State Lottery and Rioting Trials in Scotland
Notices advertise state lottery prizes with prizes of £30,000 and £20,000, selling schemes via Bow Street offices and agents across London. In Tranent a mob rioted on Aug 29, obstructing militia law. six defendants were found guilty and ordered transported for 14 years. The court urged mild sentences for some.
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Tranent
David Duncan
Elizabeth Duncan
John~ Nicholson
Francis Wilson
Robert Mitchells
Neill Redpath
Rioters at Eccles Berwickshire described in High Court
The High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh examined many witnesses about an Eccles mob incident following militia act concerns. Defendants Lilie Blackmith Wilcox Clajgea Rickarden and Kerr faced indictments for riotous actions as deputies were forced to adjourn meetings and coerced into signing a pledge against enforcing the act.
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Edinburgh
Eccles
Berwickshire
Rodére
Lilie
Blackmith
Huffington
Elizabeth Wilcox
Peter Clajgea
Water-wheel at Cyfarthyn Glamorgan expands industrial scene
A colossal water-wheel at Crawsuay Iron Works Cyfarthvn near Merthyr Tidvil Glamorganthire powers three pistons to blow four furnaces and run fineries. Invented by Watkin George the machine showcases Welsh industrial vigor aided by Crawthay Homfray Hill and others, circulating about 100000 pounds yearly among locals.
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Crawsuay
Cyfarthvn
Merthir Tidvil
Glamorganthire
Watkin George
Crawthay
Homfray
Hill
Mountains
Wales
Pigeon Crop Yields 6064 Peas From Garden Planting and Mortality Amid Accident
In Lewes on October 16, Mr James Carter of Rowner Mill Pulborough shows a rare crop experiment. He shot a wood pigeon and saved 85 purple peas from its crop planting on March 6 yielded 6064 peas and one gallon despite hail. Also near Ringmer Green a chaise cart overturn killed Cruttenden a Notary Public of the Cliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carter
Rowner-Mill
Pulborough
Ringmer Green
Cruttenden
Cliffe
Trade opens with Ireland. Newport coal exports rise
A new trade with Ireland from Newport Monmouthshire has begun as Pontypool coal shipments reach Dublin via Thomas Storghton with strong demand. Newport coal also sells well in Dudbridge. In Maidstone Sessions a man named Wildes was convicted of attempting to rape Eleanor Brown, seeking to justify by an afiai he claimed.
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Ireland
Newport
Monmouthshire
Dublin
Thomas Storghton
Dudbridge
Wildes
Maidstone
Eleanor Brown
Dreadful earthquake devastates Quito and surrounding towns
From the Jamaica Gazette details of a dreadful February earthquake in Quito and nearby areas in South America. Buildings such as the College of St Fernando Santo Domingo Church and La Merced were destroyed. Facunga and Amaguana regions suffered extensive ruin. many villages were left in ruins with churches crowded with victims. Reports mention rivers of water in gullies and a higher intensity than the 1755 quake.
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Jamaica
Qué
South America
Quito
College of
del Carmen
La-Merced
Facunga
St. Auigustin
Sanita Domingo
la Merced
St. Philip
Ambate
Machache
Aloaci
Amaguana
Alvay
Calopaci
Guayaquil
Singular murder near Rotterdam over debt and law
A debtor murdered a hatter’s lawyer who pursued a bankruptcy case, then surrendered himself at the town house declaring atonement. The article also notes extraordinary longevity events, a burglary at Mr Dayes’s home, and a debate on French Revolution commentary alongside political accusations and lordly fines.
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Rotterdam
Hatter
Hofier
Burt
Bergen
Norway
Joseph Surington
Eyde
Daves
Francis-street
Bedford-square
Dayes
Newmarket Second October Meeting Racing Summary 1797
Sporting intelligence from Newmarket's second October meeting on Monday October 16 lists races with bets and placements. Notable entries include Heathcotes Brontes defeating Tantade, Lowifa defeating Buckingham, and a dead heat for Sober Robin versus King John. Also noted are Cameleon, Sans Prendre, Polly Howorthy, and Cash Two as two-year-old entries with various stakes and distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarkets
R. Heathcotes Brontes
Howorth
John Honywood
Buckingham
iSackville
W. Afton
B.C. Roags
C. Bunbury
Lord Clarendon
Egremont
Villier
Wyndham
Polly Howorthy
Pans
Gace
Seicsbury Patentant Drops Exalted for Various Ailments
Advert shows numerous testimonials from respectable persons praising the remedy for scurvy gout rheumatism and other afflictions. Drops priced at 5s and 2s 6d sold at Soho Square Dispensary and by patent medicine venders nationwide. Take with spa waters or sea bathing for best effects.
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Seicsbury
Soho
N. B
Married at St Marys Warwick and Cripplegate blind couple
A fragment reports marriages and ages: in Warwick at St Marys Church John Alexander over 70 wed Miss Jane Betteridge, and in Cripplegate a man about 80 married a woman over 76. The bride was given away by a man over 60, and all three were blind, with a boy guiding them to the church.
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St. Mary’s Church
Warwick
John Alexander
Jane, Betteridge
Cripplegate Church
Corn Exchance Market Report and Grain Prices
The market shows a moderate wheat supply with country buyers taking runs at about 2s per quarter up. Barley sections sold freely early but later cooled with few old lots above 35s. Rolling Pea and oats supply ample, oats mainly new priced cheaper while fine old samples held. Current grain prices list wheat 3s to 44s with fine 48s to 54s, rye 20s to 24s, new seed to 27s, barley 24s to 30s, malt 36s to 40s, beans 25s to 29s, ticks 23s, oats 14s to 17s, hog pea 27s to 40s, and other items noted. Total return of wheatfold in Mark-lane from 2d to 7th shows 9,096 quarters, average 58s 3d per quarter, lower than last. Fine flour price per sack given.
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DE Berdt
Burkitt
Feshe
Jetter
Swift and Co
Poulery
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Capfilal
Hornsby and Co
Rocco Ag
Mcfirs
Rornsby and Co
State Lottery
Cornhill
Royal Exchange
London
Métirs
Trewman and Son’s
Exeter
Thomas Bulirnex
Liverpool
India
Prisners
Lillie
Glasgow
Richardson
Pirat
Sit’a. Purves
Mth
E. Wilson
Privy Council
Peter Glasgow
Duncan
Beate
Pete Kingstr Countey
Hotland
Feest
Dungan
Feeet
DE Winter
Angerstein
Tomas Nici
Wigram and I BP Welster
Henry Bonham G. Hi
Peter Coxe
Goldmid Refcot, Grote, & Co
Foster
Jofe ii
Wéadyear
Fi Ilmg and
Smith
Boyd, Benfield and Co
White and Co
Douglas and Shaw
Yoamilton
George Brown
Reeve and Green
Cimien Calvert
Geo. Sharp and Son Ro
High Court OF Justiciary
Euper
OctTie
Lewes
Redadteur
Coinsiders
Lord MacMespnay
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Germany
Directory
Earl of Trawer
Lordshi P
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