Portents of Oczakow Fall Reported On Desolate Front
From Petersbourg on October twenty eighth reports claim the fortifications of Oczakow have been laid to the ground and the garrison retreat to the Ukraina as the place proves too costly to hold amid annual plague losses. A Paris letter notes the Mauriac murder trial proceeds with questions of relation to the Duke de Chatillon and possible pardon, while Mauriac defends himself claiming his foe was a quarrelsome woman whose fatal blade acted by accident.
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Oczakow
Paris
Chevalier de Mauriac
le Brun
Duke de Chatillon
M. de Mauriac
Chevalier
Bristol Welcomes Royal Couple with Grand City Festivities
Bristol recounts the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales with immense public cheer. Crowds thronged the streets, guns fired from ships, and the hall presentation featured lavish plate and intricate desserts. The Prince toasted the King in an ancient Gold Cup, and both royals engaged warmly with city leaders and ladies, pledging continued prosperity for Bristol.
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Bristol
Prince's of Wales
Becher
St. Stephen's
Alderman Becher
Mayor
Ayscough
Lord Baltimore
Lord Gage
Thomas Lumley Saunderson
William Irby
Pitts
Lyttelton
Mayoress
the Dutchess of
Ancaster
Lady Baltimore
Archibald Hamilton
Frances Saunderson
Susanna Keeke
Serjeant Foster
Recorder
Alderman Rich
Henry Combe
Master Combe
Newgate
Abraham Eltron
John Combe
Giles Bailey
Bath
Duke of Queensberry
Thomas Saunderson
W. Irby
Mr. Pitt
Bloodworth
Scott
Nash
Barbary Horses Gift and Court Horse Viewing in London
General Sabine sent two Barbary Horses to the king as a present. Officers from Col Harrison's Regiment arrive from Brittel over a disturbance at the Three-Ton Tavern. James Bourne appointed Messenger in Extraordinary. The King and nobles viewed horses at the Mews, with Princess of Orange planned spring visit. Baptism of the Lord Viscount Dillon's heir Charles noted at Golden Square.
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Sabine
Charing+Cross
Princess of Orange
Viscount Dillon
Golden Square
Charles
Newcastle
Marlborough
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London Evening-Post
Petersbourg
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London
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