Charlton resigns as Recorder in Ludlow Borough
At a Ludlow council meeting Sir Francis Charlton resigns as Recorder for the Borough and the ei of Powis is unanimously chosen in his stead. Arrivals listed include ships from Petersburgh, Boulogne, Riga, and Newfoundland ports with vessels such as Four Brothers and Placentia noted among others.
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Country News
Ludlow
Corporation
Francis Charlton, Bart
Powis
Dear
Needham
M Maken
Cadiz
Hope
Dominica
Lucy
Lucrena
Walker
Dublin
Gravastra
Sally
Wison
Petersburgh
Nelly
Patuilo
Fom Duttle
Merriton
Boulogne
Liverpool
Spanish army to Gibraltar region for Cadiz troops
A London extra transcribes a Amsterdam correspondent report dated Sept 24 noting Spanish commissioners to measure Gibraltar hinterland and tally grain stores for Cadiz troops destined for South America. The plan shifts troops to the Cadiz district near Gibraltar, enabling year round embarkation and exposing Cadiz port to embarkation risk.
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London
Amsterdam
Madrid
Gibraltar
Cadiz
South America
Begian Fleet in Mediterranean and Zurich Poison Plot
In September a strong Begian fleet sails the Mediterranean amid Britain and American tensions. Vienna reports a new Franco Austrian alliance and talks of Beaumarchais as minister to America. Zurich sees a fatal church poisoning. grave-digger Wirtz exploited a Holy Communion sacrament scare, killing eight and sickening hundreds.
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Marseiles
Mediterranean
Great Britain
North-America
England
Russia
Porte
Vienna
France
Austria
Paris
Congress of America
Monsieur Beaumarchais
United States of America
Zurich
Munster Kirk
Wirtz
Political and Military News From New York and Europe
Reports from London detail Lord North's return to Kew after his accident and a two hour conference with the king. Letters from Gloucester House describe the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Rome and health of the royal children. Intel indicates shifts toward the Court party, colonial provisions for the army, and anticipated actions in New York and Albany. Dispatches recount naval actions near Barbadoes and Long Island, troop movements, and recent theatre incidents in Paris. Obituaries and local notices follow, including marriages, deaths, and bankruptcies.
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Lord North
Kew
Gloucester House
Waldegrave
Duke and Dutchess of
Gloucester
Rome
Duke
Dutchess of Cumberland
Lady A Lettar
Long-island
New York
New-Jersey
Staten Island
Joseph
John
London
Johnson
Burgoyne
Albany
Long Island
Washington
Sullivan
Howe
New-York
Price
Province of
Maryland
Congress
Cracow
Europe
Great
Britain
The Theatrical Strife at Drury Lane Unfolds in Dispute
The article details a crisis at Drury Lane theatre involving Garrick Sheridan Lacey and others over partnership terms and notices to sell shares. Disputes arise about buyout terms during theatre vacations, new partners proposed by Lacey, and the fallout from unsettled agreements fueling upheaval in the theatre’s governance and operations.
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Drury-lane
Garrick
Sheridan
Lacey
NP ‘Qikrick
Lah Wink
Tom
Mr. Lacey
Ford
Mr Linly
W.’s, They Sgnified Unanimously Their Consent To A& Order
Meirs
Theapson
Langford
Peten Ei
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Bron
London Gazette
St. James’s
Order of the Bath
William Howe
North America
Constantinople
Alifely
Sultan Mehemet
Haslemere
Thomas Mere Madlyneux
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Ghélava
Attajano
Leghorn
Africa
Morocco
Tangiers
Brussels
America
Edinburgh
John Heme
Berwick
Earl of Dunbar
Dum-fries and
Stair
Rockville
Jade
Jamaica
Juno
Pomona Sloop of War
Barbadoes
Virgin Iles
Theobald Dibnal
Philip Handle
Savannah
Georgia
St. Fobn's
Lake Champlain
Carleton
Maria
Batteaus
Talbot
Curacoay
Sieur Perron
Covent+garden theatre
Douglas
Barry
Marplot
Woodward
Pakes
Fort George
Spagight
Balfoury
Royal Ggofa Regiment
Lambéth
St. Paul’s
Co ‘vent-Garden
John Baker
Canterburys
Fatterfall
Old Fithfreer
Ss. Mary Axechurch
Thomas Lynch
Jeffery-Hepmate
Leadenhall-street
Blackheath
Joshua Seabrooke
Royal Navy
Islington
Richard Smith
Chancery-lane
Samuél Cox
Margate
Parry
Admiral Parry
Gloucesterthire
John Whittinstal
Khottinghy
West Riding of Yorkshire
Clues
Roya Oak
Markettreetdane
Manchester
Thomas Millington
Cirencesters
Gloucestershire
King’s-head Inn
Cirens Cester
Charles Humphreys
Wrexham
Denbighthire
Thomas Wade
Holborn
Middlesex
Mercer
Atten
Guildhall
Charles Triquet
Joseph Hill
He Paich
St. George
Ag Guildhall
Adam Hog
Oxhamwork
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