Madras Council appointments and 18th century notices
News items report the East India Company filling Madras vacancies with Henry Holland and Robert Mauntell, plus details on the governing council under Sir Archibald Campbell. Other notes cover a Bank of England credit plan for Ireland, a Paris motion for Protestant privileges, a Middlesex perjury indict ment, Herschel's telescope improvements, and local crimes and curiosities including a stabbing and an innovative iron travelling machine rewarded by the King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gett
DVO
Sarah Impey
India
Perann
Daflings
Bengal
Wrednesday
Easlt India Company
Madras
Henry Holland
Elg.ccond
Robert Mauntell
Fort St.George
Holland
Fort St. George
Archibal Campbell
Mauntell
Archibald Campbell
K. B
Henry Hallane
James Calamaior
Elgis
Cole
Anniulates Vo
Ccol
Union of
England and Ireland
Williams
Orde
Irth Cambrics
Bank of England
Ireland
England
France
Pacha
Catro
Paris
Robert de St. Vincent
Middlesex
G. Thonton
Lady Southmore
Herschel
Georgium Sidus
York
Derby
Suillingfleet
Lindo
Devonflure-square
Bishopsgate-street
Alderman Wright
Queen's Palace
Birmingham
Old Bailey
Murder Charge Over Corn Raider Case at Bungay
In Norfolk country news, on Thursday at Norwich Castle, Thomas Dove, William Hawke, and Thomas Mayhew were charged with murdering Henry Scare of Bungay. Sunon Stannard, an accomplice, is in custody. Scare, a corn fighter, had suspected Hawke and Mayhew of prior corn theft and reported them, leading to a brutal revenge that ended with his death aboard a highyard boat.
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Country News
Campripos
Norwich Castle
Thomas Dove
William Hawke
Beccles
Thomas Mayhew
Bungay
Henry Scare
Sunon Stannard
Hawke
Mayhew
Stannard
Mosl
Skeleton discovery and a poaching fines case in old county notes
Oxford reports a human skeleton found in a Wormsley field near John Fane Esq with bones large in size and no coffin. In another item a noted poacher’s dealer network is exposed by Sir Harry Featherflonchaughs servants with fines totaling 250 in the town of P in Hampshire and adjoining areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yatdldale
Bungy Association
Oxford
John Fane
Wormsley
Ruapine
Bern
Harry Featherflonchaugh
P——. Hants
Surrey
Commercial Treaty Report Warns of Inequality and Risk to Britain
The Committee of the Chamber of Manufacturers publishes a report criticizing the Commercial Treaty. It argues tariffs favor France in glass porcelain and textiles, threaten woollens and cottons, endanger hardware and metal goods, and could drive British products from markets in Spain Portugal and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Portugal
Monument to Butler at Covent Garden Church
Butter the Hudras author is buried at St Pauls Covent Garden. Nearby residents funded a memorial in the church portico with a medalion bearing his bust and a poem by Mr. O Bryen. The verse laments flattery and court influence, urging readers to learn from Butler’s fate and the danger of wit and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butter
Hudras
St. Paul’s Church
Covent Garden
Flong
Butler
Insane Man Pook Helm Seen in London Workhouse
A London workhouse resident calling himself Pook Helm astonishes attendants with alleged knowledge of people he has never seen. He is described as religious and educated, capable of discussing bishops and even claiming the King noticed him. A visitor reported the Queen as an infant in prayer, and Helm answered a Latin-speaking caller with a devout prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pook
Helm
Aown
Durhan
Durham
Weather notes with thermometer readings and cloud conditions
Weather bulletin lists thermometer heights, barometer at 87 inches, varied cloudiness, frost, rain, and wind observations. Multiple stations record temperatures around 30 to 50 degrees and describe conditions such as cloudy, foggy, misty, and light rain across entries.
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Aim
W. Zifoggy Funth
Nwa
Funth
Hervey's New System of Geography published in London
A long advertisement announces Hervey’s circumstantial world geography describing Cook’s voyages, Botany Bay, New Holland, and global regions. Revised and expanded by Frederick Hervey with an introductory treatise on geography, printed in London by Johnson and Wilkie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervey
Cook
South Sea
North Poles
Botany Bay
New Holland
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Alioa Conde
Great Britain
J. Johnson
G. and
Y. Wilkie
St. Paul's Churchyard
London
Dr Hooper's Female Pills Warn Against Fakes in London
The notice cautions the public about numerous spurious preparations of Dr Hooper's Female Pills. It warns that genuine pills bear engraved stamps with the names Hooper, Saleph, and Benjamin Hooper, and lists the official warehouses and trusted vendors in London and Bristol. Purchasers are urged to observe marks of authenticity and avoid counterfeit products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gola
Saleph
Benjamin Huaper
Dotior
Pfaancys Newapery
Drs James’s
St Paul's
Cheapside
London
Thomas Dicey and Co
Cocking and Rudhall
FE. Shierwhit
J. Norton
H. Brown
W. Bulgin
J. Lievd
Palmer
W. Jackton
W. Pine
J. Aitechew
PY. Mills, Browne and Son
Curious Old Board Price Note in Half-Guinea Range
A fragment notes a price in boards at about half a guinea and mentions the BB edition. The text reflects a curious, useful, and valuable board reference from a bygone era.
Dr Farness Powder for child bed fevers advertised
An 18th century advertisement extols Dr Farness Powder as a universal remedy for fevers including puerperal and milk fever, with claims of rapid relief and miraculous recoveries. It instructs dosing, praises authenticity, and lists London and provincial dealers led by Francis Newbery and others who vend the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farness
Jastes
Francis Newbery
St. Paul's
Cheapside
London
Newbery
Stamp-office
Cocking and
Rudhall
KF. Sheircliff
E. Palmer
J. Norton
J. Lloyd
Wells and
Arthur
W. Bulgin
J. Fitchen
W. Pine
J. Mills
Brown Aire Son
M. Thompson
H. Brown
Bristol
Observers warned on lime of high water at Aust Passage
Those who cross Esther of the Passages are asked to note that the Lime of High Water at Aust Passage is nearly the same as at Bristol Quay and at the New Passage about an hour earlier. High water time shifts by wind: northerly winds advance up to five hours before, and southerly or westerly delay up to seven hours after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eare
Hyany
Quesi
Indies
Pulliirs
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Haac Newton
Royal Hospital of Edinburgh
Mn Hayman
Inn
Permons
Lanardale
Hayman
Great Britain
Cocking
Ruddell
Brown
JackQuay-Street
Melis
A. Browne
Esther
Aust Passage
Bristol Quay
New Passage
Also Mentioned on This Page
Britain
Boulogne
Flanders
Herery
Jacquelon
Mowlins
Nottingham
THER
Bristol Meteorological Journal
Duke
Noble
Karakakwoa Bay
Owdyce
Strand
Somerset House
Times
Alex, Ogg
King's Armns
Lown
Town and Country Magazine
Burney
Prince of Wales
Grower
Queen Charlotte
Booker
Grignion
N. B
Mel, Fry and Sons
King
D. Fenning
J. Collyer
Frederick Hervey
Etq
John Hall
Ely
Ita Dictionary of
Wit
New Holand
Norfolk Mand
Dr. Hooper
Hes Magesty
S. Freeman
King’s College University
Aberdeen
Society of Polite Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Hattory-Garden
Gardner
The
Quay-Street
Bikol
Whein
Adair
Bath
Maredant
Bristou Key
Alonday
Aij Lin
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