Bristol and County News Domestic and Political Notices
Town officials praised for diligence under Baron’s guidance and calls for support of him and Sir Abraham Elton in the upcoming election. Reports include crime, trials, a boy jailed for robbery, and a request for bounties. naval weather, mayoral and provost elections in Cathel and Strabane. oblique remarks on a dying preacher and stock prices and bonds in Edinburgh.
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Abraham Elton
Bristol
Sir Abraham Elton
Norwich
Our City
Destruction threats and death of Rev William Losh
Letters threaten violence in Dalkeith over money left behind, a gun fired at a refuser with no harm. Meanwhile Rev William Losh of Queen's College Oxford, aged 25, died of smallpox at Gordon Castle after a life noted for piety, learning, and humane civic spirit.
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Edinburgh
Dalkeith
Gordon-Castle
William Losh
Queen’s College
Oxford
Duchess of Gordon
Seizure of Brandies by Coast Officers in Fingal
Dublin reports a great seizure of brandies by Fingal coast officers targeting smugglers from the Isle of Man. A woman in Church Street died after taking a violent purging medicine from an obscure practitioner. The Earl Effingham Howard sailed for England. Kilkenny mayoral election results saw Edward Warren chosen after William Gore withdrew. Lords Justices issued a proclamation for arrest of 12 suspected men who attacked Rev. Henry Matthews’s house and looted seized brandy from a field, amid investigations.
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James Todd
Clerkson
Sankey
Robert’s Waill
Wicklow
Nifi Prius
Robinet
Carigue
England
King’s End
City of Cathel
Kinsmill Penefather- Esq
Thomas Hughes
Lords Justices
Privy Council
Strabane
Alex. Tomkins
William Auchinleck
Hugh Edwards
George Macghee
Elgrs
George Gordon Merchant
Borough of
Robert Patterson Esq
Patterson
Dublin
Fingal
Isle of Man
Churchstreet
Earl Effingham Howard
Kilkenny
Edward Warren
William Gore Esq
Gore
Warren
Henry Matthews
Feltrum
Matthews
Edward Clerkson
Gaugher
George Boyd
Orwel Brown
Thomas Ellis
Richard Sankey
King’s Boatman
Directors at Million Bank Announce Transfer Book Dates
FHE Directors notify that transfer books will be open from Thursday the 27th until Wednesday the 17th of October for a dividend payable at Michaelmas. Warrants will be payable on Thursday the 25th of October. Signed by Robert Harle, Secretary.
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Million Bank
Robert Harle
John Ward
Swan Tavern
Great Britain
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