Fire prevention experiment in Bath yields success
In Bath on Thursday an experiment to prevent houses from fire was tried before several gentlemen and builders and reported to have attained the utmost success. The report notes quiet in Exeter and details a Coventry to Yardley express robbery near a kiln with lathe and shotpads seized, a horse pulled, and the thief escaping over a gate. At Stafford offices a detainer was lodged against Birch for assault on Newcastle town coach, with pistols and intent to rob, after previous robberies of a coach couch four times.
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New S. Bath
Exeter
Cornwall
Birmingham
Coventry
Yardley
Stafford
Birch
Smith
Bond
Clark
John Fielding
Newcastle
Jev
Favat ‘Couch
Arrivals and arrivals list from early port postings
A fragmentary notice lists ships and captains with origins and arrivals at various ports. Names include Cornelia Noble Amsterdam Swift Pilot Susannah Hambly Plymouth and others from Rotterdam St Domingo Carthagena London Philadelphia Waterford Cadiz Wantz Villafranca Wantz indicating a crowded maritime schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Gros Aingen
Caralina Matilda
Mark
Norway
Ann
Gidda
Rotterdam
Cowes
Charlemagne
St.-Domingo
Wantz
Amphuscade
Munrs
Carthagena
Ferroll
Hannawel
Meads
Cadiz
Gottenburgh
Danbergh
Waterford
Ditto
Sophia, Williams
London
Price of corn and provisions dominates House proceedings
In the Commons, a Committee of the Whole debated measures to curb high corn and provisions prices and relief for Protestant Dissenters. Governor Pownall argued existing methods failed, urged importation from American colonies, and dismissed heavy taxes on horses as ineffective. Parliament moved to address the crisis, with Campbell proposing a state inquiry into the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Pownall
Frederick Campbel Imdved
Scuthand
England
Debates on Linen Manufacture and Dissenters Bill Passage
The House rejects a Committee to restore linen manufacture as overextended, while Burke defends religious toleration amid a Dissenters petition. Lord North subsides after South Pole fund disbursement. various local notices follow including shipwreck, theft, and executions announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breatipr
Lendthip
Conway
Frederick Campbell
Roger
Chatham
William Baggott
Edmund Burke
Mr. Burke
Burke
Church of England
Edmund’ Burke
Dyfoh
Si Roger Newdigate
Bontz
Gray
Onslow
Willian Meredith
Harry Houghton
Lord North
Thay
South Pole
Rhenhold Forster
Lind
Sheriff Lewes
H. of C
Court of Sessiona
Scotland
The
Hague
Warsaw
Prussia
Benoit
Thich
Poland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Holstein
Bamburgh
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Aix
Provence
Duke de ‘Thauines
Vincennes
Havre-de-Grace
Sieur de Beaumaphdis
Fort L‘eveque
Edinburgh
Alexander M‘naughton
Perth
William Keir
Rotmell
Crown and Anchor
Strand
Earl of Chesterfield
Eleanor
St. Domingo
Nantz
France
Dover
Brown
Bristol
Bolton
Kensale
Woolwich
Guildhall
Astrbf
Thames
Old Ford
Robert Tyler
Bow
Old Bailey
Worcester
Thomas Perry
Gollings
Eyre Common
Sarah
John Clymer
Tho Stephens
Charles Shepherd
Nares
Sarah Clymer
Thomas Stephens
Farnham St. Martin
Bury
Suffolk
Mr. Booty
Duke of Grafton
John Ledbeater
Oxforde Street
Amelia Freeman
North Augley-street
Capt. Robinson
Jamaica
Ashley
Queen
Liscoln's-inn-fields
Mr. Bird
Teddington
Holmes
Stevens
Aldermart Bird
Willam Jenkins
Northampton
Granville
Mr. Granville
Sita
Die Gras
Wale
Ies
Spebaibo
Aidta RY
North - America
Sebastian Cabot
W. Strahan
T. Becket and Co
Ottava
Ossian
Fingal
James MacPherson
David Hume
Russia
Mans Lied
T, Becket and Co
Frankly
T., Becket and Co
Great Britain and Ireland
James MacPherson Esq
T. Becket and Go
Statius
W. L. Lewis
M.A
T. Becker and Co
Calcutta
NDIA
Holwell
T. Becket ‘and Co
Ottawa
J. Williams
M.D
Aix-la- Chapelle
G.E. Howard
G. Faulkner
Esqrs
Dublin
Mr. Howard
Gene
Bachelor
Jeoffry Wagstaffe
Ely
E. Harwood
D.D
Italy
Carlo Denina
John. Langhorne
Becket
Countess of Hertford
Flora
Doctor Langhorne
Pfice
Pausanias
Penelope
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