Reign Affairs and European Security Tensions
From Brussels reports, Lieutenant-General Baron Darkberg has engaged near Campen and Dieft with Zoop Patriots led by French officer M. Maillebois, repulsed with heavy losses. In Brussels, guards surround the Duchesses of Aremberg Uriel and de Ligne. English speaker arrested for rough talk at a table d hôte. Letters opened. hotels catalogued writers for identification.
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Brussels
Baron Darkberg
Schroeder
Campen
Dieft
M. Maillebois
Aremberg
Uriel
Princess de Ligne
Child fostered in parish kept as own raises inquiry
An eighteenth century account describes a foundling in Longlane Smithfield named James Long later nursed at eighteen pence weekly. The child’s guardians withheld support and the boy was sought as an apprentice by a stranger. The tale ends with mystery and a bank bill before shifting to US tonnage duties and a local response plus a home remedy for rheumatism.
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Longlane
Smithfield
James Long
Cow-cras
Sinichfeld
Besdes
Muntitwigh Ciely
Cletter
Strin Ee
United States
Liverpool
Congress
Keene
House’ of Commons
Lords of the Treasury
Mansfield
Life of Mansfield Admirably Described by Himself
The Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield declines a dramatic life tale, citing a life of privilege and fortune as explaining his path. He pushes the biographer to instead chronicle Lord Hardwicke, noting his ascent to Chief Justice and Chancellor from humble origins.
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Earl of Mansfield
Lord Mansfield
Lord Hardwicke
England
Mansfield the Great Judge of England and his Fame
A reverent portrait of Lord Mansfield tracing his rise from Westminster and Lincoln’s Inn to Chief Justice. It praises his eloquence, impartiality, and political influence, compares him to Cicero and Demosthenes, recalls key cases and his resistance to popular fury, and notes his wealth, retirement, and lasting legacy in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Mansfield
Scotland
Sweda
Demosthenes
Crcere
Pope
Belles Lettres
Muses
Ovid
Murray
House of Commons
Robert Walpole
Cicero
Mrr
Pulteney
Pitt
Tully
Demothenes
Mansfield
Westminster School
Christ Church College
Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn
House of Peers
Nottingham
Court of King’s Bench
Privy Council
Ocober
England
Byett
Earl of Mansfeld
Virgil
Mansfeld
Wilkes
Demotthenes
House of Lords
Elis
Julice
Hyde
Ireland
BlonDel s Specific Claimed as Global Venereal Cure
A Victorian advertisement touts BlonDEL s Specific as a highly effective preventative and cure for venereal disease. It cites France Spain Portugal Germany and Italy, credits Dr Francis Blondel and his clerical descendant Blondel, and promotes a global distribution through J Rudhall and Co. The text warns of mercury dangers and claims rapid, safe cures without confinement, urging orders via Bristol Bath and London agents with sealed bottles and counterfeit penalties.
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Sunderland
Divison
Hugh Janes
Coventry
Guildhall
Whomas Furner
Ebly
Glocestershire
Birmingham
William Jones
Bath
Bear-Inn
Maurice Edwards
Cirencester
Chapman
Ram-Inn
Glocester
J. Jones
Shipston-upon-Stour
Worcester
Jesus College
War. Pearce
Cambridge
Robert Dundas
Arniston
Scotland
Robert Mair
Francis Grose
New South Wales
Lee
Duke of Chandos
Winchester
Maratep
Tho. Roberts
May
Aldgate
Mr. King
Castleton
Wilts
Hains
Murdon
Edward King
Tralee
Margaret O’sullivan
Garret O’sullivan
Kilcummine
Eigg
Welton
County of York
Robert Raikes
London
Mills Williamson
Tho, Williamson
Edward Pyott Westlake
Winnchester
Colton
Hackney
John Venn
Little Dunham
Norfolk
Mills King
Hull
Col. Nebi
52D Regiment
Mills Sneyd
Jeremy Sneyd
Hertford-Street
James Deferet
Custom House
Elizabeth Frane
Chermsford
John Boyden
Sternfield
Brown
Robt. Todd
Gelderton
Webber
Frnton
Tho. Mayhew
Saxmundham
Deeks
Colchester-marker
Upton
Huntingdonshire
W. Walton
Upton Cum
Copmanford
Upton Church
Stockton
Margaret Blakelock
I. P. Hockin
Oakhampton
Linford
Devon
Mr. Pepperell
West Harling
Jean Cayetan
Mells
Dawson
Samuel Smith
Winscanton
Somerset
Miss Hawker
Capt. Hawker
Royal Navy
Chichester
Dunford
Dynford
Ste
Collins
France
Spain
Portugal
Germany
Italy
Europe
Great Britain
Francis Blondel
Dix
Dietpelfe
Mae Éricht
Déde Blondel
Jewve
J. Rudhall and Co. Paixress
Propadietur
England
Velsels
D&c
H. Brown
Quay-street
Quey
Bristol
Luadel
Rudihall
Blondel
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George the Second
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Indus
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Ann
Mrs Smith
Riestcraft
Masih
la Liperté
Jack
Brooy Sincser
Casvras
Eilort
Balicy
Cuamperlai
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