London May 4 5 Prince of Wales reconciliation sepia night lights
London reports on the Prince of Wales and King George II seeking reconciliation after a rift. Palace events light the West End, Carleton House meetings with Dundas Pitt and a hoped amicable settlement follow, and public cheer spreads through pubs and theaters. The piece notes tea totals, a Saltash election ruling, Abbey Concerts schedule, and a violent Bishop of London relapse.
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Peace of Wales
Queen's
Prince of Wales
Charleton-house
House of Commons
George II
Dundas
Carleton House
Pitt
Carleton-house
Prusian
East-India Company
London
Mr. Bartlett
Oxford
Ramage
Wrighte
King
Lord Charlemont
Malone
Steevens
Kemble
Mason
Dido
Nash
Reed
Canterbury
Newington Green
Whitechapel
Essex Road
Olney
County of Bucks
Fire sweeps a Manchester tenement district destroying many homes
A strong wind fanned a blaze across a street destroying forty three dwellings plus barns and outbuildings. About two to three hundred quarters of malt were ruined and two hundred people left homeless. One carpenter, Thomas Raben, was killed as chimneys fell. Loss estimated around three thousand pounds. A separate coach incident near Eccles led to a woman delivering a baby with aid from locals. A man in Taunton shot himself. a note condemns a lottery calling for legislative action.
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Thomas Raben
Liverpool
Eccles
Manchester
Providence
Taunton
William Jagget
Bank robbery convict Watts linked to London runner tale
Manchester April 28 report reveals James Watts, jailed two years at Lancaster Castle for robbing his employer, connected with Andrews who receives seven years. A former bank runner in London, Watts was ambushed, saved by a passersby woman who faced danger, and the bankers grant the rescuer 50 per year. Andrews, the chief offender, writes letters showing a flair for schemes to levy taxes. A Quaker style letter hints at Watts’s past and present peril, while Milford notes harbour repairs and two batteries planned to house a fleet of warships.
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Manchester
James Watts
Castle of
Lancaster
Andrews
London
Watts
Night fall in Sandgate ends in fatal jaw injury
May reports from Newcastle and Reading describe a blacksmith intoxicatedly napping at an open Sandgate window and falling into the street his jaw caught by a crook tearing loose and killing him by Sunday evening. Reading notes brisk cattle sales and high horse prices amid exports to France and Germany. Handley Dorsetshire woodcock nest found with fledglings. Convicted prisoners transported from Shepton Mallet to Woolwich under guard.
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Newcastle
Sandgate
Reading
France
Germany
Lalispury
Chace
Handley
Dersetshire
Sun Inn
Fitherton
Schefter Goal
Shepton Mallet Bridewell
Woolwich
Fleetwoods Life of Jesus Christ weekly numbers begin May 19 1787
All Christian families are urged to read an affordable series by the Rev. Dr. Fleetwood. The work covers Jesus from the Incarnation to the Resurrection and Ascension, presented as a pious, instructive history. Each weekly number costs six pence and includes copperplates. The May 19 publication will feature a frontispiece and a plan of Jerusalem.
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Redenvier
Jesus Chrid
Fleetwood
Lord
Jesus Christ
Holy City of
Jerusalem
Solomon's Temple
Mount of Olives
Mount Calvary
St. Mark
St. Luke
St. John
St. Peter
St. Paul
St. Andrew
St. James the Great
St. Philip
St. Bartholomew
St. Thomas
St. James the Less
Se. Simon
St. Jude
St. Matthias
St. Barnabas
St. Stephen
John the Baptist
John Fleetwood
King’s Authority
London
J. Cooke
Pater-Noftec Row
S. Sellick
Bnifidal
Great Britain
Ireland
Bedeemer
Dr. Fleetwood
Paternofter-Row
F. Newstry
W. Bulgin
W. Jackson
J. Fitchew
W. Pine
H. Brown
A. Browne
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Copely
Oflend
Holland
Susan Leach
Driiner
Milford
Bristol Society For
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Dr. Ls. da. Tocahh
Darance
James Harvey
John Fisher Weare
Haydon
Ditto
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Mark Harford
James Harford
Sheriff Baillie
Hale
G.S. Bradley
J.S. Harford
Wm. Blake
C.E Harford
T. Blagden
Truman Har
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Miss Jones
Brewer
Wm. Jones
Nehem. Bart
Wm. James
Ley
W.R. Jones
Francis Bull
Walter King
Wm. Bush
Naith, Knot
S. Freeman Cole
Phillips
P. Protheroe, Esq
M.clayfield
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B. Cooknor
Peters Ros
Miss Phillips Ros
Sheriff Daniel
R. Reynolds
John Durbin Ketley
Knt
Alderman
Mrs. Dickinson
Rimbron
Dimsdale
Messrs. Roach & Tho. Daniel
Wilmotts
Henry Durbin
Samuel Span
Staford
I. Woodwards
Goldney
Tho
Mey
All Christians
Roe’s
Dr. Fothergill
F. Newnery
St. Paul's
Cheapside
Cocking and
Rudhall
E. Palmer
T. Mills
J. Norton
J. Lioyd
E. Sheircl
T, Brown and Son
W. Fine
J. Fitchen
Wells and Arthur
Bonner, and Co
M. Thompson
Brisol
Mr. Newbery
William Lane
Leadenheil Street
Chinner
Thomas Oldnam Chinner
Peter-street
Bloomsbury
Mellis
Ftndhall
Bristol
Cruttwell
Bath
Newsmen
Curli
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Quay
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Mary Leslie
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