Whitlam Page alias Count Page and accomplices seized
A man named Whitlam Page alias Count Page alias Captain Page alias Beau Page alias Gage alias Williams was taken by a high constable and brought before John Fielding Esq on suspicion of highway robberies. He was committed to Newgate at one o clock morning with two detainers. He had prior Hertford trial and acquittal. A broad discovery of routes, a pistol brace, and three watches tied to robberies were found. He is described as five feet eleven inches, wearing blue velvet, with a distinctive star mark and various wigs and cockades. He is linked to thefts across Kent and nearby counties and to several named victims.
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John Fielding
Newgate
Whitlam Page
Count Page
Captain Page
Beau Page
Gage
Williams
Hertford
Fielding
Barnes
London
Page
Nightingale
Thomas Hidges
Thomas Farrington
E.q. Glover
Wentworth
Tunbridge
Kent
Dickenton
Col. Wade
Surrey
Robinson
Charles Turner
Bath and Wells
Maidenhead
Wilkes and Lowndes
Uxbridge
Coventry
Maidstone
Richard Hewis
London Gazette
Kensington
Admiralty Ofice
Thomas Taylor
Seahorse
Ostend Road
Raven
Bonetta
N.E
Bonella
Brest
Taylor
Bower
Darlow Channel
John Thorton
Bell- Yard
Gracechurch Street
City of London
Imperial Turn to Living In England Offered For Sale
Notices offer immediate advancement of two thousand pounds for a living yielding about three hundred pounds yearly. The current incumbent must resign. a resignation of five hundred fifty pounds is mentioned as possible. Proposals should be sent to A. B. at the Peacock in Gray's Inn Lane Holborn, with assurances of strict secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
A. B
Gray’s Inn ‘Lane
Holbourn
Notice of Dividend for Deceased Francis Hughes Estate
Ford in Oxford Mercer deceased estate holders prepared to pay a dividend of seven shillings and two pence per pound among creditors who filed accounts. London creditors to apply at Friday Street, Mr. Broome Witts, and other creditors to Mr. William Stephens of Kencaste near Porford, attorney at law. Executors of Francis Hughes of Bur b
Lyons Paris Genoa treaty talks and fleet terms
Lyons July 21 news notes a treaty idea between France and the Republic of Genoa. France would pay 2 020 090 livres per year to Genoa and supply 300 sailors for the navy, plus allow a party of French troops in Genoa. Other articles await event disclosure. Bourdeaux July 29 reports a French armed ship wreck and crew losses near the Mississippi. Amsterdam Aug 1 mentions calls to bolster Dutch troops amid French encroachment. Dublin Aug 2 reports Cadiz merchants sending wheat and bread to Waterford and an unusually early English mail arrival to Dublin in 77 hours.
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Paris
Genoa
French Cour
Republick
Bourdeaux
Fuly
America
Amsterdam
Hague
Europe
France
Irelan
Dublin
Cadiz
Waterford
London
Notable Deaths and a Bristol Murder Reported
From Newcastle to Bristol a series of notable deaths and a murder are reported. Matthew Carr Anchorsmith of Sunderland dies, Joshua Smith a shepherd struck by lightning near Gateshead with his daughter nearby unharmed, Joseph Bowes superintendent partner in Cumberland works dies at Clifton Turnerace, and a Bristol horse pond homicide describes a blue coat man found with a fatal head wound and a paired execution of two strangers lodging with Daniel Cribb, who claimed Birmingham origins and horse buying plans.
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Country News
Newucastle
Houghton-lefpring
Matthew Carr
Sunderland
Joshua Smith
Gateshead-fel
Cliftonturnace
Cockermouth
Cumberland
Joseph Bowes
Bristol
Horfield
Daniel Cribb
Stokes
Birmingham
Murder confession and fugitive hunted by justice in Wells
A man fled after a murder, claiming to seek an horse purchase and moving about in fear. He changed horses, spent money tremulously, tore a paper from his watch, and fled toward Gloucester. The coroner named him a murderer under the alias Hedges, with warrants issued for arrest as the body lay six days before discovery. In Shropshire, Michael Mosely, long a justice of the peace, died at Astbury near Bridgnorth.
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Bristol
Gloucester
Wells
Hedges
Birmingham
Astbury
Bridgnorth
Michael Mosely
Ely
Shropshire
Letters on Fees Taken from the Crown and Charity
A letter rebukes the Officers of the Exchequer for taking 741 9s from royal Bounty for the Marine Society and questions the use of public funds. It contrasts paid fees with past self denial, notes the lack of transparency in listing donors, and cites the 2,000 pistoles grant to the Portuguese after Lisbon as a model of charity without deductions.
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Extr
Marine Society
É&C
Lisbon
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Poe
Berkshire
Sc. Co
William Green
Port-Holl
Maidlenhead
Whitby
Timothy Watkins
Golden Lion
Hannah Waftall
Crown and Thistle
Hannah Wastall
Lyons
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