Legal ruling on Rochford treason case and bail offer
In a historic trial, the jury weighed whether Lord Rochford acted as a magistrate amid treason suspicions and whether Reynolds’s declaration acted as bail. After legal wrangling, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff at one thousand pounds damages, conditional on later court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Rochford
Henry the Fourth
France
Paris
William the Third
Charles the Second
England
Mr. Reynolds
Sir William
A FRIEND to MERIT in the Morning Chronicle
A letter to Mr Bell defends booksellers rights over plays and stage costumes in the New English Theatre. It argues publishers pay authors and associates, notes managers allow access for copying scenes and dresses, and defends booksellers from accusations of fraud. A FRIEND to the BOOKSELLERS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Chronicle
Tiree Theatres
Bell
London
New English Theatre
Dictionary of the World Geographical Past and Biographical Part
An advertisement for The Dictionary of the World by R Brookes and Joseph Collyer. It details folio format, weekly numbers of sheets, prices, and two volume binding options. It notes publication at St Paul’s Churchyard and offers a money-back guarantee if the first number is not approved. It also includes publisher profit notes and pricing for vellum bindings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Brookes
M.D
Joseph Collyer
T. Carnan
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Ranfonet
Kietwerd
Tomkins
Justice Addington
Bowstreet
Vietina
Brussels
Paris
East Haddon
Northamptonshire
Clarke Adams
Islington
Stephen Brown
Miss Wood
Thomas Wood
Grosvenor Square
Bury-street
St. James’s
Chamber
Atlantic News Briefs On War Prep And Royal Marriage
A mix of 18th century items notes Russian fortifications near Kerché and Jenecalé, planned light frigates, and a Russo-Baltic squadron build up. Madrid reports on Infanta Louis marriage plans and the Count Chinchon title changes. London verse on an incident ending in a magistrate recount, plus obituaries and deaths in various locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Holland
Flanders
Kerché
Jenecalé
Russia
Madrid
Fune
Don Louis
Aranjuez
Donna Maria Ferefa Vallabriga
Don Vallabriga
Regiment of Volunteers of
Arragons
Talavera
Chinchon
Hamburgh
Rufsia
Cronstadt
Vicus
Telmanow
Europe
Arrivals and naval dispatches near London and Portsmouth
The report lists arrivals of ships from Barbadoes Jamaica and other ports, with vessels like the Mary Ann and Neptune, and notes a courier from Madrid to St James's with advices from Lord Grantham. It also mentions naval movements under Lord Cornwallis and Sir Peter Parker, plus later trading updates and a local poll result at Guildhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
N. E
Resolution
Ana Ann
Laws
Gibraltar
Mary-Ann
Barbadoes
Swift
Piper
India
Boyce
Gravesenn
Moss
Nice
Chilgrove
Pitman
Dublin
Fisher
Hope
Foster
Honduras
Neptune
Wright
Zant
Hero
Hodgfin
Guernsey
Clarendon
Cowell
Jamaica
Experiment
Fuller
New Providence
Champion
Fellows
Tobago
Supply
Belington
Elizabeth
Blackett
Lenin
Himter
Dantzick
Carolina
Ellicker
Fortune
Scheildrup
Norway
Vrow
London
St. James’s
Lord Grantham
Madrid
Kew
Wordlaw
Georgia
North Carolina
Peter Parker
Cape Fear
England
Sir Peter Parker
Lord Cornwallis
Col. Vaughan
Wiliam Campbel
Martin
Lord Dunmore
Virginia
Clinton
Portmouth
Admiralty
Amazon
Jacobs
Garland
Pearson
St. Helen’s
Guildhall
Chamberlain
Benjamin Hopkins
Alderman Wilkes
Tallowchandlers Hall
Dowgate
Greenwood
Salter
Simon
Baron de L
Monfiew Ransonet
Captain F
St. James's
Baron de la
Monfreur Ransonet
Original BALSAM of LIFE advertised by Wray family
KINGs PATENT statement promotes TURLINGTONs Original BALSAM of LIFE sold by MARTHA WRAY and HILTON WRAY at the Kings Arms London. It warns counterfeits, details prices, seals, and a long list of related remedies and vendors, asserting authenticity and wartime style caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turlington
Martha Wray
Hilton Wray
Robert Turlington
Kings-Arms
Birchin-lane
Londéris
Gard Hilton
Wray
Daffy’s
Stoughton’s
Squire's
Radcliff’s
Bostock
Hungary
Hooper’s
Anderson
Barerran
Godfrey
Turkington
William Wray
Martha Wray Nis
Armenian Merchants praise British law in Calcutta letter
A postscript letter to the editor in the General Evening Post presents Armenian merchants and free inhabitants of Calcutta praising the English legal system. They express thanks to the judiciary for impartial justice, fear of unknown language, and relief from coercive practices, while urging broader adoption and protection of rights under British rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
East- India
Elijah Impay
Kwienrt
Loran
Supreme Court of Judicature
Calcutta
India
Sin Elljah Impay
Supreme Court
Great-Britain
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Jewedy
George
John Paul
Barristen
George Wilson
W. Strahan
M. Woodfall
His
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
John. Paul
John Paul Barrilier
Mace
Gawler
Postscript
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