Impeachment talk and court notes in Middlesex 1788
From a Page one report detailing a House of Commons debate on Sir Elijah's impeachment and a judge's trial prospects, plus court rulings on a servant contract and a fire at Lord Coventry's residence. Additional items mention naval muster at Wapping and wartime dispatches from Vienna describing Belgrade action and Austrians abducting Prince Ypsilanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Elijah
James Johnstone
Middlesex
London
Earl of Mansfield
Court of King’s Bench
Bagshot Heath
Hatton-hill
King’s Bench
Covent Garden
Justice Buller
Lord Coventry
Piccadilly
Wapping
Vienne
Belgrade
Semlin
Schabatz
Ypsilanti
Moldavia
Fires and Crime Across Poors and Nearby Towns
May 17 report covers near calamities at the Angel Inn stable yard and a Longfleet barn fire likely set maliciously. A maternal murder suspicion emerges in Asabine involving Jartha Ives, with a found infant harmed. Digbeth George Inn stables burn in early morning blaze, killing one horse and injuring seven others.
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Angel Inn
John Bundock
Longfleet
Asabine
Jartha Ives
Binfield
Hungerford
Binningham
George Inn
Digbeth
Remarkable deformity calf born near Lewes
A cow at the King's Head near Lewes produced a calf with extraordinary deformities including inverted fore and hind limbs and unusual joint orientation. The animal, eight weeks old, was sold for ten pounds to Richard Oram to be exhibited as a natural oddity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Richard Hobden
King’s Head
Chaily-common
Richard Oram
Letter from Sidi Mahomet to European Consuls condemns English perfidy
A historic missive from Sidi Mahomet, Emperor of Morocco, denounces England as untrustworthy and deceitful. He recounts orders given to reshipped ships back from Gibraltar, alleges duplicity by Ambassador Curtis, and cites a date in Jumadilala 1762 corresponding to February 25, 1788.
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Sidi Mahomet
Morocco
Curtis
Gibraltar
Abdulhamed
Flem
Henry Southwell
Magdala College
Cambridge
Afterby
Lincolnshire
Marlys
London
Great Britain
Ireland
Sellick
Booksfeller
St. James’s
Brisol
Letter Debate on Werter and Charlotte in Scotland Visit
A lengthy correspondence critiques Eglantine’s sketch of Charlotte and Werter. The writer defends Charlotte’s virtue, questions Werter’s philosophy, and challenges the author’s portrayal, promising to continue the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eglantine
Werter
Scotland
England
Charlotte
L. W
Albert
Niy
Overflowing Virtue at the Oxford Road Concert
The article laments widespread excess from royal and political realms to finance and religion, praising bright Cecilia and her organ as a heavenly interruption. The concert ends late as crowds delay departures in Oxford Road.
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Cecilia
Earth
Heaven
Israel
Egypt
Oxford Road
Cruelty to Insects Sparks Call for Kindness in Youth
A letter urges printers to rebuke cruelty to the caterpillar known as the chaffer, arguing even small insects feel pain. It condemns taunting or harming the creature and advocates teaching children tenderness to living beings to prevent later misery and death to others.
Bleaching Improvement Shared From Paris to Manchester
A letter to the Manchester Mercury notes a new bleaching method using dephlogisticated marine acid, as advised by Sir Joseph Banks after inquiry in London. Berthollet’s French experiments allegedly succeed by using a diluted vitriolic acid solution with marine salt and manganese, yielding eight quarts of bleaching liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Mercury
London
Joseph Banks
Berthollet
France
Manchester
M. Berthollet
Tho. Taylor
Corporation of Sureons
New Bridgetreet
J. Rudhall & Co
Smmallstreet
H. Brown
Quay-street
Bristol
Cruttwell
Bath
Evill
Wells
England
Grand Musical Festival Pantheon Delights Metropolis
A grand festival in the Pantheon draws fifteen hundred noble attendees with a Royal box and lavish decor. Athley and Bates receive praise for staging and chorus, while Marchesi’s Verdi aria from Alcina earns universal acclaim and an encore, noting his superior alto and tonal roundness. His Majesty passive observation punctuates the spectacle.
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Bates
Athley
Marchesi
Alcina
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Ostler
Storf
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Walker
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Sharp
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Samuel Wale
Royal Academy
Solomon’s Temple
Universal Family Bible
Christian’s
Divine Library
Adam
Antioch
Jerusalem
Coltsfoot
James Rvany Surceon
Bristoll
Whalesale
Francis Newsery
St. Paul’s
Mr. Newbery
J.rudhall & Co
W. Browne
E-Shierclit
Batstot Key
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