Address to East India Directors on Smuggling Menace in Kent
Kent in 1471 faces rampant smuggling with four tons of goods and vast quantities of brandy and cambrics seized from France and Holland. A plan urges Parliament to empower the company to outfit vessels and seize illicit trade, using experienced sailors to deter smugglers and divert labor back to farming and lawful commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
France
Holland
London
Dunkirk
Boulogn
Flushing
Ostend
Folkstone
England
His Majesty
Commissioners of Customs of Excise
To the Printer of the General EveNING Post
A brief reader’s note addressed to the printer of the General EveNING Post requests attention or action regarding print quality or distribution, reflecting a historical communication style in newspaper production. The fragment hints at manuscript handling and publication adjustments within a late 19th or early 20th century press context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
Seafaring Businessman Sought as Outdoor Clerk and Wharf Keeper
A longtime business man with broad city connections seeks outdoor clerk work for a merchant or wholesale dealer. He can manage a wharf or warehouse set and is skilled in shipping business. Fidelity security offered. A line directed to W. R. at Goodwins Coffee House in Bear Street will be attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Smith
Miss Twist
Heatre-Royal
Covent
Garnen
Brothers
Captain Ironsides
Shuter
Young Belfield
Mr. Bensley
Benjamin Dove
Yates
Elder Belfield
Clarke
Philip
Paterson
Lewes
Goodwin
Hull
Jonathan
Dunstall
Francis
Thompson
Skiff
Broad-Court
Bow-Street
Covent Garden
Mr. Sarrant
Southampton
Staple’s Inn Gate
Chancery Lane
N.B
Duke of
Poland
Robert Anthony Bromley
Foundling Hospital
St. John’s
Hackney
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-Street
H. Parker
Cornhill
J. Walegr
Charing Cross
W. R
Bear St. Clement's Church
The
Strand
Levee attendance and political bustle at Cockpit Royal
The administration’s leaders will attend today’s levee at Cockpit Royal, with expected large crowds. Reports note late session adjournment, possible renewal of Lord Chatham’s appeal, and two coal-trade bills to be laid before a Great Assembly next sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockpit Royal
Lord Chatham
Gos
Ireland
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Gibraltar
St. James’s
Jeffery Amherst
Countess of Hertford
Lower Grosvenor Street
Faringdon
East India Company
India
Scrafton
Ford
Cadiz
Toulon
Ferrol
Brest
Marseilles
East
West Indies
America
Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
France
Brastead
Kent
Duke of Bridgwater petition on Chester Navigation bill
The Duke of Bridgwater presented a petition to the House of Lords about the Chester Navigation bill, warning of canal damage. a debate followed, the bill read and committed possibility tied to voting 25 for and 31 against. Also notes social unrest, a late street fracas, Islington robberies, and Southampton theatre plans with Mr Younger directing a company. Stock prices and local notices conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of
Bridswater
Thurday
House of Lords
Chester
Serjeant
Glynn
Middlesex
King’s Head
Hugh Williams
Bow 2
Islington
Vokes
Southampton
Younger
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Dall
Theatres Royal
London
Bath
Mefits
du Bellamy
Quick
Owenson
Death
Guion
Brookes
Kear
Miss Ward
Glover
Pitt
Essence of Pearl advertised for children teeth health
A London advertisement promotes Essence of Pearl for infant and child dental care. It claims early tooth loss stems from neglect and asserts the remedy can prevent scurvy of gums, premature decay, and subsequent tooth problems, recommending use when first teeth form around age two. Sold by Bayley in Cockspur Street and Price in Leadenhall Street for sixpence per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hemet
Amelia
N.B
W. Bayley
Cockpar-street
Haymarket
J. Price
India- House
Leadenhall-street
London
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Oxford
Cornmarket
Bottley Road
University
Wales
John Millar
Efe
Universty of Gleen
J. Murray
Fleet-street
A. Kincaid
Edinburgh
George I
Abbe Millot
University of Parma
É&C
Mr. Kenrick
Eroisa
J. Hinton
King S Arms
Paternoster Row
Warwick
Lane
R. Stackhouse
Thomas Stackhoust
Falio
Postscript
Philagrus
Pee India
Navy, &c. Bilks
Bone
Cooke
Lecke Newington
Brookgs
Judge Eyres
William the
Orange
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