Affray at Cloghan ends with prison guard fire
In Cloghan a mob attacked the gaoler transporting a prisoner to Philipstown for cow stealing. The guard and assistants fired after being overwhelmed. several wounded, but the prisoner reached Philipstown jail safely. Also report from Worcester April on a highway robbery execution and Gravel-Jane gang context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birr
Cloghan
Philipstown
Jones
Porcester
Aprilia
Benjamin Holloway
Holmes
Brown
Mr. Myatt
Mr. Hodges
Gravel-Jane
Newgate
Arrivals at Ports List from London to Grenada
Ship notices report multiple arrivals and captains names arriving at Portsmouth Southampton Poole Plymouth Grenada Dublin Falmouth Liverpool with vessels including Potomack Rewe Mary Scott William, Unity, Two Friends Newland Simond Mackingtoth Africa Good Intent Britannia Dimsdale Jones Argo Marder and more from Rotterdam Waterford Martinico London Currant Mans Derry Marseilles and Tobago bound ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
Arrivar
Shannon
Moore
North
Laurent
Cox
Newland
London
Simond
Mackingtoth
Africa
Dublin
Good Intent
Thomas
Britannia
Richard Yon
Falmouth
Dimsdale
Jones
Currant Mans
Liverpool
Manchester
M‘connelis
Derry
Argo
Marder
Marseilles
Tobago
Friendship
Holmes
Resolutions in King's District On Obstruction of Justice
An Albany County meeting denounces efforts to hinder courts and vows to enforce obedience to law. Signed by Asrawam Houmes, clerk, the resolutions pledge to suppress disruptive assemblies and aid in enforcing justice. a Berlin dispatch notes a government inquiry into Jesuit affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Albany County
Fan
King’s District
Albany
George the Third
Great Britain
Asrawam Houmes
Berlin
Intriguing 18th Century Dispatches from Europe and London
Paragraphs recount Jesuits and Bourbon tensions, a commerce treaty with Russia, and European royal movements. Coverage notes the Emperor and brothers visiting Naples and Madrid, New Commission peace for Sutherland and Fife, and a lace factory sighting. Local crime and public notices include stabbings, robberies, a drowning, and executions slated for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Bourbon
Venice
Black Sea
Petersburgh
Naples
Madrid
Europe
Paris
Shire of Sutherland
Shire of
Fife
Britain
Princess Royal
Ancaster
Bridewell
Smith
Westwood
Prince’s Court
Moorfields
Bethnal-green
Bow-strees
John Pritchard
John Lyng
Walliam Guest
Southwark
Newtoner’s Lane
Barnard Barnards
Bow-freet
Mary Robinson
Mansfield
Strand
Sr John
Bow-street
Recorder
Newgate
William Price
Simkins
Newstreet
Joseph Taylor
Curler
Turner
John Armer
Hugh Boyd
Kilburn’ Wells
Jane Wright
York
Edward Stratford
Upper Brook-street
John Smith
Francis Hunt
John Pitt
Cow-Cross
Tryde Park
Knightsbridge
House beset by seven armed robbers in Cornwall
Letter from April 5 reports seven armed thieves broke into Ms. Vincent’s house in Cornwall on the night of the 3d, confining the family and stealing cash bonds bank notes and plate after threatening death if alarms were raised. Diligent search underway. Also notes several deaths and stock prices from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germaine
Cornwall
Vincent
Wimpole-street
Horace Saunders
Weils
Somerfershire
Dr. Knight
Bristol
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
Holder
Red-lion-passage
Red-lion
Williams
Oxford
Miss Brown
Dr. Brown
Christ-church
S of Ocks
Honest Yorkshireman urges MPs to defend Britain against American claims
A letter to the Ganzrau Evening Post sender A Be appeals to Sir G S and MPs to oppose liberal measures and defend national unity. He argues Americans benefited from the late war and must contribute, pleads for Parliament to preserve rights, and urges a true Englishman oath. The piece targets the Livery of London and government prerogatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Contrions
Smatghings
Lageff
de Torréng
Raotel
England
America
ReMian
Beripf
Pétomae
London
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Bom
Froxtiers
Porana
Lawiez
Warsaw
Lithuania
AM & Ric
Philadelphia
City and Liberties
Boston
India
Angja Ann
Imut
Hills
Long Ann
Sunderland
Elizabeth Wilson
George Wilson
Durham
Mariner
John Nichelson
Jonathan Hawes
Houshold
Elizabeth Taylor
Berkhammed St Peter
County of Hertford
Watford
King’s-Langley
Hempsted
Marker-Street
Redhurn
Tring
Beikas
Hertford
J. Hawes
Ioazir
Berkhamfed
Trelay
Grenada
Ixchance-Alley
Cornhill
St. David
Maigrin
Irving
Lamb's Buildings
Middle-Temple
Good
Hardwick
Eilismere
Shropshire
Edward Kynaston
Turkey
Witton
Fale
Liverpool and
Chester
Talbot
Shrewsbury
Swan
Brmingham
Fleet-fleret
Godfrey Hirst
Golden Lion
North- Allerton
County of York
Grisby
Tees
Grifby
Girfby
Girtby
Dinedale
Sockburn
Sherborn Hospital
Geat
Smeaton
Gale
Allerton
Pottcript
Enewine Post
Ganzrau Evening Post
General Evening Post
Tae
Gerfe& Jense
Inter
Amelia
L——an
Rapcalonay
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