Ship Letter Office to Open at General Post Office
The General Post Office announces the Ship Letter Office will open September 16 with attendance from 10 am. Letters and packets handled under a new act will incur charges and incentives for ship masters. Public reception at Portsmouth and nearby inns will provide information and bagging services for routes to Jamaica New England and other dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post Office
Plac
Great Britain
Sroup's
Jamaica
New England
Francis Freeling
Time of Year Divisions and Roman Calendar Reform
The passage debates the day the present century should end and surveys ancient time divisions. It traces Egyptian months, Arcadian three months, Romulus calendar from March to December, and later changes by Caesar and Numa, including intercalations and adjustments that yielded 365 days a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romulus
Numa
Julius Gefar
The Julian Calendar and New Style reform explained
A fragmentary account traces intercalary days and the Julian period, noting Biffextus, 35 days after Aries, and the 1582 reform by Gregory XII moving March 11 to March 21. It explains centuries and leap year rules, urging alignment of calendars with solar time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aries
Nice
Grecory XII
England
Agriculture notes weather damage and crop outlook
Weather has damaged late hay crops in southern regions and inundations harmed northern grounds, leaving old stock exhausted. Second south crops look promising, corn largely unsettled but near average once harvested. Potatoes look favorable. grain prices rise with seed filling. Live stock prices mixed. farming horses still with high demand. Late fairs show fat cattle and sheep strong, fleece wool varied, lambs sold at modest rates.
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St. James’s Market
Whitechapel
England
Wales
Barney
Evesham
Shrewsbury
Fashions for September Display Delicate Bonnets and Turbans
A September fashion note describes Carnette a la Paysanne gowns with gauze trimming, linen fabrics, and lace. It lists bonnets adorned with daisies, marguerites, ribbons, and dainty plumes, plus turbans in cambric, satin, and muslin with layered bands, bows, and hair arrangements.
Horses Stolen Near Pickering Recovered In Town
In Leeds serv. 2 a Friday night two horses were stolen from Thornton near Pickering. The owner pursued the offender for over 50 miles to the Halton turnpike before traces vanished. Horses were later found at the town entrance after the robber left them nearby. Also notes a 70 year old man named James Inman in Mire Side near Flookburgh who sings ballads with surprising vigor.
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Thornton
Pickering
Halton
Mire Side
Flookburgh
Cartmel
Lancashire
James Inman
Mer Bowles Arrival in Jamaica and Atlantic News
In Jamaica on July 26 a rare London fleet brings Mer Bowles, Creek chief, to be carried to the Continent by a war vessel. Reports note American prize ships, a US sloop from Port Royal saluting Fort, and trade disruptions on the Africa coast due to French privateers. Additional items include an agent appointment, embargo effects on Charleston, and Martinique news of the brig Victoriente with black troops aboard.
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London
Mer. Bowles
Havannah
Chooner
Felix
Camptacy
Havarynah
William Savage
United States of America
Charleston
St. Domingo
Congress
Port Royal
Montezman
Mullowmy
Africa
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Whydah
Goreey
Trois
Bay
Quebec
Bennet
Fort Royal
Martinique
Victoriente
Redbridge
Chimney Sweeps Examined Under Hanway Act Regulations
In Manchester on a Saturday a court examined chimney sweepers and apprentices about indentures cleanliness and church attendance under 28 Geo II Hanway Act. The following day surgeons checked for abuse or disease. most indentures were irregular, prompting renewed scrutiny. Two cartloads of herrings were bought then halted by magistrates to the public. Forestalling and regrating cited as market offences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chimney Saverpers Revieru
Manchester
Thomas Butterworth Bayley
New Bayley Court House
Mr. Hanway
New
Bayley
Footpad Suspects Detained by Bow Street Patrol
Office reports two well known rogues, Yoke Slats alias Peter and Richard Ferguson alias Galloping Dick, brought in on suspicion of multiple robberies. They resisted arrest at a Keats Street pub, a pistol misfired but a second weapon and two other pistols found nearby. Committed for further examination.
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Yoke Slats
Pecter
Richard Ferguson
Keatstrees
Ergifun
Skate
Alfo
Ferguson
Compassionate rescue of a starving dog in London
A dog found emaciated after a ten hour journey from St Paul’s and saved by workers and a kind lad. The dog, named Phillis, weighed 16 pounds two ounces on return, later died after a coach wheel accident. The report notes the dog had likely eaten its pups after its fall, and ends with a man walking blindfolded from Horfly to the Change Gate in 40 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s
Initchi
Dems
Ludgate-hill
Fleet-market
Holbornbridge
Reds Lion Street
Holborn
M c Paul’s
Phillis
Phil
Horfly
Spilsbury Antiscorbutic Drops showcased at Soho Dispensary
An 18th century advertisement touts Spilsbury's Antiscorbadic Drops as a cure for scurvy gout rheumatism and nervous disorders claiming efficacy by balancing the blood. It warns against counterfeits and promotes a new edition of Spilsbury's Treatise available at No.5 Soho Square and from general patentees and vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spilsbury
Soho-Square
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Liy
W. Rickwood
Angel
Ely
Stokes
Fakenham
Norfolk
Fuller
Brandon
Suffolk
Bremridge
Common Pleas Office
Inner Temple
R. Brodum
Dr. Brodum
Soarhampton
Hartings, &c
Bethad
Albion-street
Leverian Museum
Surrey
Blackfriar’s Bridge
Maryfired
Dublin
Three Kingdoms
Agriculture
Paris
Leeds
Kingslon
Bow-Street
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