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A LARGE NEW COACH sets out from the above Inn, every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, at eight o’clock.
Inside Passengers Six Shilling each.
Outside Passengers Three Shillings.

A NEW POST — COACH
With FOUR HORSES,
Sets out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at eight o’clock, to carry four insides
only, at Eight Shillings each, outsides Four Shillings.
Also
The POST –COACH
Continues Flying, as usual, every morning at seven o’clock, and arrives at the Bolt
and Tun Inn In Fleet-street, at twelve, and returns precisely at one o’clock
Performed by SMITH, LEWIS, & HARRISON.

READING, SATURDAY, Oct. 28.
A correspondent from Windsor informs us, that the Princess Royal attended his
Majesty, the Prince of Wales and the Bishop of Osnaburgh, at the hunt on Saturday
last, mounted on a beautiful roan; her Royal Highness never lost sight of the King,
and was dressed in blue and gold, with a plain black hat.
On Monday their Majesties honoured Richard Aldworth Neville, Esq., of
Billingbear, with a visit, being the first time of the Queen’s taking an airing since her
lying in.---They were accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Bishop of Osnaburgh..

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Mon 20 Nov
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE Creditors of Wm. WHEATLEY, late of Wokingham, in the county of Berks,
Inn-keeper, deceased, are desired to meet the executors at the Old Rose inn, in
Wokingham aforesaid, on Monday, the 10h of November instant, at 11 o’clock in the
forenoon, when a state of his affairs will be submitted to their consideration.

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Mon 4 Dec
Early on Tuesday morning a duel was fought in Hyde Park, between Lieut. George
Br---e of the navy, and Lieut. H---d, of the arm, when the latter was shot through the
right arm. The quarrel originated from the officer of the army saying Lloyd George
G---he (who had been a great friend to the naval officer) was a c---ly s---l.

Yesterday morning about nine o’clock, the two following malefactors were carried
from, Newgate and executed at Tyburn, according to their sentence, viz. George
Bishop, for feloniously secreting a letter which came into his possession as a letter-
carrier to the General Post-office, and stealing thereout a bill of Exchange, value £30.
And Margaret McLochlin, for feloniously assaulting W. Coppen, in a dwelling-house,
and robbing him of a silver watch. They both behaved penitently, and seemed quite
resigned to their unhappy fate.

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Mon 18 Dec
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WOKINGHAM, DECEMBER, 10 , 1780
WHEREAS a False Report has for some weeks past, been very industriously spread
over this neighbourhood, that I am a going to decline business; this is therefore to
acquaint all my own Friends, as well as the public, that the report is without any

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