Theatre of European Warfare and Royal News Abroad
Reports detail political pressure in the provinces, naval movements, and court life. Mentions shipments from Madrid, Prussian demands, release of imprests, Spanish ships ready for sea, and distant war objectives. Includes royal progress, a shark anecdote, the Dutch ambassador Lynden, and famine in Russia with troops on move. Also notes the Prince of Wales and Duke of York tour, a blue dye discovery, and a list of executed convicts.
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Admiralty Office
Spain
Madrid
Mediterranean
St. James’s Caron
Joan Harley
Windsor
St. James's
York
Hereford
Lord Rodney
Count de Graffe
Lynden
Corps
Tolland
Cherburgh
Trincoimale
Cape of Good Hope
France
Gaul
Britannia
Prince of Wales
India- House
Portmouth
China
Huddart
Wight
St. Petersburgh
Russia
Moscow
Duke of York
Allerton
Yorkshire
Cambridge
Jesus Jane
Prince
London
John Parnell
Ireland
Whitehall
Dublin
Amterdam
Duke of Brunswick
Royal Society
Newgate
Homas Simmonds
Nicholas Lilley
Johnsson
Thomas Cotton
John Moore
Joseph Hannam
Alias Moore
Richard Ramsbottom
Elizabeth Walker
Robert Gilbrath
John Vandebus
Bond
Spring Gregory
Convicts' Escape and Aftermath Report from Portsmouth
Details of a prison escape where 12 inmates fled the gaol by a chimney hole but were quickly recaptured. Mention of a grim social note on two convicts and their legacies, and of a Cape Francis letter noting American vessels require passes to French West Indies ports. Also reports on Admiralty dispatches stopping ships and arranging two frigates for Jamaica and America.
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Convic
Vanderbus
Bond
Siamonds
Cape Franceis
Hifpaniola
Buftan
West-Indies
Carpire
Portsmouthu
Admiralty
Paris
Spithead
Jamaica
America
An Anecdote of Avarice and Fortunes at Deptford
An old news column recounts a widow of a Captain Lewhorn in East India service dying at Deptford after living eleven years without fire. She valued at twenty thousand pounds, resisted sustenance for days, and clung to a locked iron chest of plate and china. The piece also notes a Duke of Retland youth’s fear of bleeding, and lists various marriages and stock prices with limited context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewhorn
East-India Service
Deptford
Greenwich
Duke of
Retland
Granby
Hornsby and Co Dominant Lottery Traders in Cornfill
Our correspondent highlights Hornsby and Co in Cornfill as the leading dealers in the present Irish State Lottery. He notes punctual payments from prizes, including sixteen hundred pounds for a single prize in the last English State Lottery, and claims they sold a large share of capital prizes which were honoured promptly.
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Hornsby and Co
Cornfill
Hornby and Co
London
Peele
Fleet-Breet
Wm. Cadell
Paulton’s Hill
Glocestershire
Riley
River-street
Lawford’s Gate
Coombe House
Gibbs
Farr
Harford
Mason
Broadmead
Mangotsfield
Stephen Maberly
Shrewsbury
Severn
Marshield Fair
Browning
Colerne
King’s Arms Inn
Cornwall
Isle of Anglesey
Iris
Winsham
Abergavenny
Monmouthshire
Freshford
George Cooper
Fard
College-Green
City Coach Rates Spark Public Pickup Debate
A letter praises magistrates for trying to clarify coach regulations yet laments the ambiguity in prices from stalls to city bounds. A bystander recounts a Saturday incident near St Michael's Hill over eighteen pence, suggesting a note explain the city limits and a gallows landmark to prevent further misunderstandings.
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St. Michael's Hill
King David
St. Michael’s
Yaur’s
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Marerreno
George Shiftner
Pontrilas
Herefordshire
Bridger
John Bridger
Combe-Place
Susex
Edavard Cotsford
Clyfe St. Mary
Par- Hiamcest
Midhurse
Sussex
Lydia Manning
Henry Manning
Thomas Bille
Mills Townsshend
Ham
Richmond
Chown
Exeter
Dingle
Lympstone
Holloway
Viver
Dr. Wren
Portsrouth
Bristol
Cornstreet
Wade Hart Inn
Broad-street
Bread-street
Ludygate Hill
LIGHT
Broad Street
Wyatre-Lion-Inn
Broadfireet
White Swan
Holburn-bridge
Bush-Tavern
Corn-street
Jones
Phillott
Moody, Pickwick
Arnold
Davis
Walley
Herriott
Bath
Theatre-Royal
Meonday
J K
John Falstaf
John Falstaff
Blufett
Knight
King Henry
Powell
Prince John of Lancaster
Sharrock
Worcester
Fox
Richard Vernon
Epan
Walter Blunt
Wordsworth
Northumberland
Rowbotham
Westmoreland
Bloomfield
Francis
Adancee
Calle LE Jardinier Italien
Mather
Miss Michel
Jeaser
Robinson Crusoe
Harlequin
Mude
Dreifks
Rotinton Crusoe
Kealberry
Pantalean
Pierrot
Floor
Clawn
Jackson
Mate Fterth
Savages
Summers
Egan
Brittaw
Friar
John Ashley
Penna Mabella Pantalina
Colombine
Mary Summers
Mills Michel
Keant Rex Eb Regina
Gy Ies Smith
Jer
Samuel Wess
Hilis
Joux
Bath Tavern
Samery Wess
Cork
Anjigua
Hermit
William Barge
Paslave
Walter Jacks
Krag Flyn
Murant
Blak-Rizer
Savance la Mar
Esther
John Hayhurst
Thomas Naish
Mulberry Tree
Arthur Browne
Dumearine
Francis Willisrs
Philadelphia
F. Willis
John Young
Clare-street
Birmingham
Corntreet
Glocester
Tewkesbury
White Hart
Hart
Weeks
Poston
Copeland
Holyhead
Manchester
Liverpool
Hants's Hotel
Anchor Society
Merchants Hall
James Harvey
Taree
Grateful Society
William Wetherill
Hoopers Hall
King-street
Edward Colston
All-Saints Church
Society of West-India Merchants
William Miles
Temple, Thomas
Redcliff
Pope's Road
Percandan
St. Thomas-Street
B. Purte
Christ Church Parish
Otice
Joseen Furser
Masons
Batu
Earl and Countess of Corke
Bishop of
Offory
Lord Kinnaird
Saye
Sele
Charles Bampfylde
Leigh
John Prestwich
Mary Bayle
Mannock
Edward Winnington
Lady Middleton
General Sandford
Gabriel
Plowden
Hicks
Dry
Edwards
Clement
Baker
Frodsham
Sandford
Smith
Wimbre
Falmouth
Truro
Leworthy
Barnstaple
Plymouth
Thornhill
Honnywill
Loyalty
Lloyd
Chester
Owen