Fatal blow by spade ends life in Drogheda area
In Terfecken near Drogheda a son, angry after being denied money for Christmas, struck his father with a spade, causing instant death. He is secured and detained in Dundalk jail awaiting further punishment. In Limerick, masked men robbed Mr Shiel, a prize dealer, after beating his family and threatening them for 24 hours, stealing 15 guineas, cloth, and apparel.
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L.roeb&b
Dublin
Terfecken
Drogheda
Dundalk
Rioters Taken to Tolbooth After Meat Mob Actions
Seventeen rioters connected with the meat mobs on the opposite side of the Forth were moved from Dundee to Edinburgh under guard. They were bound in carts and committed as prisoners to the Tolbooth last night.
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Edinburgh
Van
Forth
Dundee
Tolbooth
Financial Distress Follows Lending Shift and Baltic News
Reports from The Hague speak of a 1 008 000l Sterling loan for the King of Sweden as a troubling sign amid a bank run. A Gibraltar letter notes Pallas damaged after three months off Barbary. Captain Holmes takes command, with Atkins returning on Montreal. Paris letters announce a world voyage squadron with Abbe Martivene aboard for discoveries. Bermuda letters detail severe corn and bread shortages, high prices, and dire crops, while discussions in London hint at game act reforms and cattle import premiums. A Bermuda update cites 1772 harvest woes and urgent relief needs.
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Hague
Sweden
Gibraltar
Pallas
Barbary
Holmes
Atkins
Montreal
Paris
Bermuda
Philadelphia
Vivid 18th Century Squalor and Political Feuds In London
Fragmented extracts recount a heated dispute over an honor between officers, a mayoral election at Aldersgate, a Dover death from a capsized boat, ships wrecks near Boulogne and Plymouth, a Perth riot act defense of Provost, regimental cuts, mysterious Dutch heiress, Countess Rochford interment, Northumberland Duchess charity, a suicide in Oxford Street, and a man dying after a severe head injury.
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Fill
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Aldersgate
Maud
Rivington
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Dover
Henry Pascal
A. Pascal
Calais
Pafta
Wiliam Watson
Pascal
Condon
Spain
London
Boulogne
Zail
Jamaica
Plymouth
Peggy
Clark
Milford
Downs
Ramsgate
Jenks
Cunningham
Bristol
Lisbon
Adventure
Robert Dowell
Matter
Cape Clear
Perth
West Indies
North America
Kingsale
Ireland
Portugal
Countess of Rochford
St. Osyth
Essex
Duchess of
Oxford-street
Fire at Whestone Park ruins coach horses and More
A major fire in a London area burns at Wheston Park behind Dr Watens Lincoln's Inn Fields, destroying about fourteen coach horses. A man is jailed in Oxford Market as an impostor. police also find a large quantity of apparel in his lodgings. A four year old burns to death after minor accident. Thirteen prisoners tried at Old Bailey with two hanged. others convicted or transported. Royal notices, marriages, and obituaries noted including Lady Simpson birth and several deaths.
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Ardain UK
Whetstone's Parke
Watens
Lincoln's Inn-Felds
Cheapside
Brooks
Dyer
Spitalfields
Old Bailey
James Bray
Towie
Powell
Edwards
Samuel Humphreys
Mgr
Holg
George Armstrong
Robert Armstrong
Will Cotterel
East Idia Company
His Majesty
Newgate
Secretary of State’s
James Crompton
Baylis
Aon Simpson
John Simpson
Grosvenor Place
James Hargrove
Mortimer-street
Cavendish-square
Susannah Wodd
Henrietta-street
James Liptrott
Egham
Miss Scar
Hadley
William Johnson, Martker
Reading
Ann Brookes
Bow-lane
Robert Gadber Moody
Southampton
Riddell
Capt. Riddell
Enfield
Sibley
Gray’s Inn
Poole
Holborn
Nathaniel Smith
Chelsea Hospital
Bof- Well-court
Carey-street
Lincoln’s-inn-fields
Tho. Lane
Hick’s Hall
Clapham
John Townsend
Tottenham High-Cross
Downing
George Downing
John Tennis
Strand
Smith
Brentford
William Despéreault
Cannon-street
Hackney
James Leech
Petty France
King
Bromley
Kent
Afamoere
Thames Street
Little Chelsea
Simmonds
Bartlet
Henry Barnes
Lily
Court of Common Pleas
Tracy
Probyn
Denton
Chapple
Denison
Clive
Blackstone
Bath
William Heath
Broad-street
Reign of Charles II Etiquette Cited by Clarendon
A letter to the editor of the General Evevine Post quotes Lord Clarendon on 17th century manners. It describes young people licensed to vice, loose parental authority, and social norms shifting toward tavern visits for women deemed genteel. The writer laments changes requiring women to appear at taverns fortnightly to avoid being considered unpolished.
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Charles " II
Lord Clarendon
Storm in Londgh Described in Lord Clarendon's Diary
In January 1690 a night storm in Londgh brought rain snow and fierce wind. The sash windows blew in drove shutters out and left the chamber open to the street. The family and servants faced the damage as tiles and beds were drenched and the wind continued until dawn.
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Lord Clarendon
Londgh
Ely-house
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