A Cosmopolitan View Then and a Harbour Chart Tale
A letter argues virtue of national service over worldmindedness, praising Captain Doyle for surveying Waterford Harbour and funding a free chart. It laments English neglect of local talent, condemns lavish Italian music spending, and urges Britain to revive its public spirit and moral reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
Waterford
Pairis
Doyle
É&C
Tramore
Ireland
England
Great Britain
Scotland
Italy
Port News Amid Storms and Naval Movements
Deal Feb 14 No ship in the Downs. Winds five. Gravesend Feb 14. Eleanor Smith from Dunkirk passed by. Falmouth Cadiz Frigate Jackson from Cadiz with aid for London. Industry Hart from Jamaica for London left Legenca Toll Beckford Pain Fanny Higgenson. Cunliff Walsh from Maryland Liverpool. Leopard Henshaw from Liverpool. Molly Caples from Cadiz at arches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hte
Falmouth
Cadiz
Jackson
London
Industry
Hart
Jamaica
Ditto
Legenca
Toll
Beckford
Pain
Fanny
Higgenson
Alikvef
London News Bits From The Court And City
The Mail reports the Cardinal de Fleury the King the Queen and the Dauphin are all much better. Mrs Townthend resigns from bedchamber duties to the Princess of Wales. Capt Nicholas Romain receives commission to a company in Gen Biffit's regiment. Duke of Kingston takes oaths for a Lords seat. A new writ is issued for a Dunwich borough vacancy formerly Orlando Bridgman. John Hippisley noted as Lambourn resident. Lady Adams, a fortune of 1000, dies at Brayfield. Mercer’s Company names Roe Wardens Trinity Hospital Greenwich. Pool dispatch reports Plymouth harbor mishap. The Anniversary Meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is at St Mary le Bow. Listings include King Street and Cripplegate lodging and a 25-year-old seeks 2000 pounds for an annuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cardinal de, Fleury
Townthend
William.Townthend
Princess of Wales
Nicholas Romain
Biffit
Duke of Kingston
Dunwich
Suffolk
Orlando
Bridgman
Bara
John‘ Hippisley
Lambourn
Suidey Jeene Gastinaiey
Miss Adams
Brayfield
County of
Bucks
Smuggling, Prisoner Rescue, and Trade at Drury Lane and London
From Canterbury Gaol escape and recapture to a gambler’s tale of a guard of ten men and a subaltern, and a crowd rescue of two felons in Southwark. Reports then detail import exports among Holland Dunkirk and Spain plus a slate of theatre offerings at Drury Lane and Covent Garden, stock prices, and various coin and commodity figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennet
Canterbury
Scots Greys
Fleet
Holland
East-India
Hamburgh
Ireland
Africa
Pennsylvania
Carolina
New England
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent Garden
King Henry the Fourth
Chace
For Sale by the Candle at Birchilane Marine Coffee House
A large parcel of mercery and an entire shop from James Grimolt of Spittle Fields is to be sold by order of trustees at Five o clock in the afternoon. Sale includes velvets silks cloths and gloves with goods from Mr Grace shop, to be viewed at Bell's Grand Sale Warehouse in Aldermary Churchyard Bow Lane before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Coffee
Birchilane
James Grimolt
Spittlefields
Mr. Grace
Aldermary Churchyard
Bow- Lane
HN Bell
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the Daily Post
The
Daily Post
Straler
Farinelli
Poland
Abel
Europe
Port News
Deal
Gravesend
Eleanor, Smith
Dunkirk
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Fell-street
Cripplegate
John, Dovey
Clement’ E Inn
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
India
Regal Exchange
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