Great earthquake devastation and European unrest reported
The document notes Tortosa and surrounding towns nearly ruined by an earthquake, with many settlements like Mequine, Vinebre, Benifanet, Aldover, Benitaller, and Tivet in ruins. Lisbon reports settlers abandoning homes as savages threaten coastal towns, while Amsterdam describes reform of the old constitution and removal of officers, including Haac Van Gondaever, 40 captains, 68 lieutenants, and 33 ensigns, from February 21, 1787.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manet
Spain
Otober
Fortola
Falfer
Tortosa
Mequinenea
Falt
Mora
Vinebre
Benifanet
Aldover
Benitaller
Tivet
Ginefiat
Miruro
Cherba
Lisbon
Nostra Senhora del
Amsterdam
Aplucard
Haac van Gondaever
Royal Navy cuts and European unrest headline London news
Reports from London detail a naval downsizing with guardships assigned to Portsmouth Plymouth and Sheerness and losses from a vessel fateful to the Duke of Gloucester. Officials discuss copper miner discontents in Cornwall and Russia trade talks as Poland and Spain pivot in the Turkish war. Mourning in Dublin for the Rutlands accompanies military reductions and East Indies policy notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Gloucester
Pitt
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Sheerness
Francis Baffet
Penryn
Cornwall
Minster
Anglesea Copper Company
Ireland
Marchioness Townshend
Dadists of
Portland
Buckinghamshire
Marchioness
Buckingham
Duchess of Rutland
Russia
Jali
Kombatdion
Crimea
van Berke
Paris
Draze Rhingrave
Sihn
Utrecht
Berkel
France
Poland
Turkey
Warsaw
Spain
Ottoman Porte
Italy
Spitalfields
Dublin
Duke of Rutland
Regiment of Foot
Lord Cornwallis
East Indies
Fragmentary 18th century notices and trials cited
A collection of scattered items reports political praise for reforms, parliamentary figures, and a plan for the diet of prisoners. It notes a Nabob’s rare gift refusal to Lord Cornwallis, Beaufoy’s fisheries push, and a Dublin Ireland lottery express. Also mentioned are a Jamaican gum resin discovery, a Hoxton counterfeiting arrest, and a Windsor man jailed for vicious assault on David Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bris
Nabob
Lord Cornwallis
Beaufoy
Scotland
Mgr
Howard
London
Ireland
Park Gate
Augsburg
Galacz
Vurky
Danube
Ypsilanti
Consantinople
Jamaica
Wilmot
Hoxton
David Wilmot
Richard Dyson
Windsor
David Ireland
Lamp with superior light and unique wick case
A county report notes a locally invented lamp that emits more light while using two thirds less fuel due to its distinctive wick-case concave reflector. Also described is a theft attempt at Land's End and a harbour chase ending with drownings. a girl paid off attackers with a small sum. and Barrington’s wild-animal exhibition incident leading to arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitenaves
Sterporne
Guernsey
Scilly Islands
Hyde
M.lborne
Sherborne
Barrington
Three Kingdoms
Mr. Barrington
John Fitch
Poison terror and floods haunt Saintfield and Dublin
Reports from Saintfield describe an itinerant beggar-woman poisoning a household, with seven to eight people exposed to bread laced with poison. Dusyix notes a furious Poddle flood in Dublin, flooding Patrick's Street and surrounding areas, with extensive property damage and impassable roads along the Dodder. An Episcopal Anecdote recalls Bishop William Lyons, a sea captain turned Cork bishop, who once claimed a royal promise and later preached only once, at the Queen’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reland
Saintfield
Alexander Withers
Dusyix
Patrick’s Street
Bide’s Alley
Castleyard
Palace-street
Crampton-court
Essex-street
Custom-house Quay
Dodder
Diapsin
His Majesty
King’s Bench
Hereford
Neferman
Bihop
Cork
William Lyons
Cloyne
Ross
Elizabeth
Lyons
Palatin Christ-church
Murder trial verdict and Irish lottery prizes listed
