Siege of Oczakow and Ottoman retreat reported
News from Paris and Petersburg recounts the Turkish army's retreat from Oczakow with heavy losses. It notes 50,000 Turks and 70,000 Tartars, plague among troops, and 3,000 Ottoman dead confirmed as Russians claim intact defenses and brave garrison resolve. Additional dispatches discuss a Persian succession rumor and a marriage alliance between the King of the Two Sicilies and Mary Amelia of Saxony.
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Oczakow
Bender
Hungary
Petersbourgh
Stottelen
Ocaakon
Octakow
Liman
Moldavia
Paris
Baffara
Guljih
Persia
Thomas-Kouli Kan
Candahar
Leipzigy
London News and Obituaries From Thames-Ditton to St James's
In Surrey Weston-Green Captain Jones of Dra goons dies after service in Spain. Lady Williams near Sir John Williams recovers from illness at Stoke Suffolk. The disposal of Newgate revenue passes to Mr. Ingram after Aldermen Hankey and Alsop die. The Prince and Princess of Wales return from Kew to Norfolk House. The Junior Dutchess of Marlborough has a daughter born at Piccadilly. Various court moves, appointments, and legislative notes follow including papers on Examiners for Tellers Vouchers, Irish Votes, and Conference rights with the Lords. Obituaries note Col. James Caw on in Ireland, Richard Skrene of Warley, and Capt. Weekly of Fleet Street. The piece includes trials, pawnbroker concerns, diplomats to Turin, and naval matters, with many local notices and societal entries.
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Weston-Green
Thames-Ditton
Surrey
Jones
Spain
Newgate
London
Middlesex
Alderman Hankey
Alderman Alsop
Ingram
Pitt
Prince and Princess of Wales
Kew
Norfolk House
St. James’s Square
Dutchess of Marlborough
Piccadilly
Hereford
Cleveland-Row St. James’s
William
Earl of Jersey
Temple
Countess of Portland
Bentick
John Warner
Northampton
Exchequér
Thomas Gaugain
Deceas
Houses of
Lords
Commons
Marlay
Justice Lindsay
House of Commons
Guy’s Hospital
Samuel] Leflingham
Avery
Holister
Charles Joy
Georgia
Col. Oglethorp
Fo’anight
Tipperary
Ireland
James Cawon
Richard Skrene
Warley
Bath
Somersetshire
Esterday Moffing
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleet-street
Thomas Robinson
Efg
Vienna
Turin
Sardinia
Earl of Essex
States General
Thorn
Dogster’s Commons
Motte
Treasury
Laft
Mington
Edward Byollin
Islington
Fowler
Walton Upon Thames
Rodney
Handasyde
Walton
Engiér
St. Thomas's
Gagl
Excité
Totteghama Court
Southampton Row
Fous
Bloopsbury
Gary
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London Evening-Post
Holland
Nimirow
Versailles
Europe
the Two Sicilies
Mary-Amelia
Poland
Saxony
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