Extraordinary tale of Strahan at Fort Boigee in India
An account from Mr Ives describes Strahan a Kent sailor who, after grog, scales a breach at Fort Boigee in the Ext Indies under Admiral Watson. He defeats Moorish defenders, loses a cutlass blade, but his daring rally with others drives the attack. The Admiral rebukes him yet grants pardon. Strahan later serves under Pocock, wounded, pensioned, and now seeks a cook’s post aboard a capital ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Boigee
Indies
Admiral Watson
Ives
India
Strahan
Pell Mel
Dougall Campbel
Goote
Bere
Miling
Watson
Admiral Pocock
Chatham
Portsmouth
Plight of Tinners and Wealthy Squires in Cornwall
A Cornwall reader laments Tinners’ outrages and wealthy squires who profit from their labor. A Maltster urges relief and justice, arguing the rich owe the distressed workers accountability for losses and disruption to trade. The exchange ends with a critique of aristocratic indifference and the law’s limits.
Dietines and European Movements Reported Abroad
From Leghorn to Rome and Valencia, dated March 28 to March 27, reports describe Dietines near Thorn choosing figures, King Frederick William ordering 990 baggage wagons, a Cadiz register-ship with vast treasure, Spanish troops massing for an Italian campaign, Austrian reinforcements, and Rome regulating medical practitioners with a formal notary and approved list for prescriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feynbene
Tackrglm
Swedish-Pomerania
Stealfandl
Warfaew
Cracow
Addreffett
Thorn
Hamburgh
Prussia
Leghorn
Cadiz
Havannah
Old Spain
Valencia
Italy
House of Austria
Rome
Sieur Clementi
College of Physicians
Sach
Dutch and British naval moves amid trade tensions and disasters
Reports describe a six ship British squadron bound for Madrass while a Dutch Mediterranean fleet expands to fourteen ships with five heading to the Levant to aid Dutch traders. News from St Maloes notes a corn surge halting imports due to coin draining. Also recounted are ship arrivals, ventilator experiments at sea to prevent spoilage, and violent domestic incidents alongside street robberies near London Bridge.
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House of Commons
Madrass
Mediterranean
Levant
Candia
St. Maloes
Benjamsin’ Thompson
Norwich Packet
Rotterdam
Ireland
Conner
Dover
North Carolina
Liberty
Alexander
Liverpool
Long
Sth
Plymouth
St. Kitt’s
Limehouse
Lieut
Elliott
Royal Nary
London
Westminster
Moore
Providence
Griffiths
Horflydown
Gurnea
Southwark
London Bridge
Epping Forest
Lee-Bridge
An Early London Crime And Local Notices Fragment
A garbled excerpt reports robberies including pockets taken from riders and a watch, a shop theft at Backstreet Southwark with till contents, and a fatal cart incident in Thames Street. It notes births and deaths: twins delivered to Thomas Lock’s wife, Mr Wace the sheriff of Norwich, and obituaries for Dr George Marling and others in Bath and Lewes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-market
Hollis
Backtreet
Southwark
Lambert
Freeman's-lane
Thames Street
Thomas Lock
Bethnal-green
Fe’might
Norwich
Wace
Piccadilly
George Marling
Lewes
Hortham Gaol
Sarah Cookgy
Gancheey
Eastergate
Thomas Tilly
Goring
Bath
Herzskiah Cantelo
Sarah Sutton
William Garfield
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
James
Banbury
Theatrical Entertainments and Market Reports
The item lists shows Theatrical offerings at Covent Garden with titles such as As You Like It and Cymon and The Padlock and The Earl of Warwick with Man and Wife. It also provides high water timing at London Bridge and measurements of market prices for corn and grains including Wheat Barley Rye Oats Flour Malt and hog peas beans and rape seed with stock references to Bank of England South Sea India Navy and other bonds of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey-Lane
Harelequin
Cymon
Covent-Gannza
Earl of Warwick
Milcheth
Coe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Office of Ordnance
the Ordnance
St. Margaret’s Street
Tanfield-Moor
Long-Benton
Lady Windsor
Woolwich
John Boddington
John Rogers Cornish
Richaud Way
Soavi Whiere
Eng
Ginall
Portsmouth Road
Mn Henry Stevens
Guildford
Mell Jenkins and Bray
Nevinn
Leadon
General Evening Post
R. Falmouth
England
Maria
Cornwall
Geneva Evenine Post
Discovery
Damon
L@N
Don
London-Bridge
Mornig
Cor Ney
Efterda
Ane
Bank An
Bank
Navy
Oéavo
Alexander Macbean
M.A
G. Robinson
Paternofter- Row
T. Cadell
Strand
Kennicott
Corrarion
L’azag
University of
Benjamin Kennicott
Dr. Kennicott
F.T.A. Ricerni
Archeisnap Anse
Paternofterrow E
C. Dilly
J. Robson
New Bond - Street
J. Walter
Cliatingecofs
J. Johnson
St. Paul’s Church -Yard
F. Newbery
The
Bible
Sun
St. ‘Paul's Church
de. James's
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