Remarks on a Virtuous Clergyman’s Sermons and Works
The passage reviews a clergyman noted for sensible sermons delivered with little emphasis and a readiness to read the Athanasian Creed. It mentions his candid views on controverted points, his long friendship with the author, and his edition of Erasmus with several volumes and remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erasmus
Ottava
Boand
Wamuel. Johnson
W. Strahan
F. Rivington
Hinton
Davies
Hawes
Clarke
Collina
R. Renege
Johnston
Owen
T. Lowndes
T. Caffon
la Crowder
T. Longman
Law
Becket
de Hondt
C.ditly
Dodsley
J. Reet Giikhearfly
W. Nic. H
W. Griffin
G. Robinson
T. Cadélty S
Bladon
Richardson and Urquhart
J. Almon
R. Saldvin
Macaronies Satire in a York Stage Play
A damaged review notes a play aimed at ridiculing Macaroni fashion and libertine youths. It portrays a plot where villains seek to ruin rural daughters, who are saved and marry two honest suitors. Criticism calls the drama defective though entertaining, listing new performers and a long epilogue lampooning fashionable excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promie
Harry Temple
Wilville
Hitchcock
York
Creffwicke
Fearon
Genimoe
Britannia
Turbulent Storm Wrecks Hindrance Near French Ports
A dated report notes severe storms impacting St Malo Havre de Grace and nearby coasts. High winds and waves damaged ships including Augusta and Queen of Angels, with wrecks along the coast and a Dutch galliot saved after perilous weather. It mentions emigration costs for Polish Jewish elders under conditions set by a Prussian king’s authorities.
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Hacre
Augusy
Poli
Prussia
Ghassonatch
Seneral Zi¢then
Edié&T
Paris
St. Malo’s
Augusta
Rochelle
Havre de Grade
Port Werd
Whalers report wreck near St Peters and Fox Island tragedy
AME RIG A Boffon reports two whalers from the Streights of Bélisle bringing word of a near shipwreck near St Peter's Island after a fedden gust capsized the Hope armed cooker under Lieutenant Bawv fon causing loss of all aboard. A second ship from Newfoundland repeats the tale. A young couple from Fox Island from St Georges perished attempting marriage with three others aboard a cow-laden boat. On August 14 Hon Thomas Hub Qi ninit died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-England
Newfoundland
Earward
Fox Island
St.George’s
Thomas Hub- Pi Qin
Thomas
Shipping News From Deblin to Pensacola Amid Storms
Deblin reports a perilous voyage from Boston aboard the Blessed Endeavour with troops from Cork to Pensacola. Ten crew were sick. 22 soldiers and one officer buried. Arrivals and sailings include London Fraser from Cadiz, and multiple vessels at Bantry and Falmouth with cargoes from Port.
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Looruroland
Deblin
Boston
Dix Verpoo
Endeavour Transport
Corke
Pensacola
Thei
Wind S. W
London
Fraser
Fapidica
Witain
Elizabeth
Difrey
SeKit’'s
Puntét
Qporto
Henzel
Oporta
Stockord
Fletchér
Jamaica
Lynch
Wilkinon
Bourdeage
Withiand
Jefferys
Riverpool
Gravesend
Lotherington
Petersburgh
Wiliey- Mind
Packman
Guernssy
Maryland
Planter
Dorsey
Betty
Falcon
Stockholm
Whi ‘Taker
Tobago
Jamies
Wabella
Koningourgh
Nancy
Thrather
St. Anthony
Tipper
Bourdeaux
Dash
Miller
Diverpoot
Alliance
Thompson
Moore
Mere
Parisian Port Fees Spark Rightful Seizure of Vessel
Extract from a letter recalls a dispute at a North African port where a French vessel resisted port duties of ten percent on cargo. The customs clash led to vessel seizure and crew imprisonment. A subsequent affidavit by Mr. Fagan questions another witness account and hints at gunfire prior to the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drrth
Tunsday
Algiers
Fagan
Fitzgerald
Bread standard in 1773 law and harbor tumult alarms
Voluminous colonial era notices recount a 1773 act fixing standard wheaten loaf weights and prices to curb fraud, with penalties for adulteration. Reports from Edinburgh describe unrest over poor relief and mob pressure, while ship crews sail for Bombay Calcutta and China. Other items note fires in Hatton-garden and Tillingham, and obituaries and marriages in London.
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Sciwen
Nugent
Fagan
Fitzgerald
George the
George the Second
Edinburgh
Les
Hon Eahtdia ‘Company
Stafford
Thamag Tiel
Bombay
China
Northumberland
James Rees
Calcutta
William Thompson
Thames
Dan
Clerk
Pane Et
Tone Bee
Verelft
Nuite
Morse
Kent
Seahorse
Arthur
Speke
Jeffery Jackson
Asia
Richard Garmmage
Pacific
Cha” Barclay
Dutton
Harry Ricg
Bute
Rich
Beridy
Coast
Bay
Every
Swith John Peck
Peter Wright
Philadelphia
Toyer-hill
Stepney
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Lord Promis
R. Féaron
Lambton
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Francis
Ile
Learth Ement
Me Willams
Sol
T. Payne
St. Martin’s
Thy” Hal-papis
Company of Stationers
Ens Pernc Sa Tey
Surtemnen
France
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Stow
Tillingham
Essex
Berners-street
James Raymond
Marlborough-street
Mills
Catherine Turper
Poland-street
Robert Ayling
Hadleigh
Hants
Miss Newey
Marybons
Maidenhead
William Mayer
Thurksday
John Booth
Price Ghiggs
J. Hinton
King's Arma
Nofter-Row
Warwick
Jane
R. Stackhouse
Jesus Christs
N.B. Fo
Mr. Stackhouse
Thomas Stackhouse
Dale Ingram
Christ's ‘Hospital
Epsom Wells
Europe
Epsom
Glass
Warren
King
King's Physicians
College of Physicians
Epsom- Wells
St. Paul’s Churchyard
the Royal
Meff. Bulkely’s
Drusgifts
Fleet-Areet
Mtr.Owen
Temple
Gates
Noyce
Arundel-street
Cecil
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Andrewes
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Admiralty
Rothwell
Bond-freet
Brown
Vauxhall
Old Bond-street
Rainbow Coffee-house
Cornhill
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