Revolution Commemoration Across Hereford and Salisbury Areas
Reports from Hereford and surrounding towns recount celebration of the 1688 Revolution. Events included cathedral service led by Rev. Ruffel, a grand dinner hosted by the Revolution Society with dignitaries, and a ball with city illumination. In Salisbury a coroner’s inquest investigated arsenic death. Laycock bells faced disorderly conduct. Great Bedwin mourned a fatal drinking dare. A Bacchic tribute in Biamincuam featured a large assembly, toasts to William III, and an oration with a dramatic performance celebrating Old England and liberty.
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Country New
Heererary
Ruffel
Lecurer
Swan and
Revolution Society
Bishop of
Hereford
Lord Bateman
Lord Malden
George Cornewall
Dore
Eton
R. A. Neville, Esq
Bego
Salisbury
John Turner
Susannah Scandover
George Scandover
Jeffery
Laycock
Chippenham
Great Bedwin
Henry Clay
William the Third
Old England
Prince of Wales
Brunswick
Friends of Freedom
Birmingham
Mr. Howard
Friends of Humanity
Sons of Freedom
C. dc
Clark
Jubilee Celebrations Mark William III Revolution in Birmin
Crowds across Birmingham commemorate the Revolution with songs, illuminations, and a ball at the Freemasons Hotel. A Jubilee Committee plans annual observances, with officers dining at the Shakespeare Tavern and toasts to the King, Queen, Ministry, and local leaders.
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Freemason's
William
Britain
France
William III
G.R
Shakespeare Tavern
Ministry—Commerce and Navigation of Great Britain
Warwick
Birmingham
Inscriptions by the Hourglass in a Grotto by the Sea
An inscription beside a grotto and stream speaks of time’s flow and youth’s folly. A bubbling current prompts reflection on wasted moments and the moral of not letting time slip away.
Distemper Remedy for Horned Cattle and Perfume Tips
A correspondent shares a cattle distemper remedy: feed four ounces of bacon with bruised ragwort, bleed at the nose, then give a boiled mixture of milk cinnamon garlic olive oil rye tops plus a chamomile steam treatment. Also suggests a perfume for cow houses using rank incense juniper garlick and boiled water. Notes Standish cattle illness traced to yew tree browsing, not epidemic disease.
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N. B
Standish
Anecdote of Sir Elijah and the Sea Lawyer Shark
During a voyage from India Sir Elijah Impey stayed mostly in his cabin while Lady Impey enjoyed the deck. A shark appeared near the ship and when asked what it was he learned from a sailor that, though not named ashore, sailors call such creatures Sea Lawyers.
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AH Impey
Sir Elijah
India
Honest Jack
Tar
Hymn to Liberty and Journey Parallels in a Centenary Ode
A frayed verse mix recalls religious liberty and royal praise. It blends a call for mercy and truth with a retrospective travelogue on trials, advising fortitude and foresight, then shifts to a centenary Jubilee song extolling William III and Britannia, ending with hopes for enduring liberties under Hanover rule.
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Mac
Mr. Goss
Kine Wixlliam III
Council
Salsbury
Derry Down
Britannia
Journey through Youth and the Path of Life
An essay likening life to a journey from youth to maturity. It contrasts initial optimism with later self-reliance, the loss of guidance, and the search for direction. It urges seeking wisdom from fellow travelers and valuing companionship as the voyage continues.
The Most Complete Book of Cookery Published Tuesday
The most complete Book of Cookery in English will be published on Tuesday the 18th instant at the price of six shillings and fourpence.
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France
M. Comme
M. Difang
M. Dupont
M. Valois
M. Troas
M. Delatour
Fry
the Prince of Wales
London
Saturrar
Virert
Noble
Lowry
Aueas
Tuxxus
Dayoga
D&c
Virgin
William Henry Melmoth
Telemachus
Homer
Virgil
Melmoth
Alex. Hogg
King’s Arms
Troy
Achilles
Asa
Memmnon
N. B. Melmoth
Hoge
No. L
Fenenon
Cambray
Minerva
Characer
Mentor
Greece
Price
Conder
Middleton
England
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Nafsau
Naffau
Sulllauder
Howard
Drake
Billowa
Derry
Dons
Louis
Jemmy
Torbay
Brunwicks
Hanover
George
Toth Printers
Mead
Sydenham
Tilfot
Fothergill
Elliot
Buchan
Mary Cole
Earl of Drogheda
G. Kearsley
Fleet-street
Bristol
Bath
Bristol Key
Francis Nawsery
St. Paul's
No. 4
Cheapside
Dr. James
Ona Wakr
J. Rudhall & Co
H. Brown
E. Shiercliff
W. Bulgin
J. Norton
E. Palmer
William Browne
J. Lloyd
Wells and Arthur
William Pine
J. Fitchen
T. Mills
Bonner
M. Thompson
Mr. Newbery
F. Newbery
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