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Races, Robberies and Floods Mark Late September News
The report lists horse race entries at Newmarket and Marlborough, Ludlow results with winners and purses, and grim flood damage across Gloucestershire Worcestershire and surrounding counties. It notes smuggling injuries, highway robberies near Hyde Park Corner and Greenwich, court sessions at the Old Bailey with multiple convictions and acquittals, and naval dispatches from the East India Company fleets along with weather and travel hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
Earl of Portmore
Lord Viscount Middleton
Duke of Bridgwater
Lord Walpole
Marlborough
Mr. Bradley
Mad Tom
Mr. Coles
Fox-hunter
Mr. Ireland
Dormouse
Ludlow
Mr. Williams Wynn
Sober Fohn
Mr. Sidebottom
Marshal
Kettering
Northamptonshire
Mr. Cole
Warwick
Bertie
Lincoln
Tewksbury
Gloucestershire
Worcester
Droitwich
Bromergrove
Ombersley
Stratford Upon Avon
Alcaster
Parshore
Limpsfield Hill
Kent
Leith Road
Edinburgh
Hamburgh
Prince of Asturias
Homans
Antigua
Wimbleton Common
Knightsbridge
Mitchell
Piccadilly
Roehampton
Penney
Kington
Thompson
Greenwich
Deptford
John Denny
Peterborough
Sturbich Fair
Isaac Dennis
Judith Smith
Newgate
Togwell
Matthews
Charles Conner
William Phillips
Clarke
John Winter
Monson
Littleton
Pelony
Philips
Taylor
Limehouse
Mackay
Whitechapel
Maéray
Masthalsen
Dilehwark