Health of the Grand Signor and Balkan Movements
Reports from Constantinople and surrounding regions detail the Grand Signor's illness and mobility issues, with Turks rallying against Russian plans at Silistria. Meanwhile Austrians tally 50,000 armed youths in new possessions, and a murder in Fano is blamed on a dismissed servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seraglio
Svetbeden
Baron de “Yalken
London
England
Pienna
Count Romanzow
Danube
Silistria
Bulgaria
Rumelia
Romanzov
Weisfman
Warsaw
Rome
Fano
Zagarelli
Naples
Algiers
Count de Guignes
Great Britain
Edinburgh case on marriage of twelve year old Miss Young
In Edinburgh on August 16 the Commissaries ruled on the case of William Allan who sought marriage to Anne Young, daughter of John Young of Newall. Miss Young, about twelve, had been educated at Allan's school and was wooed with trinkets. A minister conducted a private ceremony at Allan's house but her mother intervened and removed the girl the same night. Allan pressed for a declarator of marriage. opposition argued Miss Young's age and ward status. The case focuses on legal age and marital validity under Scottish law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Young
Edinburgh
Wm. Allan
John Young
Newall
Allan
Commissaries
Young
Miss Young
Neples
Uly
Mount Vesuvius
Lisbon
Hanover
Aiigat
Peter Hammond
Belton-hall
North
Yorkhire
Miss Robson
Bateman Rolson
Castleyard
Holborn
Newmarket
Swedish order investiture and alarming news from The Hague
London reports Baron de Norken receives Swedish order insignia at St James s while Hague dispatches claim the Russian army has abandoned posts and lies before Ottoman forces. Other items include a new Mole in the Med, a Lisbon mail, a Vesuvius eruption, lottery details for the Carron Company and Adelphi properties, and a note on mercury temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron de Norken
Stockholm
St. James’s
Sweden
Hague
Barcelona
Violent Storm Drives Vessels Ashore at Yarmouth
On August 15 1915 or unspecified night and yesterday morning a violent storm with lightning thunder wind hail and rain forced several ships ashore. One vessel driven in was a smuggler with valuable cargo seized by officers. Affected ships later got off shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Yarmouth
Ship News Arrivals From Across Ports
A list of arrivals and sailings includes ships Plenty Benbow for Swansey, Nathaniel Hunter from Liverpool, Wilhelmus Janson from Hamburgh, and numerous others arriving at Dover, Dublin, Lancaster, Liverpool, Havre de Grace, St Lucar, Lisbon, North Carolina, Biddeford, Whitehaven, and Bourdeaux with vessels such as Mercury Franks, Fly Summers, Venus Hutchinson, Robin son, Tranc Craigg, Blossom Briggs, and more noted in August sailing activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
Plenty
Benbow
Swansey
Nathaniel
Hunter
Liverpool
Nothipville Downs
Gravesenn
Augustis
Wilhelmus
Janson
Briggs
South Carolina
S. Kitt’s
Moor
New-England
Havre-de-Grace
Retown
Philadelphia
St. Lucar
Prince
Maffereno
London
Lisbon
St. Johannes
Munich
Stockholm
North Carolina
Martha
Parker
Leeward
Biddefrd
Biddeford
Eltis
Petersurgh
Whitehaen
Polly
Sharp
Bourdeaux
Bourdeaux Packit
Jenkins
Damhursh
Hanyburgh Arms
Bechar
Local Tragedies and Legal Stoppages Reported Across Town
A sergeant’s daughter punished for a minor offense. a thunderstorm kills a horse and foal on a Clapton field. A fire destroys a Pottenham court-road home and a Stepney hayrick burns. A Clive-market parent drowns. a washerwoman falls from a roof and dies en route to hospital. Lady of the Earl of Jersey bears a son. Lady of Major-General Draper delivers a daughter. In Derbyshire Doctor Bullock wed Barrow, fortune 15000, and in St Edmund’s Bury Hon. Felton Harvey notes. Knightsbridge marks death of insurance broker Thomas Dawes and other society notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wart
Bridewell
Fargues
Clapton
Butler
Chapel-street
Pottenham Court-Road
Trinder
Stepney
Clive-market
Chelsea
Kensington
Baxton
Derbyshire
Bullock
Barrow
St. Edmund’s Bury
Felton Harvey
Earl of Bristol
Aufin-Friars
Thomas, Dawes
Knightsbridge
Robert German
Fragmentary 18th century mortgage ticket sale notice
The document records a July 26 1773 deed with names John Robert James William Adam and others binding themselves to fulfill conditions for ticket holders. Subscriptions for tickets to Garraway’s Coffee-house and Adam’s Office in Adelphi ran daily except Sundays from noon to three until full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coool
Adam
Rober Street
Adelphi
Garriway
Ondon Daily News
Pratét
Fune
John
Robert
James
William Adam
Hn Adam
John Henderson
Queen Street
Robert Adam
Linewin
James Adam
Samuel Smith
Mery
Feala
Melis
Matthew Duane
Lincoln’s Inn
Garraway
Mersrs
Adam's
Roberts Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keferday
Holland
France
Flanders
Constantinople
Scotland
Adelph
Jamene
Spd
St. Mary -Lebnne
Carron Company
Carron
Monthly Review
Palifot
Voltaire
Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres
Poris
Rochester
Waltzire
Royal Academy of Sciences
Alice Chappe
California
Sceirach
Aivoy
Spain
Dorat
Forirey
de Bic
Bas Rometer
Grenier
Niebuher
Arabia
Lecac
Wif
Millst
Heffein
Frarge
Espric
Damsville
T. Becket
Mars
Todo Thore
Lefk
Bibl &E
Walker
Taylor
Anselm Bayly
His Majesty
Royal
W. Davis
Ficcadilly
G. Kearfly
Fleet ~ Street
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church
W. Domville
Royal Exchange
J. Wheble
Paternofter-row
C. Piguenit
Berkley Square
Pivlerage
Thomas. Jarvis
Canterbury
James Abree
W.flackton
Jim
Smith and Co
Hawes and Co
Mr. Beecroft
Paternoferrow
Lenton
Randall's
Ss. Togl
Sichaulmas
Minet
Eytharhe
Myr Laurerice
Lenham
W. Flackton
Canterbor
Met. Hawes
Beecroft
Londo
eLers
Oxford
Cambridge
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