Military Promotions and Inoculations Reported in London Gazette
From PetersmouRrGe and Hague dated March to April 25 18th century reports detail promotions including the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt to lieutenant general and the Prince of Anhalt to brigadier. Potemkin named lieutenant colonel of Preobrazinsky. A Bibikow detachment countered rebels near Cathrinenbourg, while inoculations for Prince William Frederick and Princess Frederica Lewisa Wilhelmina were deemed successful. Henry Owen to assume Cunliffe surname with royal licence and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PetersmouRrGe
Maren
Prince of Hesse Darmstadt
Prince of Anhalt
Potemkin
Bibikow
Cathrinenbourg
Hague
William Frederick
Frederica Lewisa Wilhelmina
Princess of
Orange
St. James’s
Henry Owen
Lincoln’s Inn
County of Middlesex
Joseph Owen
Sheffield
Warden presents Rev John Sandford to Chelsfield rectory
In Oxford last week the Warden and College of All Souls unanimously presented the Rev John Sandford to the rectory of Chelsfield with Farnborough annexed in Kent, valued at upwards of a year. Cambridge reports a failed examination measure rejected 47 to 43, then 44 to 37. Hereford notes the Snow Sally sailed from Haverfordwest to Philadelphia with handicraftsmen and families seeking curiosity or escape from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
College of All Souls
John Sandford
Chelsfield
Farnborough
Kent
Cambridge
Whefton
Trinity
Hubbard
Emanuel
Hereford
Haverfordwest Quay
Jones
Philadelphia
Ship News Arrivals and Messages from April 22
Arrivals list at multiple ports and ongoing shipments include the Magna Charta and Royal Charlotte sailing to Maryland and Carolina. Several vessels depart or remain, with wind conditions and passages noted for ships such as the Dantzick Packet and Amity's Desire. Royal Charlotte sails for Maryland. Batchelor and Loxely Nancy pass by. London departures and Bristol Packet arrivals are recorded, plus English court audiences at St James's and a turnpike road committee meeting on weighing engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
Arriy
Wind W
Henzell
Virginia
Wailkes
Tracey
Dartmouth
Haywood
Elwick
Hamburgh
Dantzick Packet
Horsely
Streights
Amity’s Desire
Howland
Quebec
Swift
Lante
Dean
Sitters
Henry
Bennet
Chester
William
Jeffrys
Liverpool
Elizabeth
Smith
London
Borondale
Bristol
Friendship
Carolina
Liberty
Shafto
Elys
St. James’s
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
Perry
Crabb Island
Madrid
Paris
Germany
Vessailles
Grand Duke
Port Royal
Mattocks
Bermudas
Lys
St. Domingo
Bourdeaux
Azores
St. George’s Day
Royal Academy
Pallmal
Marquis of
Carmarthen
Bessborough
Offory
Seaforth
Viscount
Joseph Banks
Edmund Burke
Topham Beauclerk
William Bunbury
Fouquiere
Charles Crowle
Saunders Welch
Matthew Duane
David Garrick
Geo. Cotman
Samuel Foote
Elgrs
Geo. Colebrooke
Nimeguen
Cardinal Trieste
Geo. Prescot
Susannah Long
Beefton Long
Bishopsgate-street
Thorpe
Southwark
W Nelson
Nelson
Lisbon
Joseph Hoare
Samuel Hoare
Leicester-fields
Powell
Dorking
Surry
Elizabeth Anyking
Haveringwell
Essex
Marriot
Miss Johnson
Johnson
Albemarle-street
Piccadilly
Islington
James Kalesfon
Culloden
Duke of Cumberland
John Lee
Burton Overy
Leicestershire
Oxford
Thomas Sayre
Portsmouth
James White
Stone
Excerpt on trade weights and Exeter hospital plan
A broad compiled news fragment discusses trade burdens on weight limits, penalties for overloading, and a proposal by Lester to introduce a bill for erecting hospitals and workhouses in Exeter. It also includes overseas dispatches from The Hague and Warsaw about governance in Poland, Dutch naval measures, and various European court movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Hague
Warsaw
Poland
Peterburgh
Prince Gallitzin
Orenbourg
Petersourgh
Count Romanzow
Anhalt Bernbure
Unghar
Potemkin
Varna
Ocober
Chelm
Lemberg
Vienna
Petersburgh
Russia
Baron Stackelberg
Lower
Elbe
Europe
France
Prussia
Anfterdam
St. Eustatia
Wellel
Perry
Jamaica
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Monay
The
London Gazette
Forretal
Waterford
Pheelan
Galway
Venture
Plymouth
Sarah
Hawkins
Weymouth
Charming Sally
Parks
Dolphin
Baldwin
Lancaster
Londonderry
Minerva
Mackie
Cadiz
Canadian
Abbot
Falmouth
Dover
Britannie
Richardson
Dublin
Stangate Creek
Mermaid
Cotton
Mice
Benjamin
Anderson
Gallipoly
Lon
John Robinson
Lancashire
Chapman
James Wilson
Kendal
Samuel Bartlett
High Barnet
Hertfordshire
Wheelwright
Guildhall
Thomas Goatney
Gerrard-Street
Golden Square
Robert Bogle the
Robert Bogle the Younger
William Scott
Love-lane
Eastcheap
Robert Crowther
Thomas Venables
Eaton Norris
Robert Lloyd
Willam Stopford
Ale Hsaac Twycrofs
Borough of
Warwick
John Twycrofs
Lawrence Pountney-lane
Merchants and Partners
Thomas Holdrich
Halesworth
Suffolk
Wollen and Linen-Draper
Three Tuns
Middlesex
Guild= hall
John Glenny
Fletcher’s Tavern
Exchangey
Manchester
Thomas Warburton
Joseph Stone
Burslem
Staffordshire
Potters and Copartners
Hertford
Nicholl
Allesley
Coventry
Warwickshire
George Barnes
Nyb
Nevil-Holt
Short
Rutty
Monro
W. Owen
Noar
Temple-gates
Fleet Street
Pouhon Spring
Pyrmont
Harrogate
Tilbury
Malvern
Cheltenham
Bath
Scarborough
Jeffyp’s
Stoke
Wiltth
Adon
Cartier
Peacock Inn
Boston
William Brown
Johet Armtrong
Gefberton
Joh Battirate
Gefberton Fen
Alfo
Sattgate
Alfo Ya
Whapload
John Gibbons
William Graves
Gotherton
Jonathan Ashwell
Surfleet
James Timm
N.B
Surfleet Fen
Marth
John Armstrong
Golderton
Fale
William Warton
Kirton
Twell and Thorneton
Artornies
Bottany
Kelham
Astorney
Hutton-gardeg
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