Petition and Gunning letter amid public funds dispute
A synopsis of a petition from Public Funds proprietors asserting sacred observance of contracts and opposing altering securities, plus Mrs. Gunning’s letter to the Duke of Argyll detailing a scandal involving General Gunning, Captain Bowen, and others. The piece also notes justice proceedings across several counties, including hangings reprieves and a notable Cambridge coroner reminder.
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Great Britain
Bank of England
Treasures of Fiction and History on Offer in London
A long promotional notice lists numerous two volume and multi volume literary works available in London around 18th century times. Titles include Triumphs of Constancy a Novel in two volumes and Tales of Imagination with moral subjects. Other works cover Parson's Wife, The Miniature Picture, The Hermit of Snowden and Memoirs of Ann Sheldon. Editions include new volumes of Devil Upon Two Sticks, Andersons History of Commerce, Bacon selections, Derham's Physico Theology, Familiar Correspondence of Frederick the Second, Robinson Crusoe with plates, and a History of the Late Important Period with Parliamentary debates. Prices range from six pence to twelve shillings, with various formats and bindings.
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Horrentor
Rade
Prise Gs
Bart Wright
Snowden
Alberta
Lavinia
Hermitage
Price
England
LE Diable Bolteux
LE Sage
Anderson
British Empire
Andersons
Great Britain
Lord Bacon
Viscount St. Alban
Esays
Theo- Sony
Boe Willymot
Derham
Frederick the Second
Prussia
A.F. DE Suhm
Saxony
Berlin
Petersburgh
Prutha
Robenson Crusoe
Ottava
Robrinson Crusoe
DE Foe
House of Lords
France
United States of America
Francé
United States
Etienne Claviere
J. Pb. Brissot DE Warville
Lent Assizes At Cambridge Guilty of Theft
At Cambridge James Bynon and Lewellyn Jenkins were found guilty of stealing feather and shoes. Thomas Gayton was guilty of stealing a cock. All three were sentenced to seven years transportation. James Kelbroke was found guilty of stealing leaden pipe and ordered imprisoned six months. An action by a blacksmith against a county farmer for seducing his daughter resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff with damages.
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Nifi Prius
Fergus
Butterfy
Sir Willoughby
Stirbich Fair
Whittlesea
Fens
Cambridge
Trinity College
Norfolk
Leicester
Uriah Drake
William Satchwell
Exeter
Henry Glanville
William Glover
William Ball
Glanville
Ball
Nottingham
Worcester
Salisbury
Dorchester
Shrewsbury
John Edmonds
Robinson
John Furber
Peter Bott
Newport
Lincoln
William Harrison
Donington
Isaac Lumby
Lumby
Harrison
Justice Grofe
J. Gleed
Ben
Wiliam Taylor
Joseph Newman
Slater
Spalding
Wm. Harrington
John Robson
Edward Davison
James Day
Thomas Bullen
Over
Henry Collett
York
Crizs
James Bynon
Lewellyn Jenkins
Thomas Gayton
James Kelbroke
Inquisition Hears Murder Suspicion At Burley Garden
On March 1 in Salissury near Ringwood a coroner’s inquisition at Burley examined witnesses including two surgeons about a female child buried in a garden. After over eight hours of testimony and nearly an hour of jury deliberation the jury found a verdict of violent suspicion against the mother and the coroner ordered her to stand trial.
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Burley
Ringwood
Newlyn
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House of Commons
the Duke OF
Argyl
MY Lord
Duke
General Gunning
Kensington
Captain Bowen
Miss Lyster
Gunning
Otter
Sen
St. James Place
Jay
Etter
Cnd
Arty Uf House
Borvea
Hiaan
RF Src
Bickerstaff
London
Lococrapuic Press
Walter
Bexid-street
Piccadilly
Ann Sheldon
Archer
Norman
Bertha
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