War news from Ottoman front relief and peace talks
A Paris letter reports Ottoman Daher concluding peace with Gustard Achmet after paying purses as acquittal of the Miry. Ali holds his castle with strong troops and seeks pardon from the Porte for 1500 purses. Prince Joseph, Grand Emir of the Druzes, in arrears by 30 purses, seeks terms with the Pacha and relaxes hostilities, fearing Guzard Achmet’s war preparations and the fate of Parenth.
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Daher
Gustard Achmet
Ali
Damascus
Porte
Joseph
Guzard Achmet
Parenth
Tragic Headdress Fire Claims Young Woman
Edinburgh dispatch reports from Dundee that a candle ignited a young lady’s headdress while she was writing. She wrapped a handkerchief around her head to quell the flames, but it caught fire again. The fright proved fatal two days later to Wedderburn a amiable young woman whose loss is deeply regretted.
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Se Otland
Edinburgh
Dundee
Wedderburn
Sro
Mele
Cornwall
Ald
Wilkes
Guildhall
Ann Rogers
Miller
Holborn
Yeserday
Woolstreet-compter
Chester'castle
Birm
York
London
Caen-wend-lane
Bow-street
Little Canfield
Jerneoth
Dunmow
Moorfields
Dulwich Common
Executions at Gallows Hill in Athy District
In Carlow on Sept 18, Silvester Watters and Michael Tyrrell were executed after being sentenced to death for murder. Their Grace the Duke of Leinster attended along with the Hon. the Anna Liffey Club and leading gentlemen of County Kildare to witness the proceedings.
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ELAND
Carlow
Silvester Watters
Michael Tyrrell
Gallows Hill
Athy
Duke of Leinster
Anna Liffey
Arrivals of ships at various ports with listed origins
Several vessels arrived or were sighted at ports including Dover Barbadoes Hastings Portsmouth Britol Liverpool Poole Yarmouth Road and Yarmouth on routes from Lisbon Honduras Mogadore Quebec Antigua Petersburg Trepany and other places. Ships named include General Conway Pegty Jane Venus Calver Dorsetshire and others.
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Brat
Wind
Goodwill
Carter
Barbadoes
Wind Minerva
Zant
General Conway
Thursby
Quebec
Dantzic Packet
Horsely
Trieste
Norton
Pickies
Pensacola
Batchelors
Fraser
Lisbon
Ann
Wsrd
Oporto
Gaavegean
Pegty
Hardie
Carolina
Friendship
Hedger
Corke
Hercules
Waller
Dublin
Venus
Pritania
Holme
Caharine
M'Clewer
Gravesynp
Christian
Johnson
Grenada
Lovely Lass
Leftin
I Riquitoshore
Calver
Sqwell
Jama
Dorsetshire
Waddy
St. Kotz’s
Poreph
Bilhoa
Coldstream
Hanbury
Crouch
Barbadoess
Dover
Aurora
Tilley
Cormack
Cafar
Obrien
Honduras
Olive
Harris
Mogadore
Princess Reyal
Duthie
Halifax
Brilliant
Richards
Bristol
Hastings
Heart of Oak
Senegal
Portsmouth
Speedwell
Fox
Monimia
Morison
Brislington
Moores
James
Higgins
Antigua
Eleanor
Graves
Liverpool
Susannah
Liddle
Petersburgh
John and Herry
Forfar
Narva
Poole
Sweepfakes
Troth
Wilkes
Clark
Wemel
Efape
Street
Trepany
Yarmouth
Berfeg
Collier
Petersburg
Bermudas
Craig
Tortola
Black River
Currie
Dominica
Campbell
Maryland
Lancashire
Jones
Jamaica
Ditto
England
St. Croix
Guernsey
Dartmouth
Newfoundland
Lancaster
Brital
Nicholas
War
Portugal
Burgoyne
Carleton
Crown Point
Ticonderoga
Isle Aux Noix
Isle la Motte
London News on Howe and Continental War Events
London synopses report council summons at Windsor after dispatches from Lord Howe and General Howe in New York. Letters describe troop strength, congress offers, prisoner captures, and American defection, with fleets moving on York and Long Island. Receipts from Quebec and Lisbon reflect global tensions as privateers prey and fleets maneuver.
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London
St. James’s
Lord Stortmont
Court of Versailles
Windsor
Major Creed
Lord Conwalli
Lieutenant Roberts
Navy
Secretary of State’s
Admiralty
Lord Howe
General Howe
New- York
Socal Palace
Kew
New York
Creed
Roberts
Howes
Congress
Hihe
General Congress
America
Icis
Howe
Guards
Hanour
Staten Island
Sandwich
Nottingham
Falmouth
New Yor
Lord George Germaine
Quebec
Speedwell
Fox
Dover
Staten Pfland
Myelf
General Clinton
Peter Parker
Charles Town
South Carolina
York
Jerseys
Blenerhaffer
Goth Regiment
Long Island
East River
Hell-pate
New-York
King’s Bridge
Philadelphia
Samnuel Adams
Great Britain
Brice
Hopkins
Gulph
Florida
Pickerington
Philadelphias
Avery
We& Indies
High Water Levels at London Bridge
Water levels rise at London Bridge with tides forecast for tomorrow and Thursday. Morning and evening readings indicate higher than average flows, marking notable coastal conditions.
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London Bridge
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France
Serpe
Vetter
Tagus
Hague
South America
Don Cevales
Cruize
Mediterranean
Straights
Marquis de Calfatilli
Atlantic
Don Antonio d’Acres
Spain
Warsaw
Diet
Count Samzky
Holland
Switzerland
Constantinople
Black Sea
Princess Royal
Nevis
Coffin
Fyall
Diana
Bird
Madeira
Mary Ann
Lord North
Francis Herne
Camelford
George Purcell
Grosveror-freet
Maria Abbott
North-Audrey-street
East Clandon
James Lawrell
Sumner
Wm. Brightwell Sumner
Hatchland-park
Hankinson
Leicester-square
Melbury
Stephen Fox
Earl of
Ilchester
Ilchester and
Staverdale
Strangeways
Woodford
Redlynch
Army Accompts
Elizabeth
Thomas Strangeways Horner
Wells
Somersetshire
Henry Thomas
Stavordale
Stephen-Strangeways-Digby
Charles Redlynch Fox
Susannah-Sarah-Louisi
William Obrien
Lucy
Lambeth
Francis Marth
Lewis Chambaud
Achernick
Scotland
Duncard Grant
Raims
Ronald Campbell
Balerno
Bond-sweet
Pattison
T of Pattison
War-office
Newman-street
Oxford-road
Wilbiarfison
Stracey
Wat Wells
Somerset
Hadleigh
Suffolk
Frost
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