PREMIUMS AND DRAWINGS OFFERED BY LONDON SOCIETY
Ship news and notices from London July 16 report a continuation of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce offerings. It lists premiums for chemistry and mineralogy discoveries, bleaching methods, drawings by youths and women, furniture designs, naval architecture patterns, woven patterns, life drawings, engravings, and other artistic aims with deadlines in 1770 1771 and related dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Society For the Encouragement OF Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Great Britain
Ireland
Society
Governor Verelft and officers arrive aboard Lionefs from Bengal
From Portsmouth on July 13 Governor Verelft Major Pearson and Captain Cox were listed among passengers on the Lionefs from Bengal. Chelmsford also records the death on July 13 of Reverend Mr Kinituan who headed King Edward's free grammar school in the town.
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Country News
Portmouth
Verelft
Major Pearson
Cox
Palace at Richmond to rise 126 feet on lofty arches
London notes a new Palace building for the Majesties at Richmond, to be 126 feet long and square on lofty arches with an expansive view. A May 30 1770 letter from Williamsburgh Virginia reports Sir William Draper’s arrival and hints at British naval policy discussions amid anticipated hostilities.
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London
Lord Mansfield
Latt
Lord Grosvenor
Marine Board
Lord Mansfus
Sline
Heverio
Freeman
Biduen
Tus
Prince
Anc
The King of Kings and a Printer's Libel Debate
A disputed letter discusses the king's authority and liberty of the press. It covers Captain Allen's stance on the Brentford massacre prosecutions, Parliament's handling of political tensions, and a lengthy courtroom dialogue about libel, truth, and constitutional rights. The piece notes trials, punishments, and notices from Old Bailey proceedings, alongside oblique references to pensions and public sentiment.
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King of Kings
Great Britain
Allen
Prizcigals
Brentford
Toulon
d’Aiguillon
Brittany
Sivur Linguet
D’ Aiuislon
Ann
Venables
Rosen
Old Bailey
Parliament
John Purfell
Pursley
Hannah Coffel
John Brtonan
Mary Cuddy
Ie Stretton
Daniel Wheeler
Chester
Andrew Rogan
Mark Davis
Aldgate Fligh-street
Thomas Taylor
James Mecomb
William Cole
Thomas Padget
David Wright
William Upton
Victory Regis
Anselm Bouzani
George Laurence
John Woolley
Catharine ‘Thorne
Bath-street
Uxbridge
Jeffries
Wandsworth
Richard Woodland
Calico
Paddington
Stone
Iessenger
Board of
Green-Cloth
Fulham
Francis Elis
Marines
Lewes
Sussex
Austin
St. Ann’s
Thompson
Conduit-street
Hanover-square
K&t
England
Alpha and Omega
Perfumer Richard Warren Extends Thanks and Stock Update
Hambly addressed to the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain and Island Warren, perfumer of Mary at Bone-Street, Golden-Square, London, returns thanks for favours and informs of fresh stock of perfumery goods. New soaps, powders, essences, and hair preparations advertised with previous retailers named. bears from Hudson's Bay noted.
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Britain and
Island
Richard Warren
Mary
Bone-Street
Golden-Square
London
Teothy &c
Langford
No. 18
Packoster-row
Hall
Roar
Margay
Baker
Southamptonn
Viz. Bull
Garvey Baths
N. B
Just
Hudso's Bay
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Ues
Guiness
Poethey
Bet Drawin
Orc
Duesday
Rotary
ORE
ELM
Wight
Westerhall
Cawes
Pistarch
St. Vincent's
Hopewell
Turner
Rotterdam
Cadiz
Sally
Palmer
Lisbon
Polly
Stevens
Newfoundland
James
Lurgan
Waterford
Little Frank
Doran
Dublin
Anne
Fortune
Philadelphia
Dover
John
Sarah
Norton
Cerella
Neptune
Knowler
Fom Malaga
Elizabeth
Sparks
Ebenezer
Nelson
Anna Maria
Foster
Anna Dorothea
Neilson
Norway
William and
Maes
Cape Frar
Hastings
Maxstead
South Carolina
Downs
Juno
Robinason
Antigua
Barbadoes
New Elizabeth
Manley
Stangate Creek
Cornwall
Martin
Sicily
London Gazette
Whitehail
Dominica
Sir William Young, Bart
Petersourgh
Romanzow
Heng -Ged
Falfchi
Ancona
Corfu
Prince Dolgorucki
d’Orlow
Modon
India
South Sea
Thur
Fourteenti
Edinburgh
John Quincy
T. Longman
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The
London Evening Post
Furius
Funius
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