Villainy Probed in Town and Canal Talks in England
A search of a suspected soldier lodging near the town uncovers tallow and mutton cuttings as proof. A coach with a coffin passes in mourning to a fair, while plans for a Severn Weaver Canal gain support in Birmingham. Deaths, charity and local distress are noted in multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newate
Birmingham
Salop
Jean-Matters
Severn
Weaver
Winsford
Cheshire
House of ‘Commons
Wolverhampton
Wedgfield Heath
Glousefer
Earl of
Ludlow
Bath
William Jackson
Addle
Yorkshire
Barry
Bitton
Gloucestershire
Prince Joseph Abaifly
Portugal
Bristol
Salifoucy
Samuel Eyre
Bach
Poole
Jennings
Port News Arrivals and Departures at Multiple Ports
Port news from Falmouth and Poole reports arrivals and sailings of several vessels. Zeridder from Curafoe and Hampden packet boat Braithwaite sail for Lisbon. Friend from London and Richard from Eversham arrive. Prince Edward from London and other ships depart for Guernsey Jersey and Barbados. Bute Indiaman and Friendship sail from Maryland for the River. Other arrivals include Ceres from Ancona, Providence from Trieste, and John and Mary from Dunkirk. at St Andero Good Intent from Lynn and Leghorn Polly from Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Zeridder
Smit
Curafoe
Hampden
Braithwaite
King George Acker
Brown
Lisbon
Poole
Friend
Honeyburn
London
Richard
Ann Page
Eversham
William, Spurrier
Waterford
Charming Motly
Richards
Southampton
Prince Edward
Harvey
Lyiington
Footner
Thomas and
Mary
Kelly
Faro
Guernsey
Lukey
Chevalier
Jersey
Thomas
Ana
Luke
Gork
Deal
Ashley
Arnold
Jamaica
Martin
Hooper
Ancyua
Prince of Wales
Cleveland
Barbadoes
Friendship
Richardson
Maryland
Wind N. E
Levee and Privy Council in London Amid State Affairs
Yesterday in London a grand levee followed by a Privy Council attended by the Lord Chancellor and other great officers. A Rome letter claims reports of Chevalier Edward relinquishing Catholicism are groundless. Charles Greville departs for Portsmouth to assume government of South Carolina. From Hamburgh word that Russian envoy Patchin travels via Holland to London. Peter Taylor, Esq, has withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. James's
Rome
Edward
Charles Greville
Montague
Glevelandrow
Portsmouth
South Carolina
Hamburgh
Sieur Murchin Patchin
Great Britain
Holland
Londote
Peter Taylor
Court notices and domestic affairs from Wells and London
A list of court and civic items includes Wells council matters, the East Indiaman movements, Captain Haldane’s departure, and Meuse Ridingshouse duties. Edinburgh and Madrid reports cover weather, a deputy store appointment, marriages, births, and a fatal incident near Iver. Also noted are public misdeeds, theft cases, and a memorial to Madrid amid Gibraltar provisions. A Highland piper, aged 109, is reported in Caithness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petitony
Wells
Robert Child
Augusta
Meuse
Queen’s Palace
Long
Bishopsgate-street
Scotland
County of
Selkirk
Madrid
Buen Retiro
William Willson
Slaughter Clarke
Mercers
Northumberland
Edward Cheney
Christ-church
Newgate-street
Blower
Covent i Garden
Surry
King’s Bench
Southwark
Guildhall
Christchurch
Ileworth
Ramford
Essex
Objection to Stamp Act and Civil War Risk in Pro Patria Letter
A letter from Pro Patria decries the Stamp Act as a grave error risking civil war, urging leaders to confess and amend. It defends popular sovereignty, cites Tallsen on legislative power, and laments excise and post office controls undermining liberty. It questions ministers’ influence over elections and warns turnpike superintendents could erode freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mayo Ayer
Livyn
Exenine
Gibraltar
Irwin
England
Spain
Charles Town
Carolina
Denmark
Mafesty
House of Mecklenburgh
Duke of Gloucster
Earl of Pembroke
Duke of York
Blaney
Horn Tavern
Westminster
Inverness
James
Roy
M‘pherson
Thire
Caithness
Edinburgh
John Quincy
T+ Longman
Paternofter
Iomar
Saxéorius
Quincy
Maredant
Norton
Surgear
Goldene Square
Fard Otheer
John Nerton
Golden Square
Piccadillys
John Norton
Hill
London Evening
Mergs
Brutus
Tallsen
Wales
Lords
Commons
London Evening-Post
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