Lord George Gordon and treasonous hand-bills amid royal crisis
Fragments recount Lord George Gordon distributing misused biblical texts to attack the king, prompting a police search of Newgate and removal of hand-bills by Sheriff Benjamin Hammet. The piece notes royal illness, public prayers, and speculates on national sin versus individual punishment, with unrelated satirical and maritime items interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif
Newgate
Benjamin Hammet
London
George Gordon
George
France
Tin Holland
Graham
Windsor
Ulus
Callifts
Flere
Yorkshire
Frome Fair News and Local Justice Incident
Salisbury reports at Frome fair the cattle market was quiet despite a large fair presence. A Maiden Bradley visitor’s 23 guineas pass to a farmer prompted arrest and imprisonment after a judgment by Horner, while a Beckington labourer died after filing an oath against a parish woman. Neighbours view the death as divine justice for false accusation and oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Frome
Maiden- Bradley
Horner
James Timsbury
Beckington
Thomas Horner
Mells Park
Somerset
Talbot Inn
Mells
Notable 19th Century County Crime and Fire Incident
In this county, Neathercote of Bray reports a home plunder in Harborough worth over 1000 pounds. A dramatic Friday duel in Kettering ended with a victorious blind beggar after a long fight, drawing crowds. In Southampton, a severe incendiary plot targeted Market Lane and nearby areas, likely to spark a large blaze, though extinguished by luck. A reward of fifty guineas was offered for the culprit by the Justices and Corporation, but no arrest occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
French-street
Prayer for King George’s Recovery in Catholic Chapels
A formal Catholic prayer service requests divine aid for King George’s health. It instructs post communion prayers, psalms, and the Lord's Prayer, ending with a mercy petition for George and the nation. The text blends antiphons, petitions, and a closing benediction seeking recovery through Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Antaph
Sion
Betohim
God
Jesus Christ
Adultery Case Captures Kenyon Court Spotlight
Lord Kenyon rules in a high profile cram. con. case where Major S. sues Mills Fay Worcester’s widow Mrs S for damages after she bore a child with Mr N while he served abroad. Witnesses place them as husband and wife and in France. The defendant offers no witnesses. The court weighs blame, damages, and domestic havoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major S
Mills Fay Worcester
America
Mr. N
France
Bourdeaux
S—N
Fufpea
Guardianship and moral breach cited in a damages case
A judge condemns a man in a domestic breach case declaring the duty to protect families and uphold morality. The suit from an injured husband sought five thousand pounds. the jury awarded two thousand pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Declaration of the Russian Ambassador to Poland 1788
The Russian ambassador to Poland states that Russia has observed silence regarding Polish resolutions and warns that attempts to establish a permanent Diet or subvert the 1775 constitution will be deemed an infraction of the treaty. The Empress expresses amicable intentions but reserves action if the Polish government changes. Warsaw, November 5, 1788.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stackelberg
Warsaw
The Diabolical Controversy Over Lukins Possession
A Bristol notice from December 4 1788 critiques the Lukins demon possession dispute. It traces competing letters by Rev. and S.N. on exorcism, suggests devilish influence in publication feuds, and previews a planned eight volume Bible edition with pricing and ordering details.
Death of Mrs K. Honored Lady and Ingenious Mind
In a note from CHRITON the writer laments the death of Mrs K a lady of real worth and ingenuous mind. The piece requests publication in the paper to honor her memory and satisfy loyal readers and correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chriton
The plaintive lay of farewell to a departed friend
The verses express a lament for a friend after death with longing, memory, and the soul’s release. It envisions friendship surviving in memory beyond life, the shade finding liberty in death, and the immortal spark taking flight at the trump.
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Fomzour
Lord George
Gordon
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Gibraltar
Cofby
Spithead
Peyton
Country News
Crim Con
Lord Kenyan
King’s Bench
STATE
Republic of
Poland
Geo. Lukins
Temple Church
Lukins
Divine
Wrington
S. N
Norman
S.N
Bristol
Metz
Royal Academy
Grignion
Eve
Adam
Paradise
Cain
Abel
Universal Library of Divine Knowledge
Antioch
Jerusalem
Thomas Bankes
St. Mary Hall
Oxon
Dixton
Monmouthshire
St. George’s
Middlesex
George Wheeler
Spital-square
C. Cooke
Paternofter-Row
S. Sellick
St. James’s Back
England
Scotland
Ireland
Bankes
Leake
Little Wenlock
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
Pilula Salutaria
Henry Bateman
T. Taylor
Corporation of Surgeons
New BrinceStacet
N.B
J. Rudhall & Co
Treet
H. Brown
Quay-street
Cruttwell
Bath
Evill
Wells
Dublin
Cupid
Mary
Dudley
Coltsfoot
James Ryan
Diinton - Street
Bristox
Francis Newbery
St. Paul's
Mr. Newbery
J.rudhall
E.shiercliff
W. Bulgin
J. Lloyd
J. Norton
KE. Palmer
Wells and
Hatton-Garden
Hodson
Hatton Garden
Roadhall and Co
Small-street
Brown
Collins
Lynn
Cambridge Hospital
Cole
Upwell
Norfolk
Jos, Hunt
Fordingbridge
Hants
Cambridge
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Nature
BaistoLt Key
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