Public concern over Government figures and naval events
A lengthy letter attacks a political figure and party alignment, arguing for strong remedies and warning of hidden dangers to liberty. It references the Gazetteer and public fears of bribery, foreign influence, and a plan to use force, while noting arrivals of ships and official congratulations to visiting dignitaries. The issue also reports fires, murders, and local appointments, plus port news and ships' movements along with a Manchester-like economic note on wool.
Notable Visit to Dublin by Devonshire Graces Arrives
In Dublin on Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire together with the Lord and Lady Duncannon and Lord James Cavendish, plus two young ladies, arrived from England accompanied by several distinguished persons of distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisburn
Caribban House
Hillsborough
Clonmell
Dublin
Duke
Dutchess
Devonshire
Duncannon
James Cavendish
Leoftoff Rebuilt Threat After West Indies Voyage
London dispatch reports His Majesty's Ship Leoftoff at Deptford in deteriorated condition after over three years in the West Indies. Two feet water in the hold forced continuous pumping for six weeks on passage, while other items note a Norfolk death, a Surrey excise seizure, and a military court martial in Whitehall with flogging of Guards soldiers for desertion and pawned gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leoftoff
Deptford
West-Indies
Ballatt
Pickenham
Swaffham
Norfolk
Henry Peyton
Sylvester Peyton
Thomas Peyton
Hawkbeck Hall
Witbech
Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire
Thorold
Surrey
Excite
Excise
Whitehall
Sherwin
Foot-Guards
Regency
Guards
St. James’s Park
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Daily Post
Daily Gazetteer
Spain
Paris
France
Britain
Liverpool
George’s Quay
Col
Nevill
Lazer’s Hill
England
Ireland
Jonathan Whitby
Kilkenny
May
Deceas
Jopkin Willoughby
Whitby
Bridge-street
Alderman Twigg
William Woolffe
Galway
Loughrea
Tuam
Lonely Place
Oliver Bodkin
John Bodkin
Carrowbegg
Mark. Lynch
Mr. Lynch
Lord Athenry
Dominick Bodkin
Carrobeg
Dominick
Frank Bodkin
Oliver Bo
Port News
Falmouth
Expedition
Betty
Peggy
Maryland
Vine
Clements
Bremen
New England
Dartmouth
Winchester
Hound
Neptune
Turbut
Batchelor
Woodrope
Good Intent
Colebatch
Jamaica
Knight
St. Kitt’s
Judith
Lemon
Bradford
Carolina
Earl of Gainsborough
Carey
Samuel and James
N. S. Concordia
Ribiera
Lisbon
Greensted
Arundel
John
Anne
Rote
Henning
Poo
Swift
Smiter
Philadelphia
Providence
Winser
Newcastle
W. S.W. Dover
Vernon
Hubbard
Bladen
Adams
Perryman
Good Intention
Cordenier
Virginia
Fleming
Oiliffe
Duke of Vendofine
le Gros
Arriv
Industry
Lambert
Barbadoes
Hope
Simpson
Drantiein
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