Ocean Shipping News From October 9 Ships Departures Report
Steamer departures include Henry Bennet for Liverpool and Leaf for Exeter, while ships like Henry and Elizabeth and St George head to New York and Cadiz. Outward-bound preparations increase as winds shift northwest. Atlantic and European arrivals appear at Southampton Plymouth Dover Falmouth Bristol Plymouth and other ports with vessels from Koningshu, Lisbon, Petersburgh, Bilboa, and Norway returning or preparing to sail.
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Uus
Plymouth
Anna-Maria
Schulenburgh
Dite
Dover
Adv
Hughes
Leghorn
Henritta
Lisbon
Falmouth
Achilles
Versailles Marriage Contracts Tie French Count to Mademoiselle de Vaux
Versailles reports last Sunday the King and Royal Family witnessed the marriage contract between Count de Fougiers, Major General and Sub-Governor of the royal children, and Mademoiselle de Vaux, daughter of Lieutenant General Count de Vaux. The Dutch Royal line also notes the nearing wedding of the Prince of Waldeck, a Major General, to a Princess of the Heny Darmstadts house.
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Count de Fougiers
France
Mademoiselle de Vaux
Count de Vaux
Corsica
Hague
Prince of
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Proffia
Dublin murder confession of Joseph Daw in Turvey case
Joseph Daw admits to killing the Turvey family by stabbing the old man and his kin with a pitchfork and then slitting throats. He says he was the sole offender and implicates John Rian and John Farrell, who are in custody awaiting enlargement. Two men were killed in New-street while trying to abduct wives from passersby.
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Newgate
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John Farrell
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Bok
John Quincy
M.D. Princed
T. Longman
Price Gs
Sangtorius
Price Ss. Lownd
Canterbury notes plague hints and Maidstone nuptials
From Calais our correspondent reports on letters of caution about Hell and plague symptoms sent to the Mayor and the Marines commissary. Last Sunday in Maidstone a marriage joined Rayfon of Chatham Yard and Miss Field of Maidstone Norwich. The late Lady Townshend was buried at Rainham Hall in a pallbearer line including Bacon Warner Barker Coldham Beever Heaton and Branthwaite.
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Calais
Hell
Ottend
Kentiff Gaxette
Maidstone
Rayfon
Chatham
Miles Branthwatte
Thomas Beever
John Heaton
London News Briefs on Dispatches and Naval Orders
Three o clock dispatches arrive at Lord Weymouths Office with Spain reply deemed evasive. Royal ships Albion Barfleur Montres, Egmont, Resolution and Buckingham ordered to dock and refit. Arethusa Flora Brune Repu le Coventry to Deptford for repairs. Press gangs land and seize workers then fight woolcombers. Court of Common Council to review a law officer. Lord Mansfield arrives from Scarborough. Attorney General De Grey arrives from Ireland. Prices of corn at Bear Key. various local crimes, marriages, and deaths noted. Gardner, shopkeepers attacked, highwaymen rob and release. Social notices list weddings and deaths. Pearls and dentifrice advertised.
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Cleveland Row
Petter
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Barfleur
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Resolution
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Arethusa
Flora
Brune
Coventry
Deptford
Norwich
Scarborough
William de Grey
Eig
Ireland
Thomas Lane
Christ’s Hospital
Vansitlar
Lewin
Corke
Cape of Good Hope
Danube
London perfume sales and bond listings from 18th century British notes
A brief sales notice lists wholesale and retail perfume sellers in London and abroad with prices. It also records a stock of East India and South Sea bonds, old and new annuities, and government bills with quoted coupons and prices, including Navy and Victuals bills and various long annuities.
A Parson’s Faults Draw Fire From a Distant Village
A reader recounts a tedious sermon and a clergyman's perceived faults in a small village near the capital. The writer condemns neglect of duty, evasive preaching, and harsh conduct, urging ministers to exemplify piety and proper reading aloud. The piece laments church inefficiency and laments clerical praise, noting the parson's promotion to road trustee and his lavish livings.
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S Mall
Roger de Coverly
Church of England
Laws and Institutions of the Admiralty Volume Two
Price bound at 125. This two volume, folio edition compiles ancient naval laws and customs in use, statutes on maritime affairs, large marine treaties, and a critical naval and commerce history from Alfred the Great. Includes Navy roles, officers, ships, and offices. Printed for W. Owen in Fleet Street.
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Alfred the Great
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