Notable London Crimes and Maritime Dispatches in Early Folio
A man driven to melancholy is said to have hanged himself in Hackney after removal to a private hospital. The Kingston and Deal Castle men of war cargo arrives with twenty-two chests of silver and gold totaling twenty thousand pieces of eight, escorted by forty sailors. Reports also detail indictments against a street robber and his partner, church repairs at Abchurch Lane, ships damaged by high winds, and a Spanish courier’s robbery attempt near Orleans. Letters from Leghorn and Berlin discuss port neutrality tensions and a proposed alliance invitation from Sweden to Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackney
Charter-House
Portsmouth
Kingston
Deal
Jamaica
Thompson
Georgia
Lewis
Newgate
Davenport, &c
England
Shoreham
Sandwich
Francisco Catrasco
Paris
Madrid
Orleans
Leghorn
N.S
Lisbon
Portugal
Spain
Berlin
M. Chavigny
Prussia
Sweden
Prussian Ambitions and Caribbean News Amid Global Tension
A wide excerpt discusses French pressure on Prussia with a palace intrigue tone, Chavigny’s proposals, and Prussia’s stance toward Austria. It cites a Jamaica ship update detailing rebellions in the Caribbean, the defection of forces, plantation plunder, and the anticipated arrival of a new governor amid war preparations. Financial quotes track South Sea stock and related securities, with notices on banking and trade instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marygold
Jamaica
Blue Mountains
Scots Cove
Megro Vale
Withy Wood
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
India
Trustees call meeting for road repair act parishes
Trustees appointed to execute the Ban Act of Parliament announce the next general meeting at the Greyhound in Kensington Square on Monday next the 17th of September at ten in the forenoon. Attendees include members from Kensiggton Chelsea Fulham and other Middlesex parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensiggton
Chelsea
Fulham
Middlesex
Greyhound
Kensington Square
Tai
Strayed Black Geldings From Dengten Area in 1733
Two black geldings aged four, about 19 and a half hands, one with white on its heel and a swish tail, the other with white on the pole and a fire-brand-like mark on the off hip. Reward offered by Daniel Bate of Dengten for return or notice leading to recovery. published August 28, 1733.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolen
Drayton- Beacham
Burks
Daniel Bate
Dengten
To be LETT In Honey Lane Market House for Bu finery
In Honey Lane Market a well fitted house with cellars vaults near Blossoms Inn Back Gate is offered for lease. The advert notes to inquire as the bill over the door directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blossom’s Inn
Local Seller Advertises Hound Sale in Suffolk
A terse notice states a vendor offers about ten small hounds for sale with the largest under fourteen inches. Interested buyers should write to Magnens Clark, Attorney at Law, Saxermundham in Suffolk, to arrange a purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnens Clark
Liaw
Ac Saxérmundham
New Grain Threshing Machine Patent Introduced in Edinburgh
A royal grant to Michael Menzies, Esq, for a threshing machine patent runs fourteen years with forty three remaining. John Porteous offers the machine at Forrest's Coffee-house and near Dalkeith tests claim the device threshes more grain per time than manual labor, aided by wind, water, or horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Menzies
England
John Porteous
Forrest
Dalkeith
Edinburgh
Roseburn
Rachen
Wandworth
London
Next Week to Publish Newtonian Fluxions Discourse
A forthcoming publication by Benjamin Rosins F.R.S. discusses the nature and certainty of Sir Isaac Newtons methods of fluxions and related topics. It lists Newtons works including Principia Mathematica, Opticks, Lectiones Opticae, Universal Arithmetic, and Observations on Daniel and Revelation, with details of editions and publishers in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Newton
Benjamin Rosins
F.R.S
W. Innys
BR. Manby
St. Paul's
Sir Isaac Newton
Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Daniel
John
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pruffia
Koningsberg
Vienna
Rhine
Campann
Les Bordes
la Seltz
Great Britain
Scotland
Harris
Morgan
Waterland
J. Wilford
St. Paul’s Churchyard
N. B
London Magazine
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