Ship News Roundup Delays and Arrivals Across Ports
On Monday August 27 the ship news lists arrivals and origins including Unity Allen from Cette at Motherhank Dover Wetherill Cox from St Kitts Bristol Hercules Scott from Philadelphia Liverpool Marquis of Granby Barrow from Jamaica and St Peter Rigg from ditto Halifax Brudendl Collier from Anapolis and Diamond Adanson from London Black River Friendship Wilson from Cape Grace New York Packet Mey from Philadelphia Ann and Catharine Curry from ditto St Kitts Elizabeth Malley from London Mideira Granades Francis Compton from ditto Drento Helena Park from Barcelona Genoa Bauhtry Doggett from Yarmouth Lynn William and Mary Mar Lall from Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motherhank
Unity
Allen
Cette
Dover
Wetherill
Britannick Envoy Lynch presented credentials at court
From the London Gazette Aug 25. Turin Augusta. William Lynch British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary met the Sardinian King and received gracious welcome as he presented new credentials. Notices list bankrupts and certificates due for surrender or grant at Guildhall and various locations including Cirencester, Strand, and Liverpool with dates in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turin
Augusta
William Lynch
Anthony Hillier
Cirencester
Swan Inn
William Stevens
Catherine-Street
Strand
Guildhall
John Page
Mercer
Russian Victory Reported Over Tartars With 80000 Casualties
Aug 8 news from Dantzik describes a courier stating a complete Russian victory over Tartars, with Tartars supposedly losing 80,000 men. Dispatches note General Stutterheim to mark a frontier line to block plague from Poland. Vienna reports plague in Podolia and Volhynia and orders reinforce frontier troops and quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Podolia
Volhinia
Poland
Boston Committee Letters on Captain Preston Controversy
A Boston New England committee writes to Governor Pownall defending the town against hostile English press reports about the March 5 incident. They recount visiting Captain Preston who admits the published account varied from his original, noting alterations by others. They ask Preston for clarification and whether to publish his response, but he offers no further statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Boston
New-England
Pownall, Cendon
Preston
London
Cast
Presi
Pretton
Danish King and Queen Arrive in Lunenburg
Dispatch from Hanover reports on the 16th the King and Queen of Denmark arriving at Lunenburg and being received by local officials. The royals then visited royal properties and met regional dignitaries during their stay in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Denmark
Lunenburg
Royal interview and birth news tied to Altona return
An account notes the Princess Dowager of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester meeting in affectionate terms and that their Majesties planned to return to Altona on the 18th. Also reported is the birth of a prince to the Princess of Brunswick and details of earlier royal progresses and maritime experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasks
Cagertas
Marepiino
Cape Poilippo
Cadiz
Gibraltar
Algiers
John Hawles
Kat
William
Charles the Second
King’s Justices
Cokewell
Plymouth Dock
Derbyshire
York
Cap
Kelly
Gravesend
Cuckold’s Point
Tothillfields Bridewell
Justice Keeling
Sun
Bridge-street
Westminster
St. James’s Park
Westminster Hall
St. Albans
Dunstable
Fenny-Stratford
Luton
Barnet
Henry Sharp
Grenada
St George
Michael Tobin
England
Bedford
Abraham Cock
Virtue and Religion in a Moral Life
A preacher argues that virtue and religion are one, defined as doing justly loving mercy and walking humbly before God. He warns against intemperance and pride, urging gratitude for blessings and mercy toward others, including animals, while stressing humility before the divine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Father
Evers
Lam
Greenwich Inhabitants Question Gates Shut During Service
The inhabitants of Greenwich present compliments to the Governor and Officers and seek to know by what authority gates were shut against all persons during divine service at the chapel last Sunday. They request an explanation from gatekeepers through this paper, deeming it an important matter for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Greenwich
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Abraham Defermeanux
Primrose-Rreet
St. Botolph
Buhopsgate
Richard Stevens
James-freet
St. Martin It the Fields
William Fleming
Liverpool
Lancashire
Robert Short
Fore-Street
George Travell
East Street
Red Lion Square
Thomas Mare
Holborn
Warren
Ichard Warren
Mary- R Bone Street
Golden Square
Richard Warren
Lingford
Paternofter-row
Oxford
Raikes
Gloucester
Bull
Bath
Sherb
Cairns
Sailbury
Brown
Briioi
Hail
Marsate
Baker
Burgtshelmstone
Simons and Co
Canterbury
Ruit
Norwich
Fisher
Newcastle
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