Atlantic News Roundup Under Siege and Trade Winds
Long dispatches from Corke and ships in transit recount drownings after a transport collision near Corke and Kinsale, with crews and families lost. Reports from Waterford, Gibraltar, and Madrid describe pirate raids, Royal Navy movements, and Spain’s war preparations against the Algerines. Also noted are Irish bills, a Plymouth ship wreck, prize drawings at Guildhall, and a burglary at a Clerkenwell pawnshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corke
Marquis of Rockingham
Portsmouth
Kinsale
Marth
Sandiman
Europe
Boston
Gollingwood
Triton
Waterford
Alicant
Gibraltar
Ors Gententis
Philadelphia
Ireland
House of Peers
Madrid
Santillana
Don Molloy
Bilboa
Plymouth
Lurchttter
Portmouth
Spithead
Virginia
Bristol
Sir Peter Parker
Adteon
Atkins
Dea Castle
John Capt. Hunter
Bhrough
America
East India House
Union East Indiaman
Tryon
Bengal
Greenwich East Indiaman
Carr
London
Falmouth
Grenville, Gatton
Talbot East Indiamen
Cape of Good Hope
Frake
Chislehurf
Kent
Guildhall
Publick Office Bow-street examined by Sir John Fielding
Fragment from a London Gazette style notice noting William Liams acted as constable and was committed for further examination to-morrow. It also contains a dense price list of grain at the Common Exchange with figures for Wheat Barley Rye Oat and various malts and beans, plus shipping movement news from Deal and other ports, high water times, and bankrupt and certificate notices with dates in January February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soi
Macklin
Jerusalem Court
St. John’s Square
Clerkenwell
Robert Williams
William Addington
Panton-street
Liams
Bow-street
John Fielding
Mark Lane
Leghorn
Earl of
Dartmouth
Glasgow
James, Smith
Lisbon
Dublin
Union, Steel
Rotterdam
Bristol
Rebecca
Cook
Hall
Weston
Newfoundland
London-Bridg
Richard Cox
Twining
Gloucestershire
Maiter and Baker
Stourport-ton
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Bogle the Elder
Robert Bogle the Younger
William ‘Scott
Love-lane
Eastcheap
John Trulock
Church-street
Hackney
Middlesex
Guildhall
London
Ralph Raofin
Wigan
Lancashire
Windmill Tavern
Manchester
Robert Barber
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
Middlesex Justices Impose Vagrancy and Disorderly Conduct Rules
A Middlesex General Meeting at Hicks's Hall adopts stringent measures to curb rogues vagabonds and idle disorderly persons. It orders magistrates to issue general privy search warrants for apprehending such figures, assess distress versus imposture, publicly whip impostors, and return passes for second offenses. It also targets bawdy and gaming houses, enforces night watch, and urges parishes to inform the public via printed notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Hicks’s-hall
St. John- Street
Lord George the Third
Duke of Northumberland
John Hawking
Chaiman
Iris Majesty
George the Second
Sciensi
Butler
Plan for manning the Navy without impressment praised by a seaman
A seaman submits verses inspired by Lieutenant Linson's plan for manning the King's fleet without impressment. The poem lauds Linson's effort to free sailors from oppression and secure their rights, urging success in ending abuses and granting seamen fair treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apping
Feaman
Tomlinson
Money Matters for Estates and Annuities for Life
Advertises opportunities for nobles gentry clergy officers of bank and other insured estates to secure loans or buy mortgages on short notice with utmost secrecy at R R's offices in Essex Street Temple and Jermyn Street. Also notes money ready to place on good mortgages or to purchase secured reversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R
Essex
Temple
Jermyn
Dikestreet
J. James's
N.B
Cephalic Balsam advertised as universal head ache cure
Proprietors claim remarkable efficacy based on several cures including a woman with severe facial pain treated by a physician. The balsam reportedly relieves violent headaches and can be used on infants with no danger. Addresses for obtaining the remedy are listed, with a price of 2s. 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard Ratzen
Lowndes
Fleet- Aree
Ciehuténant Ratzen
Nicolls
Derchen
Ray priOed
Paul’s Church-yard
Boseen
Royal Exchange
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deal
Downs
Milford
Hotland
la Wton
Buggin
Nassau
Gore
Dunkirk
Nancy
Johnson
Avon
Powel
Liverpool
Catherine
Oram
Hariot
Lufby
Antigua
Resolution
Cox
Newcastle
Granada
Royal George
Boyd
Wind
Therinter
Airadea
Dracg
Tomainson
Lok
Ner
Fidelia
Gha-P
C. Dily
Charing-Cross
Ducer
Sahara
Miepianiés
Journash
Ll.d. Asthor
Grammatical Institutes
Diss Lowth
C. Dilly
R. Baldwin
London Review
London Evening Post
Heaven
Fudderland
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