Keon the attorney was charged with the murder of George Nugent Reynolds. The traverser failed to delay the trial. the Leitrim jury returned a guilty verdict after twelve hours of court time. Irish State Lottery prizes are announced for multiple days with numerous numbers winning large sums. Banfarts and notable names are listed for November through December sessions, including merchants, tradespeople, and clergy. Obituaries and marriages follow with several notable figures named and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob. Keon
George Nugent Reynolds
Leitrim
Gage
Banxfarts
Philip Baker
Tothil-street
Westminder
John Alderman
Battersea
Surry
William Atkinson
Bear-street
Soho
John Smith
George-street
Portman-street
Benjjamin Howes
Farmer-street
Shadwell
William Magnes
Mary le Bone
Johin Williams
Dover-street
Piccadilly
Sadler
Wiliam Wayte
Calne
Wilts
White-Hart
Chippenham
Mr. Heath
Mathew Wilkinson
Lindley
Huddersfield
Yorkshire
Christopher Hall
St. Martin'slane
Middlesex
Chapman
Peter Beldam
Roystun
Cambridgeshire
Draper
John, Kevan
Marazion
Cornwall
John Doman
Faunton
Somertetshire
Malester
Deaker and
Makried
Bath
J. R. Senior
Athington
Berks
Duke
Henry. Duke
Barbadoes
George Sumner
Uchester
Pemble
Charles Pemble
Bombay
Dion
Cardiff
Glamorganshire
Daniel Claus
Edward Quin
Ireland
Anne Powlett
44Th Regimental Foot
Carisbrooke
Ile of Wight
Andrew Sturley
Yetminster
Dorset
Long-Melford
Fuller
Marty Harpur
Oxford
George Jubb
Christchurch
King’s
Stebbing
Majesy
Grmmingham
Wranch
Norfolk
Royal and Antiquarian Societies
Warminster
Mary Shoate
John Shoate
J. Jackson
Clogher
Old Connel
Kildare
Fort William
John Hay
Calcutta
Henry Howard
Glossop
Derbyshire
Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Hatton
Long Stenton
Dresden
Ferruson
M. Eden
Prever Riep
Samuel Hey
Magdalen College
Cambridge
Steeple-Athton
R. D. Squire
College School
Hereford
Kempley
Glocestershire
Charles Strangeways
Maiden-Newton
Thomas Read
Oriel College
Utton
Berkshire
Putney
Amazing forest of Medicine drops claim cure all
A London reader praises Mr Spilsbury drops for healing a leg injury after a long bout with a festering humour. The letter notes cure after one to several bottles and mentions a treatise on scurvy gout diet. Available in 11, 2s, and gs bottles from Peterborough Court and Bristol dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spilsbury
Chymilt
Ssho Square
Ean London
Rauch
Sam
C. John Robinson
Peterborough Court
Fleet-street
London
Bristol
London News and Parliamentary Rumors of 1782
Reports from Westminster note the address to the king will move forward after papers on late armament are laid before both houses. Mover Dudley Rider and Newton MP Thomas Brooke. Debates may follow. Various highlights include tariff talks, stock price movements, French agents at Yorkshire fairs, and a royal audience for the Marquis of Buckingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Dudley Rider
Lord Harrowby
Thomas Brooke
Newton
Marquis of Buckingham
England
Ireland
Stock Exchange
Count Welderen
Great Britain
James Harris
the Hague
Princess of Orange
Earl of
Court of Common Pleas
Westminster Hall
Charles Bunnington
Marshall
Serjeants Inn
Fleet Street
Richard Watson
Bedford Square
Yorkshire
Rutland
Marquis de Aricourt
France
Market Bosworth
Vienna
Old Hock
Rhine
Wexford
Hopewell
Morris
Milford
Waterford
Government of
Dukanaf sRetland
Dublin
William
Adam Smith
Glasgow
Robert Graham
Gallmore
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Rlee
Jef
Nis Banero
Wau
White Lion
Broad-street
J. Hawkswell
Exchange Coffee-House
Barstol
St. Bartholomew
Bilhou
H. F. Brooke and Co
St. John’s Bridge
T. Winwood
Garraway
Exchange-Alley
Cornhill
Serron
Phoenix
Carr. Barron
Deva
Chartes Brooke, and Co. Brokers
Throgmorton-street
John Fargus
Houshold
Jones
Stoke’s Croft
Caille- Dich
N.B
Longman
Broderip
Antigua and
St. Kitt’s
VENUS
John Clark
Prince’s Street
Samuel Span
Vans
Shipway
Turk and Tea Chest
Union-Street
Clapton
Somersetshire
Wall
Symons
Exchange
Brittol
St. Paul's Church
Bristow
Allen
Thomastireet
Birp
Waris
Full Moon Inn
Chufet
F. Bird
Bedminster
Susannah Cullis
Dean Lane
John Greenaway
Holland
Bois le Duc
Zealand
Zuericzee
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