Sailing ships and arrivals in harbor reported
Nov. 9 dispatch notes warships and merchant vessels sailing and arriving. The William armed ship sailed yesterday with passengers aboard. Ships Dromedary Squirrel and others remained, while arrivals include Redeey Sword from Portsmouth and Confian Ann Times from Waterford. Amuy from Lalvadore also listed.
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Deal
W.S. W
William
Aston
Roberts
Amity
Richardson
Liverpool
Dromedary
Squirrel
Bury
Erhadoes
Plyanvith
Confian
Ann
Ord
Amuy
Lalvadore
Trial of Lord George Gordon Opens in King's Bench
In London, Justice Wiles presided as the Grand Jury was sworn for a bill of indictment against Lord George Gordon for high treason. The Attorney General read the indictment after a prior charge about treason in war against the King. The jury returned a true bill by the foreman, with trial to follow after a maximum ten day preparation period. Nearby items report Jamaica fleet timing, officer deaths on the Spanish Main, a Dumfries mill fire, and a deadly murder in Gashel with five soldiers implicated. A horse race and a lottery advertisement close the items.
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Justice Wiles
Court of King’s Bench
Lord George Gordon
Justice Willer
A&t
Middlesex
Surrey
George Gordon
King’s Bench
Barlow
Justice, Wilmet
Justice Blackborrow
Justice Friguets
Jamaica
Bluefields
Aday
Cumberland Packet
Cook
Cork
St. Juan
Spanish Main
Haldimand
Jefferick
Mountfey
Gascoigne
Bramtey
Schomberg
Ensign Hill
Timperly
Hart
Royal Irish
Allen
Shakespear
Royal Volunterrs
Bertrand
Douglas
M‘donald
Armstrong
M‘lean
Taffart
Legion
Johnson
Fade
Royal Artillery
Eyrewater
Napier
Lieut
America
Crifp Gascoighe
Sir Crifp Gascoighe
London
Fasign Schomberg
Meyer Schomberg
Alexander Schomberg
Dorset
Dumfries
Gashel
J2d
Thomas Kyte
Kyte
Spencer
Smithheld
Gloucester
Essex Road
Portmustle to the West Indies and a London forgery case
An 18th century nondescript dispatch reports military movements toward the West Indies under Sir Samuel Hood, with ships Rodney and Aitken near Gravesend. It notes the capture of Thomas White for aiding a forged bill endorsement, and a fatal wagon accident in Travistock Exeter where a soldier's wife died and a child was injured. Obituaries include Alexander Mackenzie in Kingston Jamaica and others in Rochester and Marlborough.
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Samuel Hood
St. Helen*s
Rodney
Tho. Whicehurst
H.tchin
Elerts
Hertford
Thomas Harvey
William Bycott
George Rushton
Prion
Thomas Smith
Travistock
Exeter
Scotland
Mr. Benford
Sidney Mamison
Pinner
Hertfordshire
Kingston
Jamaica
Alexander Mackenzie
Rochester
James Gordon
Marlborough
James Hamblon Marhelyne
Th Mathelynes
Palton
North Wilsshire
Chiswick
Spateman
State Lottery Adverts and Prize Sharing Plan
Messrs Richardson and Goodluck announce state lottery tickets sold and divided into fractional shares at their offices in Cornhill and Charing Cross. New plan offers Halfa Guinea and One Guinea adventures with every prize for the drawing period, based on real tickets stored at the Bank of England. Lottery drawings begin Thursday the 16th of November. many capital prizes sold and shared, including a 20000 pounds prize divided among fifteen people and numerous 1000 to 20000 pound prizes in prior and current draws.
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Meff
Sharman and Co
Seo
Messrs. Richardson and Goodluck
Bink Buildings
Cornhill
King’s
Charing Cross
Halfa Guinea
Bank of England
Fleet Street Notice On Lottery Propriety By Sharman And Co
No 30 Fleet Street Mefts Sharman and Co inform the public that all burness of their lottery transactions is strictly legal and advantageous to the revenue in reducing tickets. They note daily cautions against illegal policies and claim strong demand with more tickets deposited in the Bank and stamped in shares than ever before.
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Fleet - Street
Sharman and Co
Lottery sales notice by Mesirs Wenstam and Co
Mesirs Wenstam and Co announce a wide variety of numbers and low prices for the present State Lottery at their Poultry Street office No 11 opposite Grocers alley. They state no connection with others, claim capital prizes up to 2326 oppl have been sold in former Lotteries, and promise careful handling of all lottery and government securities. Policies contrary to the legislature are not sold, and the Lottery draws begin Thursday the 16th.
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Wenstam and Co
Address to London Citizens on Ministers and War Policy
A contemporary appeal dated 4 November 1780 voices alarm at wartime governance. It condemns ministers for arming rivals, harming America and Britain, and calls for removal of those ministers to avert national and international defiance. The text urges subjects to risk lives to resist policy and safeguard alliances.
Suspension of Habeas Corpus Debate in Commons
Friday session in the House of Commons discussed extending the Habeas Corpus suspension for another year. Sir Grey Cooper argued it must not be treated as routine, noting past necessity against American rebels now influenced by France and Spain. Sir George Yonge and Sir Philip Fennings Clerk pressed for a full house and fixed speaking order as the debate continued.
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Grey Cooper
George Yonge
George
Aebels
America
France
Spain
Baker
G. Yonge
Creason
Philip Fennings
Feredh Marybey
Early Session Disruption and Public Accounts Probe
Debates condemn late adjournments and the use of a public accounts committee as a tool to scrutinize pensions and appointments. Sir Philip Fennings Clerke argues for early action, while opponents warn against improper timing and scope. The House weighs fixing hours and approving progress reports from the Commissioners of the public accounts and the supply for the crown.
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Jession
Philip Fennings Clerke
Commons
England
Philip
Jeti
Joseph Mawhey
Speater
Charles Banbury
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