Burglary and ruinous crimes amid Taunton region upheaval
Reports from Weymounth and Taunton detail a wide range of crimes including a major burglary at Sir William Yeat’s Pyrland estate, deer theft, sheep looting, and an active pursuit by Taunton authorities. Witnesses describe a plot by servants and others with the servant boy turning king’s evidence. widespread depredations threaten the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Yea
Pyrland
William
C. W. Bampfylde
Taunton
Wyke
Richard Arbuthnot
His Majesty's Customs
SaturdDay
John Fithes
Marlow Common
Buckinghamshire
Fisher
Marlow
Thomas East
Little Marlow
East
Robert Howard
Howard
Goth
Alt
Bast
Aylesbury
John Cleobury
Lewes
Bramber
Horsham
Infanticide Trial Tale At Bramber Rape Gate
A distorted extract describes a father, keeper of Bramber turnpike gate, away on business during his daughter’s crime. The mother concealed a dead infant and urged burial. The tale notes the father’s reputed integrity during a county election, reportedly refusing a one thousand pound bribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramber
Debates on India Company powers in House of Commons
Monday March 3 saw crowded galleries as counsel for the India Company opposed a Declaratory Bill. Erskine argued historic charters and rights while Rous warned of presumed deceit. Debate focused on evidence and whether the bill should be committed Wednesday. the Society urged restraint on slave notices and Christian instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine
India Company
Rous
Board of
Contraul
Board of Control
Rouse
Court of Directs
India
Mr. Fox
Pitt
Fox
Barbadoes
America
Hastings and troubled times in Bengal and England
A fragmentary 1768 letter discusses slavery, the Society for Propagating the Gospel, and Anthony Benezet. It chronicles Hastings life from Darlesford Worcester to Westminster School, noting family estates sold after supporting Charles I and Hastings’ early scholarly promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bench of Bishops
Society For
Secker
Burton
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Foreign Parts
Anthony Benezet
Philadelphia
Hastings
Church of England
Darlesford
Worcestershire
Charles I
Burford
Oxfordshire
Howard Hastings
Westminster School
Francis
Singular hawks and a Bengal governor general tale
The article recalls two feathered oddities from Hertfordshire and Somerset, describing a hawk that guarded a garden and a huge resident kite that repelled intruders at Marston. It then traces Warren Hastings’s rise from Bengal to Governor General, noting his early service and reforms, and ends with charitable pleas from a Monmouthshire clergyman and a cautious political note on the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Bengal
John Payne
Abbot's Langley
Herts
Marston
Frome
Somersetshire
Earl of Cork
Mr. Jones
Vitorious
Chiswicke
East India
Nichol
Westminster
Warren Hastings
Oxford
Hindostan
Calcutta
Council
India
Essex-street
Strand
Samuel Johnson
Madras
Antiscorbutic Drops advertised in London shop notice
A London notice promotes Aredant's Drops as a remedy for scorbutic and leprous disorders. It cites John Hayman as successor to Norton’s works in Golden Square and warns buyers to order from Hayman to avoid counterfeits. The drops retail in Britain through various merchants including Rudhall, H Brown, and W Browne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden-Square
London
John Norton
John Hayman
Hayman
Ohn Hayman
Golden Square
Great Britain
J. Hayman
Rudhall
H. Brown
Quay-@reet
Mite W. Browne
The Newmen Sell ME BIC 1 NE Shim at Bristou Office
The item ME BIC 1 NE Shim is offered by J. Rudhall at the Be ing Ofice Sal feet near H. Browns Medicinal Warehouse in the Right Hand Corner of Quay street facing the Head of the Quay Bristou. Availability also via Newmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rudhall
H. Brown
Quay Street
Bristou
Extraordinary Efficacy of Dalbys Carminative
Testimony from William Fawker brass-founder describes a month old child saved from griping pains and bloody stools by Dalbys Carminative. He claims the remedy gave relief within five minutes and restored health after subsequent attacks, and praises its safety for infants and adults with wind, cholics, convulsions, and fluxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalby
William Fawkner
Shoe-lane
Dr James's Powder for fevers and puerperal risk relief
The article extols Dr James's Powder as a universal remedy for fevers, rheumatism, smallpox, measles, pleurisy, erysipelas, and inflammatory disorders. It claims rapid fever relief when taken at first signs, cites high‑ranked recoveries, and urges preparedness. It also notes the Cephalic Snuff’s head relief, aiding headaches, dizziness, deafness, and memory, with cautions against overuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fames
James
Oriental Vegetable Cordial praised as universal stomach cure
An elderly testimonial based notice extols the Oriental Vegetable Cordial for rapid relief in sudden stomach and bowel disorders, digestive irritation, and colicky pains from fruit and vegetables, plus benefits in rheumatic and gout attacks. It cites twenty years of East experience and five years across Britain, with a London Gazette abstract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Great Britain
London Gazette
C. dc
Hayman Maredant’s Drops referenced in 18th century letter
A letter from 1787 to Mr Hayman of Great Marlbro’ Street describes severe knee pain and swelling in 1785. The writer credits Marchant's Drops with rapid improvement after eight bottles, claiming full recovery and urging others with similar disorders to use the remedy. Witnessed by Tam, Willis & Fuller, Poore booksellers and traders in Newbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayman
Great Marlbro’-street
London
Newbury
Berks
Marchant
Tam
Willis & Fuller
Voker & Appraiser
Opodeldoc praised for rheumatism and sprains in London ads
The advertisement touts Dr Steers Opodeldoc as a universal remedy for rheumatism cramps sprains and joint weakness. It warns buyers of counterfeits with F Newaery stamped on genuine bottles and claims effectiveness for burns toothache and horse ailments including back strains galls and cracked heels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steers
London
F. Newaery
Stamp-office
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Sundey
Country News
House of Commons
Gentleman’s Magazine
C. Harbour
Monmouthshire
Thomas Gilbert
Thomas Davies
Tregeare
Monmouth
Existo Key
Vv. Hayman
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