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Settlement of Figure and Fortune in Dark City Streets
A London column notes that after dark peddlers and unlikely buyers are warned to carry pocket pistols for safety. It reports on new durable lawn fabrics surpassing French cambricks, and on naval actions from Portsmouth to Ireland. It mentions several arrests, a Jews synagogue robbery, trials at Old Bailey with executions and floggings, deaths of notable locals, and the inheritance of the Duke of Bridgewater’s estate to his young brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Ireland
Linnen Manufactory
Portsmouth
Hampton Court
Mortyn
Prince Frederic
Norris
Beerhaven
His
Salisbury
Edgcumbe
Crookhaven
India
Deal
Betty
Matthie
London
Jamaica
Carrington
St. James’s Guard
William Pring
John Poulson
Henry Sourmers
Duke’s Place
Fleet-Prison
Exchequer
Old Bailey
William Stevens
Francis Hill
Thomas Lane
William Whearer
John Parkes
Meff. Truman and Co
Spittlefelds
London House
Beale
Yellow Regiment
Col. Ciel
Highgate
Sleigh
Horflydown
Rolls
Camberwell
Capt. Palmer
Morden College
Blackheath
Colege
William Knipe
Fenchurchstreet
Thomas Swayne
South-Sea Company
Duke of Bridgewater
Francis