Dublin Theatrical Notice on a Farce Production
A theatre notice praises a Dublin performance of a piece never printed but long staged with success. It lauds Mr Barry and Mrs Dancer for affecting portrayals and highlights actors Sowden Palmer and others as deserving of future recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salifourus
Dublin
Barry
Dancer
Thomas Barry
Raymond
Sowden
Grey
Morton
Morton, Mr. Palmer
Oath of Fidelity Talks and Court Gossip Abroad
Yesterday incoming mails from Holland and France report oath demands by the Wayvode of Podlachia for loyalty to the King and Confederacy, with pledges on Catholic and other religions and non secret correspondence. Other items note Bourdeaux Parliament’s appeal, Duke of York’s Paris visits, and Prussia planning royal entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Prince de Radzivil
Wayvode
Podlachia
Paris
Bourdeaux
Britanny
Duke of York
Hague
Berlin
Prussia
Wilhelmina
Dublin Notes and Irish Incidents in Augotime
Ireland reports Richard Jackson becomes Paper Office secretary to ex-earls Hertford and Bristol. Drogheda rabble kill cattle heading for live shipment. Priest John Dempsey renounces Popery for Protestantism in Rathcool. Carlingford letter recounts a skirmish with smugglers, chore of sailors, casualties including William Stafford killed and Capt Lusk wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Richard Jackson
Hertford
Bristol
Bowes
Drogheda
John Dempsey
Great Connel
Kildare
Lusk
Carlingford
Terrible lightning storm causes deaths across Merse
A letter from near Jedburgh confirms Hawick reports of a fierce storm in the Merse with multiple fatalities from lightning. The River Tweed reportedly rose several feet in minutes, causing astonishing flood damage. On Aug 19 the Hon. Miss Carolina Sandiland died at Major Sandiland's house near Calder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scot Lan
Edinburgh
Jedourehy
Hawick
Merse
Tweed
Major Sandiland
Calder
Carolina Sandiland
Coroner Inquest Opens on Mysteriously Found Seaman
In Southeold on August 18 the Coroner’s Inquest investigated a man found floating at sea. Dutch sailors in harbor testified he appeared to be a Friesland-born stranger with light brown hair and a stout tall build, about 25 years old. Wounds on head face neck and body suggest murder, though no decisive marks were found to identify him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeold
Ernie Ba Atodrd
Smithfield
Patrick Dawson
Chertsey
Dawson
Crispin Street
Spitalfelds
Teddington
Curzons
Horace Hays
Ely
Chirkell
Thirkell
Pen's Coffee House
Jonathan Leigh
Forestrest
London
Abindon
Berkshire
Jatt
Darby
Dartingtoundbury
Dertford
Little Chelsea
Joseph Pickard
Hampshire
The
Customs
Thomas Duck
Wroughton
Wilts
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
John Brownrigg
Mansion House
Poultry-compter
Saltpetre Bank
Rag Fair
Irish Piper and Town News Across Augury England
An 18th century record from Lancaster Augury recounts a local tale of the Irish Piper who impressed a witty young woman leading to marriage. The report also notes suicide of a former boatswain near Bath, arrivals of nobility in Bath, marriages and judicial proceedings, and various market prices and sports events across Cambridge Oxford Bristol and Northampton with details on crops, races, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Gospart
Happy
Vesuvius
Bath
Charlotte Finch
Col
Pomeroy
Gen
Calloe
Ana
Major Winwiol
Capt
Brayne
Flight
Orey
Maclane
Burke
Frankland
Ringwood
Samuel Allen
Westgate Turnpike
Howle
Mary Becket
Gloucester
Johnson
Cirencester
Crelmsford
John Wallenger
Clarehall
Rumford
Charity School
Cambridge
Chafy
St. John's College
Beadle
Burrowes
Jait
Bolton
Thomas Jennings
Spalding
Dickenson
Botton
Duke of Marlborough
Kensall
Lambkin
Rogert
Glenbucket
Mr. Smith
James Cotter
Brisol
Hotwells
Earl of Northampton
Lord Clive
George Rodney
Lowden
Rudd
St. Peter's Hospital
Plymouth
Sticklepath
Oakhampton
Devon
Northampton
Robert Phipps
Walthamstow
Essex
Molly Fletcher
Rushden
Edward Lye
Yard
Port and naval arrivals and arrivals list from Plymouth to Deal
Plymouth and Deal harbor notes report ships sailing and detained vessels from Aug 18 to 23. Viper Lord Howe cutter Elizabeth Susannah Aaron Arran Nancy Susannah Arran listed with destinations Bristol Cadiz Montserrat St Kitts Montferrat Carolina Jamaica and more. Arrived ships include Juno Little John Peter Penelope Jaton Aurora James and Peter Eleanor Sally Karen Mary James and Peter other imports from various ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Viper
Lord Howe
Milford
Potentia
Ole Thue
Longlound
Cork
St. Charles
Jean Baptista de la Corte
Cherburgh
Phenix
Guillett
Jersey
Deal
Elizabeth
King
Bristol
Susannah
Hays
Cadiz
Thomas and Mary
Kelly
Faro
Molloy
Twifell
Durlin
Downs
Aaron
Drinkwater
Montserrat
Montferrat
Nancy
Johain
Carolina
Deven
St. Kitt’s. Winds
Juno
Doyle
Africa
Little John
Olive
Ditto
Jamaica
Peter
Buddie
London
Spail
Petersburgh
Lowestath
Richmond
Siicton
Riga
Wyre
Eleanor
Montgomery
Virginia
Liverpool
Sally
Amos
Barbadoes
Falmouth
Karen
Mathea
Keede
Christiana
Southampton
Mary
Catharine
Boucher
Brahac
Kingston
Wheeler
London Letters Notice New Scotland Duke and Arrivals
London reports the Duke of Newcastle returns to Lincoln’s Inn Fields after Lewes Races. Lord Townshend appoints Smyth and Bowden in Ireland. Townshend ill at Peterborough. Chesterfield recovering enough to travel. Portmouth dispatches and ship movements, market turmoil at Smithfield, and various local deaths and incidents recorded with cautious reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Newcasstle
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Sussex
Lewes
Lord Townshend
Thomas Smyth
House of Lords of Ireland
Ireland
Bowden
Charles Townshend
Petersham
Earl of Chesterfield
John Wickham
Hoffington
Wickham
Long Ashton
Frome
Stringstone
Kilve
Somerset
Hon
East- India Company
Purvis
Milles
Baddison
Allen
Hindman
Gravesend
Downs
Jameson
Crichton
Saunders
Barkley
Jackson
Dampier
Hunt
Rice
Stainforth
Burdett
Wyche
Ross
Hudson
Jones
Huggins
Hayter
Reed
Abercrombie
Tanner
Portmouth
Foy
Spithead
South America
Solebay
Obrien
Martin
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Holland
France
ley-Hastings
Perann
Nottingham
Robert Downes
Thomas Greenwood
Mansfield
Farnsworth, Dale and Wood
Ailize
Reynolds
Ailizes
David Smeeton
Robert Andrews
Out
Pfortnew
Loyd
Mobille
Florida
Messrs
Ferguson and
Atkins
Milssippi
Gibraltar
Morocco
Santa Cruz
Saffy
Sallee
Mammora
Larache
Arzill
Tangier
Coost
Zaffarina
Tetwan
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