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Portly wreck and court news from Edinburgh and London
Reported shipwreck near Portlethen of a Leith bound vessel with salt and coal, with crew saved. News from Perthshire that the House of Freeland fell but no injuries as family were away. Royal visitors depart for London. planned riding of marches at Musselburgh. London government ceremonies for William III's deliverance observed with sermons and public processions. Maritime dispatches describe Bay of Honduras and Merida disputes, British orders to evacuate parts of the Bay, and seizures of enslaved people if further south. Obituaries record recent deaths and notable society events in Dublin, London, and ports, with market notes on wheat scarcity.
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Edinburgh
Leith
Cromarty
Portley
Perthshire
House of Freeland
Lord Ruthven
West Country
Mall
Marquis of Lorne
Duchess of Eamilton
Duke of Hamilton
Douglas
Betty
London
James Stewart M‘kenzie
Privy Seal
Earl of Hyndford
Muffelburgh
Lon
William III
St. Paul’s
Sclater
Richard Hoare
Goldsmith
Boston Gazette
New Port
Sept
Godfrey
Bay of Honduras
Merida
Jamaica
New River
Bay
New York
Swift
Pennsylvania Gazette
Philadelphia
Swif
Cornwallis
Littleon
William Burnaby
Leeward Islands
Spain
Niew-Yick
Banks
Providence
Cummings
Cave Tiberoon
Helenas
Porto Prince
Polly
Porter
Sarah
Stamfee
Charlotte
Campbell
Hulland
Yellerday
Lifton
Golee
Africa
Gouar
Count de la Lippe
Samuel Toucher
Bamber Gascoyne
Duncan Steward
Efgs
Coldetter
Cuttoms
New
St. Clement’s Church
Stebbing
Francis Cres
Cavendith-square
Acderley
Gloucestershire
Dunkirk
Peter Garnell
St. Margaret’s Hill
France
Dublin
Fitzpatrick
Ireland
Dr. Fitzpatrick
William Quikon
London Bridge
Kent
John Buller
Efgar
Plymouth
Battlew
Cornwall
Mint
William Walton
Thomas Boone
Bourne
Whitechapel
Yetterday
Walbrook
Guiteau
Bilhie
Quare
Gain
Adam Spencer
Qwen
Essex