Calls for Reform in Church and State Across Britain
A lengthy proclamation urges the government to curb abuses in church and state, press for education reform, reduce clerical plunder, and banish seduction and prostitutions. It condemns lawmakers and lawyers, calls for welfare provisions for the elderly, sick, and disabled, and advocates strict enforcement of laws against vagrants and beggars. The piece links moral renewal to political stability and national humanity.
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Great Britain
Metropol
Britain
Trith
France
Judas
Horpét
Birthday of the King Celebrated with Bells and Rain
This Wednesday noon the king’s route from Windsor to St James’s included a royal levee. The accession anniversary was marked by bells and cheers. Heavy rain last night caused floods along Fleet Street and the surrounding avenues.
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Windsor
St.James's
Fleet-street
Berlin Events Show Royal Departure Preparations
Berlin reports the Duke of … and consort Frederica preparing to depart on the sixth, with the ambassador delivering a letter of thanks for aid in a critical moment. The French minister Moustren is in Paris, while a Brussels incident between Hungarians and Bendyr guards leads to a one hour clash leaving twenty soldiers and one officer dead.
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Fcex
Frederica
Cureat
Ryland
Beuntwick
Hanover
Jfondary
Kryc
Paussgne
Turan
de. Moustren
France
Berlin
Paris
M. de Moxtmorth
Department For Foreign Affairs
Brussels
Liege
Bendyr
Warwick contest warms as third candidate enters
The Warwick race sees a third candidate, Kyicut of Barrels, opposing Wixruiers and Dowson’s heir, amid a broader report of political shifts. Elsewhere, a Danish commission freed serfs tied to land, sparking litigation and a push for liberty under Baron Trencx. The era’s imperial drama extends to Africa with Falconbridge guiding Sierra Leona Company’s prince as relations with Britain grow. Ship arrivals from China herald Botany Bay trade, while financial markets tilt toward American funds and Dutch purchases as government aims stay steady.
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Warwick
Kyicut
Barrels
Wixruiers
Hardley
Denmark
Count Alvinston
Courts of Justice
Baron Trencx
Falconbridge
Commieris
Sierra Leona Company
Africa
Adbana
Robana
Kim
Britain
England
Juliana
Neptune
Botany Bay
China
India House
Cape
Lord Camden
Botany
Discovery
Nepture
St. Helenarath
Atgart
Foulis
Middlesex
Londons
Unpg
America
Cquarry
Seafaring man survives perilous voyage to land in Deal
Dover October 19 a mariner named David Kerewin faced a raging gale after sailing from Calais with poultry and fruit. The leaking boat sunk, he clung to a spare yard for three hours, swam to the bow, and was rescued by a Deal vessel in rough seas. A subscription fund is discussed for his losses and hardships.
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David Kerewin
Aleze
Dover
Calais
Calaig
Deal
Drowning of Gloucester mail horses and other old notices
In Gloucester a man washing horses in the river with four others lost three horses to a strong current. A Tooley Street baker fatally hanged himself. A gentlemanly youth’s body was found near Westminster Bridge. Robbers of Cambridge Aylesbury and Rotherham mails faced reexamination, with two jailed and one becoming King's evidence. In Berkshire a coroner ruled Mr William Appleford’s death accidental after a drunken fall from a horse. At Lambourst a coroner recorded Sarah Fisher’s death as caused by the elements after being struck by lightning on the downs. her clothing was torn though no scorch marks appeared. Ayax, an escapee from the New Prison, Dublin, died in prison after arguing with a tavern keeper over a pension-list forgery case.
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Gloucester
Tooley-street
Westminster Bridge
St. Margaret’s
Seymour Mundy
Berkshire
William Appleford
Wraithfield
Farringdon Market
Sarah Fisher
Ayax
Dublin
Aquilon Frigate Repairs After Channel Gale Off Hampazé
Plymouth October 22 This afternoon the Aquilon frigate sailed from the Sound and entered Hampazé to repair damage after a late Channel gale. She will sail for the Mediterranean to resume ration duties. The Busy Revenue cruiser's arrival from the westward is noted, with several other vessels listed entering the harbor.
