Scottish Lords plan drowning rescue scheme and North West sea canal idea
Reports from Scotland note a planned public issue by the Lords of Police on drowning recovery steps to be sent to Sheriffs Magistrates Royal Burghs and Presbyteries. Also under consideration is a navigable link between the North and West seas. In Stirling a meeting urged a Carron river bridge at Carron works aiding local carriage. Sir Laurence Dundas contributed 1501 0. The Sheriff depute found most grain prices below import standard except oats and oatmeal leaving Leith open only to these imports.
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Lords of Police
Scotland
Carson
Stirling
Carron
Carron Works
Laurence Dundas
Leith
Bath ballroom dispute pits new rooms against noble rules
Disputes over amusements at Bath continue with the Upper and Lower Rooms in conflict. Proprietors resist regulations set by Nobility and Gentry for alternate balls. A recent fixture featured Captain Frigg as Master of Ceremonies at the new rooms and Mr Wade at Gyde's.
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S&s
Bristol
Bath
Frigg
Wade
Gyde’s
Wind swept ships and arrivals near port in December
Shipping news lists wind driven arrivals and sailings. Vessels such as Carolina and Cande set for Oporto and New Shoreham while others like Resolutions Hawke and Arabella reach from India Maryland and Swanley. Port arrivals include Dover York Dublin and Bristol with numerous names and routes.
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Dear
W. N.W
Carolina
Cande
Oporto
Liverpool
aft-Indiaman
India
Baltimore
Henrick
Liberty
Rayfon
Maryland
Blaix
St. Kitt’s
Speedwell
Grant
Thomas
Tenby
Hawke
Wedge
Neath
Arabella
Bryant
Swanley
Séranniack
Polly, Legg
Petersburgh
Betiey
Jenkins
New-England
Boee
Lonpox
Grearep Ourwarts
Dublin
the Dove
Darque
Hercules
Norwood
Calais
Eage
Gilbie
Woodley
M‘namara
Plant
Walker
Carke
Sandwich
Montferrat
Clarke
Poole
Sukey
Anes
Newfoundland
Hubmer
Hull
Dartmouth
Mary
Harvey
Nancy
Murphy
Bourdeaux
Charming Polly
Watson
Rumors on Elections and Trials in London and Dublin
London notes hint at moves against Mr Wilkes and planned resolutions deeming some as seditious. Shrewsbury writs delayed. Christmas recess shifts trials. Ship movements include Lowerloffe at Youtry and Aventurier at Cowes after Texel gale. Dublin reports Mrs Ogle’s marriage and Edward Whitton’s lace trade legacy and charities.
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London
Carpi
Wilkes
Shrewsbury
Lowerloffe
Youtry
Arnold
Simmons
Hamburgh
Lisbon
Coe
Aventurier
Middleburgh
Amterdam
Cowes
Texel
Gabriel
Strand
St. James's Church
Piccadilly
Samuel Morrow
Drummonds
Harriet Sanger
Pimlico
Henrietta, Street
Dublin
Pienrienta Ogle
Tho, Ogle
Pinchbeck
Lincolnshire
Henrietta Bruce
Earl of Aylesbury
Northampton
Edward Whitton
England
Seething-lane
Obituary and Prize Draws From Historic London Notices
The document lists multiple deaths in England including Robert Rutherford in Kent and Sir Peter Warburton at Arley Cheshire along with a string of notices from Guildhall listing numerous prize numbers. Also referenced are various financial instruments and stocks such as India Annuities, South Sea stock, and Bank stocks with detailed lot numbers and values.
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Robert Rutherford
East India Company
Tenderden
Kent
Finch
Edward Finch
Arley
Cheshire
Peter Warburton
Bart
Yeserday
Ac Lambeth
William
Jeremiah Bond
Soho
Richardson
Abngdon-treet
Westminster
L At
Camberwell
Groves, Esq
Leadenhalltreet
Guildhall
Rosag
Shakespeare edition promises new volumes with plates
Subscribers are informed that the continuation of Bevu's Epini on or Shakes peare will soon appear in four royal paper volumes at 17 58 price. A volume of Poems is included. The edition features notes engravings by English artists and rival prints. Orders to J Bell near Exeter Exchange Strand.
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An. Bevu
Shakespeare
Uch
Be havior of Male Factors at Newgate Execution
An authentic account notes that on Wednesday morning the male felons acknowledged their sentences except Trotman and Lane. Trotman spoke with indifference before the gallows, while Lane appeared careless. Rann, after being tied, urged young people to take warning.
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Trotman
Lane
Newgate
Rann
Speech and prayer at Newgate note 1774 trial
The account records reactions to prisoners Trotman and Lane after Rob Floyd’s robbery in Chelsea road. They deny guilt while others urge caution in evidence. A prayer by William Lewis from Newgate cell is published, seeking forgiveness and repentance before death, and a public affidavit from the Queen’s Head mistress concerns a drinking alibi. The public remains to judge innocence or guilt.
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Jones
Coleby
Lewis
Trotman
Lane
Floyd
Holloway
Chelsea Road
William Lewis
Newgate
Jesus
Paradise
Heavenly Father
Thais
Jesus Christ
Fragmented sermon urging repentance and virtue from a condemned man
A lengthy and archaic exhortation from a man facing execution. He pleads with listeners to abandon crime and vice, seek God, and repent for the mercy shown by Jesus Christ. He warns youths against evil company and debauchery, urging sobriety, chastity, and upright conduct to avoid ruin in a decadent age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lewie
Lee
Miust
Jesus Christ
This Day Published Price 6d Dramatic and Legal Texts
A fragmented advertisement list announces This Day Published items including This Maid of the Oaks a five act dramatic piece at Drury Lane Theatre Royal and a Third Edition volume detailing game laws and dialogues between a lawyer and a country gentleman with various penalties for distress and related topics, printed in London by Becket Wilkie Uriel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linc. Jo's Inn
Wilkie
St. Paul's Churchyard
P. Uriel
Inmet Temple-lane
Landlom
True Cordial Quintessence of Vip ers for Impotency Cure
An old advertisement touts True Cordial Quintessence of Vip ers as superior to vipers wine, promising potent relief for male impotence and female eagerness. It claims quick warmth and arousal, with ongoing use enhancing desire and power. Sold by West, then Taylor, at a London shop near Clare Market and Blackman Street, Southwark.
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West
Taylor
Vere-street
Clare-market
Stridge’s
Blackman-street
Southwark
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Eviteuret
Priges
ST Bank
India Ann
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