Edinburgh Mob Bloodshed as Porteous Murder Sparks Custody
Historic Edinburgh report describes Lord Provost custody and House of Peers concerns after the murder of John Woore an Excise officer. Highland company soldiers arrest four Crieff men Dougal Macfarlane Alexander Rutherford Hugh Cameron and Alexander Boney suspected in the killing with two jailed in City Gaol and two in Canongate. The city reels from the incident and further meetings follow.
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House of Peers
Porteous
Strichen
Crieff
Perthshire
Dougal Macfarlane
Donald” Maccara
Kirktoun
Menzie
Alexander
Rutherford
Hugh Cameron
David Barlace
Alexander Boney
Mungo
Heridry
John Woore
Excise
Canongate
Mr. Woore
Death of the Hon. George Paget and Royal Assent notes
The piece reports the death of the Hon. George Paget aged seventeen in Calchester, his burial at Dayon, Middlesex, and includes various court, church, and society notices. It covers Royal Assent to the Land-Tax by the King, a Privy Seal for the Prince of Wales’s exemption from a tax, and details of marriages, baptisms, and social events at St James's, Westminster, and surrounding areas, with obituaries and local happenings through the week.
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George
Paget
Lord Paget
Dayon
Middlesex
House of Peers
Prince ‘of
Wales
Robert, Walvole
House of Commons
Pacino
Earl of
Glouceste
Grosvenor
Leadenhall-street
Mdarty
Ham Ghurch
Essex
Miss Limberry
Throgmowon
Cathedra Chase Church
Erriman
Merchant-Taylors
Byard Walker
Colchester
Whitechapel Bats
George Shirley
Epping Forest
Turpin
Wii
Rivas
Cans Bien
Jamaica
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Trevor
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