Strayed Gelding in Marlborough Offered Reward
A notice from James White at the Caffe Inn Marlborough offers two guineas for the recovery of a gray dun gelding described as sixteen hands high with a bald face white legs and one eye. The horse was last seen near Marlborough and the finder or anyone providing information leading to its capture will receive the same reward.
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Larely
Owel
James White
Key
Baker’s Coffee
Exchange-Alley
N.D
James’s
Channel
England
His
Tweed
St. Healens
Montreal
Downs
Bank and Lottery Orders Offer Prizes and Annuities
The notice advertises transferable prizes and annuities at the Bank of England at 3 percent per annum. It claims top payments for prizes, no blank tickets, and shares sold on favorable terms without the usual five percent deduction. All shares stamped with the Crown and Hazara's Lottery Office. Drawing begins November 16. Government securities bought and sold by commission with free schemes.
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Bank of England
N. B
Hazara
Hazard and Co
Royal Exchange
Ludgate-Street
Great Britain
Be Wary of Bribes Says Obscure Parson in 1767 Letter
An anonymous sermon style letter dated October 21, 1767 urges Britons to reject bribery and corruption in elections. The author, signing as an Obscure Parson, condemns favor seekers and declares voters should demand clear answers from candidates while defending local rights to game and property. He cautions against promising rhetoric and urges independence and refusal to support those who profit from others. The piece targets voters, warns of hollow promises, and promotes self-reliance and prudence in political choice.
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Garay Barrdin
Ali
Bbnehi
Hunt
Distemper in Constantinople and Milanese Law Visit
News from Constantinople reports a great havoc from a terrible distemper while Milan publishes a pragmatic law transferring ecclesiastical rights to a Milan council and forcing sale of estates since 1722. Reports from The Hague note the Nassau Weilbourg princess giving birth to a stillborn child and the Stadtholder couple's expected arrival.
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Veterday
Holland
France
Peourna
Constantinople
Aga
Rodotto
Moscovy
Poland
Lithuania
Prince de‘Galitzen
Horse Guards
Count de Butturlin
Bologna
Milan
Lombardy
Rom
Venice
Benedict XIV
Clement XIII
Rome
Hague
Nassau Weilbourg
Prince Stadtholder
Loa
Parliament Addresses and Naval Dispatches Abroad
Reports from Dublin and Portsea detail humble addresses to the Lord Lieutenant and the King, plus multiple notices of royal naval movements. Updates cover the funeral preparations for the Duke of York, ship operations at Spithead and the Downs, and arrivals of foreign dignitaries and nobility in London.
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Irelan D
Dublin-Cafle
House of Peers
House of Commons
Dublin
Dawson-street
P.S
Montreal
St. Helens
Tweed
Spithead
Portmouth
Ajax
Bennét
Phoenix
Holwell
Duke of York
Toe House of Peers
Boldy
Board of Works
Princes Chamber
Old Palace-yard
Wesstminster Abbey
George Bridges Rodney, Bart
Greenwich Hospital
Northampton
George Pococke
Dover
France
Earl of Harcourt
Cavendish-square
Newnham
Oxfordshire
Earl Delawar
Queen Anne-street
Boltwood
Sussex
Earl of Darlington
Raby-Castle
Durham
Earl of
Maria-Josepha
the Two Sicilies
Schonbrun
Lucds
Flood
William Ponsonby
Barry Maxwell
Stewart
County of
Tyrone
Lucius O’brien
Bart
Harry Pulteney
Gibraltar
George Rooke
Lord Peterborough
Catatonia
Barcelona
Alamanza
Spain
England
Flanders
Aid-du-camp
Duke of Marlborough
Douay
Wheat Prices Fall Yet Bakers Charge High
In Plymouth 2g notes harvest crops and lower wheat prices in markets. Bakers keep exorbitant rates, making bread unaffordable for many. Consumers pay thirteenpence for a quarter of common four, while wheat bought at 105 6d or 128 per bushel, seven core weight, indicating vast profits.
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Plymouth
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Fleet-Street
West
Johnson
Vere Street
Clare-Market
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America
Sessions House
Dr. Walker
Wessels
Drury-lane
Covent - Garden
Catherine-Street
Strand
Somerset-house
Nezucastle
Fowey
Winchester
Leeds
Sir
George Savil
Rufford
Sir George
Society For the Encouragement of Arts
London
William Evers
Swillington
John Turton
Santaly
Wakefield
Evers
Society of Arts
Williamson
Hemworth
Charles Turner
Kirkleatham
Kiterale
Cleveland
York
Guisborough
Mr. Hyde
Heath
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