Conflicting Reports From Smyrna and Cadiz Outline War Fears
Amid tumult in Smyrna and Cadiz, reports describe Confederate raids, 1500 Ruffians in town, 20 Turks captured, and pursuit of fugitives. Meanwhile Grand Signor demands 309 boats for his army as European fleets gather in the Mediterranean, with notable arrivals and delays among Turkish and Spanish vessels.
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Peter
Rowe
Smyrna
Mediterranean
Reverna
Levant
Cape Sunium
Cadiz
Lisbon
Louisiana
Mexico
Chappe d’Auteroche
California
Sieur Poly
Ocober
Port St.Blaise
Red Sea
South Seas
Havanna
Capes
le Gaillard
England
Ce . Verfeillet
Chatelet Lomont
Great’Britain
Baron de Breténel
United Provinces
London Thursday board presided by Sir Edward Hawke
The Admiralty board met with Sir Edward Hawke as first lord presiding and appointed several commission and non-commission officers for the Royal Navy. The plan to fund a new London excise office from His Majesty's revenues was noted. A grant of 9650 pounds was set for the founding hospital for the current year. Reports claim ministries are turning against each other, a possible political shift. Duke of Grafton traveled to Wakefield Lodge Northamptonshire. Debates over the Duke of Norfolk's health were clarified as false. Sir George Colebrooke was mentioned yesterday.
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Edward “Hawke
Everal Commission
Royati
London
Eoundling
Duke of Grafton
Wakefield Lodge
Northamptonshire
Duke of Norfolk
Sir George Colebrooke, Bart
London City Prepares Amid Disorder and Diplomacy
A London crowd faces threats of riots as Lord Mayor counters dissent among City companies. News cites ordnance shipments to Woolwich, diplomacy with Russia and Portugal, and local disturbances in Denbighshire and London while a marriage treaty and upcoming races in Newmarket loom.
Fragmentary Gazette Snippet Reflects Names and Notices
A garbled daily fragment lists numerous names and titles including Sir John Erhe wholesale dealer and Miss Alice Needlys, with scattered references to London, Paris, Quaker meetings, and legal notices. The text is incomplete and reads as a rough, postscript-like collection of individuals, locales, and dates, lacking coherent narrative.
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Paris
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Horsley- Dowsiy
John
Alice Needlys
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Wilts
Souchrouthby
Anne. Willis
Sq." Pauls
Chih Yar Kintering
Lincoln Stratton
Lambeth Marth
Meeting of London City Officials Ordered Public Notice
A General Meeting of the Mayor Aldermen and Livery companies of the City of London met in Common Hall at Guildhall on April 1 1770. The court thanks the Lord Mayor Aldermen Sheriffs and Council for attending His Majesty at St James’s with the humble address Remonstrance and Petition. It is ordered that the resolution be fairly transcribed signed by the Town Clerk and inserted in all public newspapers.
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London
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Woolwich
Guinea
Paris
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France
Guildhall
Gates
Manthal
Britain
St Petersburg
Jonas.Harway
Wolga
Vrehich
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Ordel
Bender
Gezdkows
Riga
Europe
Serena
Lisbon
Stoffeln
Sharika
Wallachia
Igala
Petersburak
Denbighshire
Chirk
St. Edmund's
Bury
Charles Pelham
Elgs
Lincolnshire
Yorkhire
Mills Offére
Chelsea
Oriders
Newmarket
Matthew Kennedy
Thames
John Sherwood
Shadyeil
John’Thomas
Jamaica
Havannah
Tankredp
Dartford
Champaign
James
Braton-street
Bond-street
Mas Stott
Haberdather
Piccadilly
Aéton
St. James’s
Lee Ti Gimee
Jemmy Twi'cher
Solomon Slyhoots
Peter Punnical
Patrick O’ Donnelly
Ebenezer
Broadbrim
Jerémiah Humbug
Lemmy
Twitcher
Daniel Gunston
Valery
J. Smith
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