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Aquilon
Hampazé
Mediterranean
Cawland Bay
Andromeda
Salisbury
Paget
John Rowe
Liverpool
St. Michael’s
Portsmough October 23 Ships sail and ships arrive
Yesterday his Majesty's ship Hebe under Captain Hood sailed from the harbour to Spithead. The Flirt and Cockatrice set to sea on a cruise while the Scourge sailed eastward to be paid off. Arrivals include Countess of Watherland from Malaga and others with various damages and incidents. The Cruizer put into Lisbon badly damaged by lightning, sparking fears for the crew. The Robert from London to St Vincent’s arrived at Ramsgate damaged, and the Royal Escaper stranded near Cardigan Bay.
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Hebe
Hood
Spithead
Lisbon
Robert
Hooper
Tlondon
St. Vincent's
Ramsgate
Phillips
Frm
Norway
Carmarthen
Cardigan Bay
Arrivals and departures at ports in a busy shipping list
In port and at sea a long list of ships arrive or depart from Portsmouth Liverpool Southampton Plymouth Dover and Limerick. Vessels include Bacchus Andersoh Myrtle Yeltham Cuthbertson Sylphy Blackburn Mary Elizabeth from Stettin Mayflower Smith from Malaya Pomona Jackson Sardithah Antigua Rebecca Wilkie and others with arrivals from Jamaica China and Africa. A separate notice reports wind conditions and a Jamaica bound Maury Ann Thames Baxter and other ships ready for St Kitts Barbadoes and Smyrna. The Corn Exchange notes tight wheat and barley markets with prices for oats rye beans hog peas and malt and a current grain price table. A wedding and obituaries section records marriages and deaths in Edinburgh Bristol Northampton and Bath.
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Bacchus
Andersoh
Myrtle
Petersburg
Yeltham
Cuthbertson
Riga
Sylphy Blackburn
Quépa
Matia
Mary
Elizabéthy
Stettin
Downs
Smith
Malaya
Poemona
Jackson
Savaansh
Aubury
Tyson
Abbot
St Kitts
Adtive
Adams
Malaga
Neptune
China
Pomona
Tran -Sardithah
Antigua
Boysissy
Antig 143
Rebecca
Wilkie
Barlidies
Lord Sheffield
Sinclair
Yee
Famaias
London Packet
Glaflt
Newry
Prosperity
Grifith
Londonderry
Air Balletin
Gidney
Cork
Delafordy Young
St.Vincent’s
Corn Exchange
O&her
Bue Mall
Norfolk
Essex
Ross ii
Polands
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Plymouth
Industry
Pinion
Malaca
Three Sisters
West
Gibraltar
Juno
Clark
Guinea
Hercules
Renton
St. Andero
Aftrea
Horney
Tamerlane
Snell
South Seas
Wilfam
Portsmouth
Countess of Wtherland
Mackie
Hope
Miller
Venus
Hackwood
London
Mary, Wood
Portground
Dart
Gray
Feécamip
Vrow Jantze
Bourdeaux
Dalymple
Regiment of Guards
John. Dalrymoale
Tweddell
John. Tweddell
Unthankhal
Northumpberizad
Edinburgh
William .Kerr
Skimg-Garden
Jamaica
Margaret Hunters
James Hunter
Brankford
Bristol
Ludlow
That City
Gibbs
G. Cribbs
Heywood-house
Wilts
St. Mary Woolsworth Church
Mr. Clack
Sarah Dean
Northampton
Edward Cole
Finchley
William Ward
Barbadoes
Earouthy
Devonshire
Henry Lyte
the Prince of Wales
Sicuria
Bath
Gainsborough
Gainteborough
Brock-street
Sir. Gainsborough
Holland
Flanders
Waterford
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