Robbery on the Highway and London Pursuit
A gentleman and lady in a post-chaise were robbed between Dartford and Gravesend by two highwaymen. The thief took twenty five guineas from the man and a gold watch from the woman. The suspect fled to Gravesend, then London by the machine. Sir John Fielding intervened and the horse was seized. The robber, found with a polished iron candlerick, was detained. Also reported is Mrs Godfrey’s death after attempting boiling water, and the Two Friends sailing from Hall for Fort Cumberland with emigrants. Leeds reports coiners debasing guineas of George II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
Dartford
Gravesend
London
Westminster
John Fielding
the Swan
Lal
Hallfor Fort
Cumberlands
Nova Scotia
James Watt
Leeds
Halifax
George
Ship News Arrivals and Outbound Vessels at Ports
Wind blows hard as outward-bound ships fail to sail from port including Randolph for Virginia. Arrivals list vessels such as Margaret from Limerick, Hero from Chester, Sukey from Alicant, Empress of Raffa from London, and more at Londonderry Rotterdam Leghorn Poole Amburgh and other ports. Flags marked by names and origins reflect a busy harbor report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deat
Marcus
N.E
Randolph
Virginia
Gaavusenn
John and Mary
Wigmore
Dunkirk
Londonderry
Jupiter
Ewing
New York
Rotterdam
Margaret
M‘carty
Limerick
Kitt’s
Catharine
Stabbs
London
Leghorn
Hero
Bailey
Chester
Jamaica
Golden Grove
Watson
Poole
Sukey
Annis
Alicant
Raffa
Flynn
Yarmouth
Elizabeth
M‘ghie
Hannah
Johnson
Isabela
Plump
Union
Ogilvie
Indentured Servants and Irish Notes Amid Parliament Debates
A London transcript details interrogations on indentured servants arriving in America and their treatment, including indenture terms and supposed parallels to slavery. It notes debates in the Irish House of Commons on Tontine schemes, removal of the Dublin Custom-house, and political candidacies. Maritime notices report ships gone to Gibraltar and the East Indies, plus a Guildhall fence plan and local manufacturing statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Richard Heatley
Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Pall- Mall
Lord Chatham
House of Peers
House of Commons of Ireland
Barry
Huffey
Langride
James Browne
Bubhe
Dublin
Viscount Beauchamp
Orford
Algiers
Pacifick East Indiaman
East Indies
Spithead
Motherbank
Court of Common-Council
Guildhall
Finen
Wilts
Dorset
Harts
Somerset
Manpledgren
Adelphi Lottery Draw and London Tragedies Chronicle
Yesterday's Adelphi Lottery prizes are listed with numbers such as 477 and 1309 amid a broader London notice. The same period records multiple drowning and fire incidents in Limehouse Reach Deptford and near Rotherhithe, a bridge tragedy on London Bridge, a fatal horse riding accident in Lambeth, and obituaries plus marriages and estate notices. The page includes creditor warnings for Benjamin Wilson of Kirkby Kendal with May deadline for claims to avoid dividend loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Limehouse Reach
Deptford
Gorday
Rotherhithe
Dawnigh
Ireland
Limethoafe
Londenbridge
Thames
Lamb-street
Spitalfields
St. James’s
John Campbell
Jamaica
Miss Storer
Thomas Storer
Golden Square
St. Martin’s In the Fields
Mr. Amick
Haymarket
Mary Lauzun
Daniel Lauzun
Cannon-street
John Afcew
John Affleck
Dalham-hall
Suffolk
Lower Grosvenor-treet
Jonathan Bowles
Cheapside
Stapgate
Rivers
Anderwood
Rogers
Swallow-street
Piccadilly
Rumford
Essex
John Farrell
High Wickham
Buckinghamshire
Eliel Blackbourne
Lambeth-marsh
Chetterlane
Whitener
Wapping
Hanby
Northumberland-street
Goddart
England
Benamin Wilson
Kirkby-Kendal
Westmorand
Meff
Thomas Greenhow
Joseph Swainson
Benjamin Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foreign Affairs
Paris
d’Aiguillon
S. Louis
House Or Commons
Thomas Clavering
Clements
House
Lucius O’brien
House of Commons
P— Hl
Hugh Wiljissason
Philadelphia
America
P———ll
George Y—ge
Frederick C——Il
C Xe
John Fayle
Preston
County of
Lancaster
Henry Fayele
Wgliam Shawe
Pretton
Henry Fayle
William Shawe
Cornwall Inland Navigation
Sherborne Mercury
David Palmer
Launceston
Bude Harbor
As v
L.D
High Court of Chancery
Thomas Cuddon
Symond’s Inn
Chancery
Lane
Robert Knopwoqd
Threxton
County ‘of Norfolk
Little-Creffingham
Norfolk
John Farrer
Brandon
Denton
Little Crefingham
Swaffham
Watton
Thetford
Mell
Farvey
Long
J . AL Pery
Tyler
Dockhead
Southwark
Maidstone
Rochester
John Roffe
Carlisle
John Pringle
Cardiff
Connor
Carlife
Manley
Temple
Stuart Grhaam
Mr. Hutchinson
Mr Hodason
Berkshire
Sunning- Hill-Wells
Carleton
Monument-yard
Price
Sunning- Hill- Wells
Fricereson and Jones
Mercers
Angel and Crown
Minories
Ls. de Coga
N. B
Hautomary
John Hudson
Beffineby
Bridlington
York
Beffingby
Bridlington-bays
Flamborough-rocks
Prickett
Hampshire
Havant
Southampton
Bedhampton
Robert Woodman
Portsmouth
Chichester
Newland
Grigg
Lawy
Hawaii
Asore
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