Burning Well in Matera and Saxony News
Dispatches from Matera describe a burning well whose water flames when near a candle. Harburg reports Count Hard and Baron Wrangle in Keil under protection of the Duke of Holstein after the late Swedish rebellion. In Saxony the birthday of the Prussian king is noted. Queen and Polish royal family honored him with compliments. Edinburgh society proposes potato premium incentives to encourage earlier market supply.
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Naples
Yhey
Matera
Hamburgh
Harburg
Rat’ Count Hard
Baron Wrangle
Sweden
Keil
Duke of Holtein
Dresden
Saxony
Prussia
Poland
Prusian
Prohibition Debate on Wheat Distillation and Monopolies
A lengthy parliamentary letter argues against limits on distilled spirits from wheat, warning bans may drive producers to barley and malt, boosting illicit activity and hurting the poor. It urges Parliament to curb monopolies and improprieties in distillation while highlighting potential revenue gains from malted grain. The piece critiques public committees, defense, and economic policy amid wartime tensions in Europe.
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Henry
Ima
Charity bread distributed to all households in the county
Five thousand persons receive five pounds of bread weekly for several months as part of a county charity. A wedding at St John’s Church united Rev Dockwray of St Nicholas with Hannah Ellison daughter of Robert Ellison of Wettgate. Eight Workhouse Boys sent to the Marine Society in London are fitted out and bound for the Furnace Sloop at Woolwich. Bath reports a marriage of Mr Nathaniel Goulding wine merchant to Miss Painter of Hinton.
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St. John’s Church
Dockwray
St. Nicholas
Hannah
Ellison
Robert Ellison
Ely
Wettgate
Marine ‘Society
London
Woollwich
Marine Society
Bath
Nathaniel Goulding
Painter
Hinton
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Andaz
Hor. L
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Bagdat
Damascus
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Goco
America
Halsoisne Aphocinea
Minorca
Boscawen
West
Margate
Rene
Downs
Dublin
Ile of Wight
Chace
Duke de Penthievre
Dunkirk
France
Aldborough
Groyne
Vigo
Martinico
Cape Finisterre
Dover
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