Disputed election process and magistrate remarks
The proceedings recount Mr. Paterson and Mr. Plumbe cases with sworn witness Beddle and the wardens stance. Debates cover whether Common-halls validly convened for elections, the mayoral authority, and potential disobedience. The Recorder sums up, then the jury convicts on the plaintiff’s claim, amid discussions of electoral legality and historical governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chofen
Difaser
Plumbe
Dunning
Painaing
Anenchiridium
Times
Goldsmiths Compa
Edwalrd
Fauconbridge
Earthquakes Seen as Electrical Shocks Says Dr Stukeley
A letter to the editor continues Dr Stukeley’s argument that earthquakes are electrical phenomena not subterranean eruptions. The writer notes flames and sulphurous smells as clues and cites the England quake of autumn 1750 as evidence of instantaneous, electricity driven effects on land and sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Shropshire
Solway
Severn
Thio
St. Lawrence
General Evening Post
Stukeley
We Will Not Refuse Bank Notes in Payment This Time
A dated note from merchants dated July 16 subscribes to preserve public credit during the Hellfire Scotch Rebellion era. It declares they will not refuse bank notes for payments and will strive to settle all sums likewise. It questions whether adopting guineas would quickly ease current distress and acknowledges Toms Gaffee-house as the issuing point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toms Gaffee-house
Gold Changes and Trade Woes in The General Evening Post
The writer laments trade suppression and fake coin weights as national injustice. He argues changing gold for silver tightens commerce, noting many guineas prove underweight and rob merchants of value. He asserts government limits on light gold demand standard gold in return for inferior coin.
Frauds and hoarding cited in Nassau commentary
Fragmentary text notes light gold use, new coin issuance, and public distrust in a commission. It mentions Nassau and a claim of the most iniquitous fraud, implying a critique of monetary policy or governance. The readable phrases point to a controversial fiscal discussion with terms like boxery and indimensible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Constantino Pog and Russian reconquest plans emerge in Europe
July entries from Consttino Pog report Deuues Gueray as successor to Chim Guery arriving at Bajukdero with seven sultans and 2000 Tartars. plans to command an army to reconquer Crimea. Other dispatches note Count Romanzbw leading 80,000 to 90,000 in crossing the Danube, while Dolgoruch splits forces for Crimea relief and Oczakow siege. Clergy offer 100,000 crowns yearly to the Republic, and a Confederacy manifesto urges signatories to renounce war within 12 weeks or lose estates. Reports from Bohemia describe storm and hail damage. financial notes mention stamp office changes and market regulations. local elections and crimes fill London notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantino
Crimea
Vienna
Bohemia
Gonzague
Principality of
Castiglione
House of Austria
Sailor reports visit of Sir Ralph Payne to Tortola
Captain Martin says Sir Ralph Payne, General of the Leeward Islands, recently visited Tortola in 22 days from there. He regulated laws, ordered a church built, and placed a clergyman on the island. In Ireland a copper mine is found at St James Somerville’s estate in Min county with promise of easy work and owner profits. A Belfast report notes a ganger Edward Hagan was mortally wounded during an arrest in Portglenone after a man fined for concealed fault.
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New York
Revenue and Marine
Ely House
Holborn
Stamp Office
Treithfield
Middlesex Hospital
Brisbane
Henry Revell Reynolds
Bridewell
Bethlehem
Williams
Marlborough
Bristol
Whitechapel
Guildhall
Poultry-compter
Holt
Sterton
Ayledbury
Bullina
Bishopsgate-street
Bury
Suffolk
Buckingham
Ashze
Lumnec
Hatton-street
Shepherd’s-buhh
Newgate
C. Lee
Thurfilly
Philip, Short
William Yates
Hendog
Lord Barry
Portman-s
Yetterday
John Ibbetson
Hill-street
Berkley-square
Hann
Ashton
Charles-street
Berkley-quare
Lower Grosvenortreet
Robert Langley
Daption-Ruarts
Thurssday
Knightbridge
Anthony Cayington
Martin
Tortola
Ralph Payne
Leeward Islands
Ireland
Dublin
St James Somerville
Min
Scotland
Belfast
Fuly
Edward Hagan
Ganger
Portglenone
Ship News Arrivals and Departures Across Atlantic Ports
The Argo Mitchel sailed for Virginia and other ships departed for North Carolina and Europe. Arrivals included Admiral Spry from South Carolina at Falmouth and Brilliant from Jamaica at Portsmouth. Port entries list St Vincent Planter, St. Kitts Planter, and other vessels from Grenada, Jamaica, Jersey, Philadelphia, and Virginia with multiple origins and destinations.
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Deans
N.L
Argo
Mitchel
Virginia
India
Boyce
Spencer
M Cloud
North Carolina
Gaavesenn
Jury
Fidelity
Grayson
Stockholm
Mierva
Bennet
Guernsey
Shrimp
Moer
Dorothy
Hil
Rotterdam
Hendricks
Vickers
Groningen
Ruby
Dorfdéli
Koningsbergh
Levant
Burford
Smyrna
Diana
Hunter
Memel
Falmouths
Spry
Kelly
South Carolina
Portsmouth
Brilliant
Myal
Jamaica
Charlotte
Hartnell
Frem Dunkirk
Exeter
St. Vincent’s
Royal promotions and naval commission list announced
A letter from Spa in Germany notes the arrival of Lord George Germain and other nobility with General Irwin. Mr. Impey and several others are promoted to senior judicial posts, and a commission under the great seal names Sir Hugh Palliser and a list of commissioners of the Navy among others.
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Spa
Germany
George Germaine
Irwin
Impey
St. James’s
Chambers
le Maitre
Mefaires
East Indies
Hugh Palliser
John Williams
George Marth
Timothy Brett
James Gambier
William Bateman
Efgrs
Richard Wemple
Frederick Rogers
Richard Hughes
Charles Proby
Eig
Isis Majesty’s Navy
To Mr Norton et al Surgeon in Goldensquare London
A brief notice directed to Mr Norton and colleagues in the medical profession in Goldensquare London. The wording invites attention from the named surgeon and associated practitioners about an unspecified matter in the capital.
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Loupen
Sudan
Mercator
Neterday
Holland
Fr Trance
America
Nicholas-Lewis
Zinzendorf
Pottendore
Unitas Fratrum
A. G. Spangenberg
Englih
L. T. Nyberg
Bath
T. Mills
Boo Fyller
S. Hazard
Britain
Mr. Norton
Goldensfquaire
Londons
Hearn
Maredent
Southwark
Edward Mar-Wre
Nerton
Furggun
Golcen-square
Piccadilly
Lenden
John Norton
Propriciou
Marehant
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