Sporting Intelligence New Market First October Meeting 179%
Betting lines from the New Market meeting on Saturday October 6 show a sequence of two year olds and older horses racing for varied purses. Notable entries include Mr Barton's c by Diomed, Ld Clermont's Volante, Scanderbeg, Vermin, Quick, and Mercutio, with placings and weights listed. Crossed by many seven to four and six to four odds, the page records multiple races across different courses and weights with strong emphasis on named owners and horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Ft
V. Barton’s c
Diomed
Dennis-O
My. Dawson’s c
Garrick
Mopfey
Barton
C. Ld
Clermont
Volante
Fox
O’kelly
C. Slack
Ulvies
Ld. Foley
Vermin
D. of York
B.c. Pyraimon
Anvil
R.M. Rooas
Vernon
Quick
Mr. Montolieu
Anthony
Wilson
Mr. Fox
Mercutio
Sir C. Bunbury
D. I
Harbours at Leith Crowded with 105 Vessels
Edinburgh reports Leith harbour crowded with 105 ships and craft, carrying 16,200 tons. Ships struggle to unload and depart, with only two tides to clear, risking detention if more vessels arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Leith
The Wealth of Seneca
Fragmentary satirical verse about Seneca and his supposed wealth and lifestyle. Notes a spendthrift friend, a cynical tone toward moral preaching, and accusations of gluttony and drink. Contains garbled OCR prose but centers on Seneca’s rich image and critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
The French War Situation Analyzed by Opposing Powers
The piece weighs cautious judgments on Brunswick's withdrawal and the likelihood of Allied plans in France. It argues the Duke retreated for strategic realignment, not defeat, and contemplates routes via Chalons Grand Pre to Paris while noting winter risks and the broader struggle involving emigres, provinces, and prospective conquests in Flanders Lorraine and Alsace.
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Dumemier
France
Briffells
Duke of Brunswick
Grand Prd
St. Ierehould
Marne
Cat
Natal
Liberty
M. Durcurier
Coat de
Coat de Shouklefabt
Brafsells
Duke of
Brunsw
Grand Pré
St. Menehould
Paris
Champagne
League of the Combined Powers
Flanders
Lorraine
Alsace
Levee at St James and Dublin civic moves unfold
On this day at one o'clock a Levee at St James's followed by a Council, with the Prince of Wales expected to return from his country excursion. Mrs Hesse marries Admiral Cressy, Blensheim fete deferred to November, and various appointments to alderman and honorary club membership noted amid international envoy movements and Belgrade actions. Reports include Channel surveys, Prince of Wales Island prospects, and estate fortunes of Cardigan's Joan Cawpiety and Harman family, alongside Parisian riots aftermath and local crime notes in Birmingham Salisbury and Lewes with fairs, prices, and civic events.
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St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Dublin
Earl of Charlemont
Duartes Tudor
Great George’s Street
Robert Smith
Drake
London
Copenhagen
Republic of
Venice
Belgrade
Light
Prince of Wales’s Island
Pulo Jeraga
Pulo Rio
China
Joan Cawpiety
Cardigan
Wurraxer
Paris
Terry
Dulwich
Nun Green
Peckham
Court of Aldermen Approves Bread Pricing and Weighing
The Guildhall court discusses keeping bread prices steady and orders the Baker’s Company to inspect flour quality and weigh bread across bakers. John Tomkinson of Folksworth is fined under a sealed-vessel law for felling beans beyond a Winchester bushel. Northumberland Archers at Alnwick award John Bell Esq. medals for Captains of Target and Numbers. A window display shows portraits titled Genuine portraits of Duke BosaDIL and his wife.
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Guildhall
John Tomkinson
Folksworth
Huntingdonshire
James Davie
C.I
Winchester
Northumberland Archers
Bowimen
Chevy Chase
Alnwick
John Bell
Gallowhill House
Duchess of Brunswick
Duke Bosadil
Ship Return and Fatality At Sea Last Week
Last Saturday evening several homeward bound ships, after days at sea, returned to harbor amid midnight conditions. They sailed again yesterday morning with southeast winds that persisted all day and have shifted to the northwest with moderate weather. Last Thursday morning Captain Reid of the Speedwell, attempting to raise anchor, was struck by a handspike during heavy pitching and killed instantly. Two crew members were severely wounded.
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Corkrie
S. E
N. W
Reid
Fligh
Floating lights to be laid on Triadle and Cattegat shoal
From Elfineur reports a fixed light will be set on the north end of Bornholm and a floating light laid on the newly discovered shoal in the Cattegat bearing east of Anholt with 19 feet water. Plans to finish promptly and hope to manage the nearing. Rumor of the loss of the Manip Indy man arose from a trunk found at sea bearing the name We an/bippo it. No alarm for her safety is believed.
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Elfineur
Bornholm
Cattegat
Anholt
Phe
Manip Indy
Spilsbury Antiscorbutic Drops Vendors Listed
North Britain inhabitants enquired about Spilsbury's Antiscorbutic Drops now available by Royal Patent. Appointed venders across Scotland and Ireland received fresh supplies in new bottles at 2s 6d and 11s. 2d. per bottle, with distributors named in Dumfries Glasgow Paisley Inverness Edinburgh Belfast Dublin and more.
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Scotland
North Britain
Spirspury
Soho Square
London
Glasgow
Duncan
Menno
Paisley
Barry
Inverness
Mackintosh
Port Morrison
Stirling
Anderson
Aberdeen
Thomson
Edinburgh
Baxter
Daw
Scott
Carlisle
Follies
Newcastle
Finch
Hall
Married alliances and social notices in the Abbey
Marriages set amid aristocratic circles include Jaimes Farquhry to the Hon. Mrs. Margaret Mackay at noon in the Abbey, with further nuptial notices of Mackinnon and others across England. Obituaries record John Murray, noted naval surgeon and Scottish Society promoter, among deaths in Norwich and Woodford, with various ceremonies and ship news from October.
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Dorager
Atha
Jaimes Farquhry
Invercauld
Margaret Mackay
General Mackay
Sir William Carr
Etalt
Farquharson
Aberdeenshire
Hampton Wick
Lewisham
Kent
John Grafhen
Shaftsbury-place
Aldersgate-street
Mrs Wheatly
Joseph Wheatley
Norwich
John Murray
Woodford
Essex
Loxham
Corbin
Belward
Burg Castle
Ashby
Harringfleet
Suffolk
Falmouth
Madrid
Jackson
B. Motley
John Dre Fing
Chippenham
Wilts
Ann Weeks
Hendon
Archibald Hamilton
Faborcourt
Fleet-street
Tuddow
Durham
Richard Passers Esq
County of Durham
Islington
Mary Lone
Lone
Birchin-lane
James Bogle French
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Sporting Intelligence
Seneca
NEIS
Birmingham
Whittington
Worcester-street
Shakespeare Tavern
Salisbury
Oct. S
James Pepler
Mile-Elm
Calne
Bell-inn
Broadhinton
Lewes
Cliffe
Acarcely
Town
Southover
Worcester
Francis Wilcox
Thomas Best
Earl of Coventry
Lord Sandys
Dudley and Ward
Foley
M. St. John
Ship News
Worts
Adventure
Danting
Petersburgh
John and
Ann
Cornwal
Pillau
Elizabeth
Frederica
Barker
Keningsburgh
Lady Taylor
Major
Narva
Dover
Harmonie
Menke
Lisbon
Hambrough
Philip and Mary
Belt
Romely
India
New Navy
Bank
Waterford
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