Violent Storm Kills Five in Barracks Street Fire
A house collapsed during a violent January wind in Barracks Street, killing five people. Lords Mayor raids a bakers’ meeting finding ledgers and papers aimed at quashing the journeymen. Robberies and White-Boys violence reported in Hillsborough and Queen’s County with injuries and fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
Barracks S Street
Meyman Bakers
Corporation of Bakers
Belfast
Fan
Hagely
Hiborough
Hillsborough
Hazely
Bridge
Downpatrick
Kilkenny
Balycollac
Curborough
Queen’s County
Castletown
William Phelan
Phelan
Killermagh
Inter
DUKES BRIDGEWATER BROOKE DISPUTE SETTLED AHEAD OF CANAL TRADE
Liverpool in doubt no longer as the long running quarrel between the Duke of Bridgewater and Sir Richard Brooke is reported resolved The agreement promises near Norton navigation completion allowing goods to travel between Manchester and Liverpool without transshipment Saving the public at least 30000 annually and enabling efficient coal transport between the two ends of the canal
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Counpry
Livverpool
Fan
Duke of Bridgewater
Richard Brooke
Norton
Manchester
Liverpool
Royal Highnesses Dine with Lords as Navy Mobilizes
London reports detail a dinner with Prince of Wales and Bishop of Ofijaburgh plus Lord Holderneffe and foreign ministers. A full Admiralty board met to coordinate naval readiness with Lords Commissioners and dockyard officials racing to prepare ships for sea. A Southampton letter relays Bolton dispatches from Boston area noting winter quarters for troops, limited fuel, and ships arriving from Europe.
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London
Prince of Wales
Ofijaburgh
Lord Holderneffe
Duke of Gloucester
Cumberland-house
Rema
Board of Admiralty
Beard
Navy
Southampton
Bolton
Bunker’s Hill
Botton
England
Ireland
Boston
Europe
Charles
Naval and political notices from a crowded London page
The report notes Royal Navy plans, draft orders for 15 men per company to America, ships mounting guns as in war, and arrivals including the Heart of Oak and Bristol. It also covers mutterings on rebel captures, looser dispatches from Ireland, stock and coal prices, a double elopement, court actions in Bow Street, a fire in Salisbury, a Windsor forest death, and a Yeoman appointment replacing the deceased Edge.
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Royal Navy
America
Baltimore
Maryland
Liverpool
Plymouth
Wesst Indies
Buck
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Bristol
Peter Parker
Corke
Ireland
Kent
Duke of Bolton
Hampshire
Henry Thrale
Southwark
Chaldron
D—d
Daniel Perreau
Dunning
King’s Bench
Hampstead
Bow-street
John Fielding
Magistates
Bowstreet
Cooper
Cork
Salisbury
Court
Freet-street
Windsor-forest
Evins
Ewry
My. Edge
Great Seal on Paelday and Bristol Cathedral event
A presentation and grant to Rev William Speke for a peekend in Bristol Cathedral titled the Great Seal on Paelday. Obituary notices record marriages and deaths including William Mairs Efg of Cloak Lane to Elizabeth Pool, and deaths of Dr. Lowther and Mrs. Ruddock among others in London and nearby areas.
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William Speke
Thomas Giffard
Chillingtonthally
Staffordshire
Chadacre-hal
Suffolk
Kens Ington Square
Ann Clarke
Edmund Clarke
Lowther
Hatton-garden
Limehouse
Crowsher
Triquete
Thomas Triquete
Spitalfields
Bilfington
Cravencourt
Ruddock
Leadenhall
Deserters sought from the Queen's Regiment in Huntingdon
Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Montagu orders search for three deserters from the 24th or Queen's Royal Regiment. John Halford, 24, 5ft 8in, grey eyes, fair hair. Thomas Willey, 19, 5ft 7in, grey eyes, brown hair. Thomas Boorman, 22, 5ft 10in, brown hair, brown complexion. Rewards offered for apprehension and lodging in British gaols. Report to Lieut. Hodson or agent John Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egerted
Hodson
Ros 24
Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
Sir Charles Montagu
Hunatingdon
John Halford
Horminold
Leicester
Thomas Willey
Downham
Norfolk
Thomas Boorman
Halifax
County of
York
Great Britain
Huntingdon
John Winter
Hanover-square
London
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Demosthenes
Greece
Arschines
de' Mosthienes
Thomas. Leland
Trinity College
Dublin
B. Johnston
Messrs. Wallis and Co
Ludgate Street
W. Perry
J. Murray
J. Wik
St. Paul’s Church-yard
T. Evans
I. Délare
Yar's
J. GC
Count Saxe
M. le Biond
J. Mullers
Atsura
Duke of Cumberland
E. Johnston
Meff. Wallis
Ludgate
Adams
Robert IV
Bertie
Argyle-street
Oxford
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Markenzie and Smith
Leominster
Hereford
Birley
John Sheriff
Leos
Edwae Coleman
Joh Sheff
Castle-Redingham
Ehgt
Bury
Sudbury
Applyair
William Townsend
Edward Dodson
Redingham
Castle- Hedinghamn
Inns
New
Broxes
William*Ingram
Hellwath
George Bowe
der Aanes
Hallgate
Hallgate Pasture
Hallgate Common
Arkenrdale
Kirkby-Hill
Changs the Ud
Wummine Ud
Héllwath
Thurfray
Wil
Amn Min Pe
Westminster Magazine
Pantheon
Ldte
Akentde
T. Wright
Huten-street
Strang
Bew
Baternofter
Boel
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