hageloney
Meliont Aasicouen
Hroatfoot
Ke Plaskett
Girieves Eames
Ty ceHleney
Plis
Army pays three months malpayment for reduced officers
The Army announces three months' malpayment for reduced officers of His Majesty's Land Forces including Irish Establishment. payments begin Tuesday. Orders send the Queen's Own Light Dragoons from Brighton to Hampton Court, and a Hussars troop moves from Canterbury to Chichester via Maidstone. The 48th Regiment joins the East India establishment with officer augmentation, while the 95th returns to Southampton from Fort Cumberland.
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Mth
Apri
Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons
Elussary
Moniay
Brighton
Hampton Court
15Th
Husaara
O'Donnell
Maidstone
Canterbury
Chichester
Tth Hussars
East India Establishment
95Th
Dudly Will
Southampton
Fort Cumberland
Robert Pay Stokes
Oliver Stokes
John G Cathbert
A.c.a
Coghlan
Ortry
Military Promotions In British Army March 1810
Officers receive exchanges and promotions across regiments including from half pay to active ranks. Notable changes feature Col. C. W Pyndham to lieutenant colonel, Lieut. Lonsdale to adjutant, and several captains and ensigns advancing by purchase or via exchange, with several half pay appointments and retirements recorded.
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Ub21
Roth Ragt
Bight Bragsona
Dlient
C. W Pyndham
Bir GA
Quetin
Lonsdale
Vier Grey
W H. Foote
RK. Weld
John Dunn
T. Monckton
Cape Corps
W. Gill
New Brunswick
M. Clamberlain
M. Lushington
Purc Chase
Copel
Regiment of Life Guards
J. M.caskill
Purchase
Snplevy
D. Silver
M'Caskill
Ensign J. Little
Silver
Philip WU
Musigu Ty
Little
Rights of Landlords and Civil Bill Decrees Case
In a notable Record Court session Lord Glengall won treble damages for goods distrained for rent after a Civil Bill Decree. A separate action by Catherine Drought against John O Shaughnessy sought double value for cattle seized under a civil bill, but the Chief Justice ruled the statute offered relief only to defendants in decrees and dismissed the suit.
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Glengall
John M'Graith
Edmond Mullany
Lord Glengall
Earl of Glengall
Record Court
Catherine Drought
Ballybrig
Kints
John O'Shaugnessy
Floncren
Robert Drought
Dunkerrin
King's County
Lenigan
Dixon
Birth notices from scattered lines amid older column
Fragmentary 18th or 19th century birth announcements list numerous ladies of noble and gentry families in Britain Irel and beyond. Mentions several **names** and places such as Mountjoy Square denoting Ireland and London addresses, with multiple newborns and designations like son or daughter across Galway Limerick Cork and Edinburgh areas.
Wheat and grain market notes from Dowry and Co and others
Market reports from Dowry Coun Excravoz Mason and other ports describe tight wheat supply, limited sales, and steady or slightly reduced prices for milling wheat barley oats and flour. Butter bacon pork and cheese prices show minor shifts while flaxseed and rye markets reflect slack demand and scattered auction activity.
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Mason
Green Park
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Newry
Archbishop confirms 170 girls and 57 boys on the 23rd inst
The Courier reports Archbishop of Dublin confirmed 170 girls and 57 boys on the 23rd inst at St James's Church Mn Scannett. Other items note a York death rumor about Mr Scarlett denied by The Globe and Traveller and further health updates on Sir Thomas Poitier and others.
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Dublin
St. James's Church
Courier of
York
Sage
Globe and Treveller
Scarlet
Scarlett
Mc Scarlett
Scarlett On Emlay Mort
Sir Phomas Poitier
The
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Cou
Bos Dhet
eThiinppuhar Baroni
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