Dutch navy numbers cited. war fears mix with gossip
A June report estimates ships of the line down from 76 to 50 guns, with 40 sail, and proportionate frigates. Observers discuss potential Franco‑Spanish war risks, Prussian moves against England, and shifting American relations, while news on plagues, comets, and trials flows from Dublin to Newgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Spain
Prussia
England
Berlin
Ruppin
Brandenburg
Ferdinand of
Bond
Europe
House of Commons
Portsmouth
Petersburgh
Sound
Marianne
Wild
Dublin
Smyrna
Newgate
Down
Ireland
David Ker
Tullylish
Wm. Kane
E. Hudson
Lyte Browne
Russia
Browne
B Keating
Bury
Distressing Accidents And Crimes Reported In Canterbury Area
An air of misfortune surrounds Chichester harvest where a hungry farm boy died leaping from a runaway wagon. Canterbury sees a coach fire causing a woman injury, while a Birmingham to Oxford journey ends in a Wolverhampton lass being abducted to Witney. An Irish-born outlaw linked to a brutal assault faces future prosecution. a trumpeter in the guards deserts with silver and pawned items, recaptured under military law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
Dover
Canterbury
Birmingham
Oxford
Wolverhampton
Witney
Cranfgreffor
Worcester
M. Put
Berringer
Horse Grenadier Guards
Addington
Deal
Dunkirk
Jacobs
War threat looms as British Navy gears up
COUNTRY NEWS Salisbury September 17 reports rising war talk. France threatens ships of war in India and Bombay fortifications are being strengthened. England orders ordnance flare stocks to fit out the navy while stockholders face consequences if war comes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Paris
India
Bombay
England
Manchester
Belfield Fold
Rochdale
James Dawson
Robert Whitworth
Mary Whigly
Elizabeth Stock
Grace Clegs
Edmund Beach
Belfield Hall
John Mills
Ralph Harrison
Reading
Bridewell
Speen
Wiltshire
Capt. Cook
Potion Regimen for Leprosy and Local Crime Report
A farmer doctor prescribes a half pint of pep each morning and night if agreeable to aid a cure. Birmingham dispatch notes William Smith of Droitwich charged with murdering his wife by strangulation after a harvest gathering. Derbyshire mine collapse traps two workers. one dies, the other gravely injured, leaving widows and children in dire need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
William Smith
Droitwich
Worcester
Great Hucklow
Tidelnwell
Derbyshire
St Augustine’s
St. James’s Barton Eee
St. Thomas-street
Marchant
Tom
Willis & Fuller
Joseph Poore
Newbury
Roker & Appraiser
J. Hayman
Martsro
Small-street
Brown
Quay-street
A. Browne and Son
Tolzey
Bristol
Cruttwell
Attwood
Bath
Symes
Bridgewater
Downes
Carmarthen
Forty
Chippenham
Smith
Cirencester
Devizes
Messrs
Hancock and Co
Frome
Raikes
Glocester
Robson
Rees
Neath
Padley
Swansea
Bence
Tetbury
Butt
Warminster
Evill
Wells
Barrett and Co
Wincanton
Wotten
Travel fare scale for distances beyond six pence
The fare begins at one shilling for the first mile and a quarter, and one shilling for the next three quarters of a mile. Two miles cost six pence, with every additional distance up to half a mile beyond two miles charged at six pence for the first two miles.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Country News
Rgth
Henry
Worrall
Council-House
Southwell-street
St. Michael's-Hill
St. Michael’s-Hill
Aé of Parliame Worrall
Cardiff
Milford-Haven
Rummer-Tavern
London
Swantea
Haverfordwell
Milford- Flaven
Royal Pacquerts
Waterford
É&C
Church
New Passage-Inn
Bradley
Angel Inn
Nott, Neath
Calvert
JONES
Red-Lion
Palmer
Noah’s Ark
Brangwithnoar
Owens
Waterford-Pacquet
Birmingham Mail
Rummer Tavern
Shrewbury
Liverpool
Coventry
Derby
Nottingham
Shefferd
Leeds
London Mail
Ature
J. Hodson
Venus
R. Matthews
Strand
Admiralty
Pugue
Fry and Co
Prince of Wales
Farge
Jam Cook
Thornton
Sandwich Islands
Conder
Cook
Karahahoon
Owhyhee
Aptain Cook
Sole
South Pole
Farife Ocean
North America
Asia
Queen Charlotte’s Sound
Lord Byron
Wallis
Carteret
George William Anderson
Copk
Alex. Hogg
King’s Arms
Ganderson
Majzty
Eake
Tho
Tayloe
Corporation of Surgeons
No.g
New Bridgestreet
J. Rudhall
Smallstreet
H. Brown
Bichiston Key
Liz
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