Maritime Movements from Deal and Cork in April
April reports show Wind shifts and sailings from Deal with several ships bound for Quebec Jamaica and Lisbon. Vessels include Lady Harvey Miller True Briton Ramsey and General Halt for Quebec. At Cork the Brothers Gall sails from Jamaica for London and 30 sail of colliers accompany Amity's Regard to Portsmouth.
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Deal
Wind N.E
Welton
Brown
Kirby Hall
Fell
London
Crawford
Dover
Walsby
Minerva
Hopkins
Mary
Mure
Duchess of Cumberland
Oporto
Wind S. W
New Adventure
Clifton
Diana
Cafby
Quebec
Pegfaus
Kimin
Lisbon
Portsmouth
Amity
Todd
Mails arrive from Holland and war notes dominate
Yesterday the mails from Holland France and Flanders arrived as dispatches report on Dutch and British negotiations in Vienna and London. The piece covers State requests for extended terms to answer memorials to the King, naval moves near Chesapeak and Holland, and various Parliamentary and local notices from March 1780. It also notes exploits by privateers, ship captures, and forthcoming comet observations. The item includes public health and civic matters, legal notices, and a list of promotions and marriages.
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Count de Welderen
London
Joseph York
Vienna
Reis Effendi
Porte
Russia
Paris
Meff
de Graffe
de la Mothe Piquet
Count de Vaudreuil
Chesapeak Bay
Barre
Luttrell
Melbourne Port
Lord North
House of Lords
Philip Jennings Clerk
House of Commons
Holland
Flemish
Berkeley Square
Committee of Common Council
Poynings
Lords
Ireland
Yelverton
Joseph Larcher
William Ogle
Sir John Fielding
Sampson Wright
Bow-street
Edward Blake
Highgate
Vauxhall
Tottenham Court-Road
London Hospital
Justice Sherwood
Guildhall
Newgate
Old Bailey
David Upton
Ove Gadsby
Burton Road
John Johnstone
Staffrd
Somersetshire
Bristol
Ralph Barnes
Hatherton
Upottery
Devonshire
Tho. Scot
Bredgar
Kent
Gurney
William Chafy
Canterbury
Sturry
That City
Twyman
Henry Skails
Ann Harword
Harword
Three Tuns Tavern
Lowe
St. James’s Street
Miss Hill
Ludlow
Shropshire
Chapi
North
France
Spain
North America
Belial
America
Frederick
Jeremiah
Botoa
Atlantic Ocean
Early House of Commons agenda mentions Mint accounts and elections
LON DORN notes the first eight days of Commons sessions will cover Burke’s Mint bill accounts, Crewe’s bill to bar excise and custom officers from elections, Hartley’s placemen disqualification motion, Dunning on county petitions, and Barrow’s bribery oath proposal before polling opens.
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House of Commons
Burke
Crewe
Custom House
Hartley
Dunning
Barrow
Prices of Corn and Grains in Bear Key Market
Prices listed for CORN and assorted grains per quarter with figures in shillings per bushel and sacks. Wheat 26s a 285.4303 od. Barley 148.a 16s. 64. Rye 16s to 18s od. Oats 103. a 163. 6d. Pale Malt 235. a 248. Amber Malt 25s a 26. Pease 29s to 30s. Hogditty 16s to 18s. Beans 19s to 20s 6d. Tick 163.6% to 18s. Tares 183. a 24s. Rape Lerd. Fine Flour 283 Old 305 Second Sort 25s Third Sort 23s per sack.
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Bear Key
Newmarket First Spring Meeting 1780 Concluded
The report covers Thursdays races including 3-year-olds in Tartar’s progeny beating Young Chilaby and Medley defeating Hymen. It notes the King’s plate for five-year-old mares, several other stakes heats, and entries like Dux, Gnatcatcher, Vertumnus, Knight Errant, and Imperator among others. May include Fortescue stakes renewals and Clermont entries.
Two Chapters of the Lost Book of Chronicles Reprinted
A London Evening Post reader letter recalls the 1774 pamphlet Two Chapters of the Lost Book of Chronicles published amid the Foxport Bill debate. It cites radical prints in America, mentions Lord North and Marblehead Salem, and notes ongoing Loyalist critique of British policy toward North America.
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Enelishmen
America
Cain
Abels
Lord North
Salem
Old England
Dr. Franklin
Europe
New York
Racing results from Abingdon area sweepstakes
Jockeys and owners compete in flat races for colts and fillies in sweepstakes of 200 to 585 guineas each. Notable mains include Sir J Lade and Ld Grosvenor entries, Pandora by Sir L Dundas, and horses by Match'em Herod Florizel and Turnspit with Rivalries across the flat.
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Abingdon
J. Lade
D. Grafton
L. Dundas
Ld. Grosvenor
Mr. Panton
D. Bolton
Herod
Grosvenor
Sweetbriar
Clermont
Florizel
Mr. Parker
Burringdor
Cavendish
Henley
Baronet
Derby
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Cork
Brothers
Gall
Jamaica
St. Eustatia
Catharine
Vorkers
Hope
Bradie
Polly, Morth
Newfoundland
Flanders
Rix
Cap
Puleas
Dalrymple
Lady Mary
Jaffrow
Hambro
Bourdeaux
Marseilles
Cadiz
Mediterranean
Fox
Gibraltar
Tartar
Leyburn
Liverpool
Guadaloupe
St. Kin’s
Nancy
Northover
Pool
Port Louis
Portmouth
Walsingham
West Indies
Reading
Wallingford
Newbury
Windsor
Henney
Basingstoke
Kingsckere
Wantage
Wokingham
Isaac Newton
Julius Cafar
Lon Dorn
Newmarket
Mr. Wildman
Dawson
J. Lede
Medley
Vernon
King’s Plate
R.C. Ld. Grosvenor
Br. m
Mr. Cross
B. m. Gnatcatcher
Ld. Clermont
Dilitante
Mr. Fox
Luna
R.C. Ld. Clermont
J. Shelly
Walker
Br. de Cabal
Douglas
Sir J. Shelly
Comet
C. Imperator
London Evening Post
Diarist
Paternoster- Row
Marble Head
Massachuset’s Bay
New England