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Attacked by Foot-Pads on the Road to London
Reports say three officers in the India Company's service were attacked by three foot-pads near Blackwall. The assailants used clubs while the officers defended with hangers and cutlasses, wounding the robbers who fled without booty. Other items include arrests at Woodsftreet for burglary, a brewer’s misdeeds, and trials at the Old Bailey with several convictions. News also covers privateering plans, ship losses, and maritime engagements with Spain, plus a royal book presentation and weekly death and market figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the India Company
London
Blackwall
John Thompson
George Lancaster
Thomas Fernley
Rath
Furnivals Inn
Portugal
John
Hyde
Islington
Felow
Philip Lipscomb
Selsons
John Caslady
Robert Hunt
Briton
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Gwynn
Southampton
Princesfa
St. Oferic
Colchester
Gwyn
S End
Fabella
Stafford
Madeira
Mountsbay
Hewit
Dartmouth
Isle of Wight
E. Brigantine
Oporto
Richard Chandler
Temple-Bar
Prince of Wales
Marquess of
Carnarvon
House of Commons of
Great Britain