End of Robbing Giants: Jobbers, Grazers, and Inclosures
A letter from A Younger Brother laments widespread cattle robbery and overpricing by jobbers who buy oxen from farmers and sell to graziers at inflated prices. It blames rural robbers and discusses the harm caused by enclosures, previewing further thoughts on the topic. The missive notes breeders, fairs, and regional counties, urging action against the practice.
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Northamptonshire
Leicestershire
Warwickshire
Love Conjugal Wins as Nymph Bestows Consent
Eliza remarks Milo's efforts are in vain yet persists. Milo pleads on bended knee for the Nymph to grant his hand and lifelong devotion. She finally consents, affirming that happiness abides in conjugal love.
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Liza
Damon
Rhiza
Eliza
Milo
Happines
Dissidents of Poland Accord Sealed by Courland Nobles
Mails report May 16 from Mittau that Courland Diet agreed to the dissident Polish alliance after mature review. The act states Courland and Semigalia remain aligned with Poland. Separate notes mention Russian troop movements toward Thorn and imperial court fever affecting Vienna travel plans. Crafting details describe Capria island skirmish and Genoese actions with Corsican and Corsican mercenaries, including casualties and military leadership. The Republic plans to send Corficans to Capria.
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Holland
Flanders
Mittau
Poland
Courland
Semigalia
Republic of Poland
Warsaw
Thorn Carga
Vienna
Josephina
Schonbrun
Saxe-Teichen
Capria
Paggiola
Matta
Genoa
London gossip hints at Irish viceroy timing and court intrigue
Remarks in London discuss delays for the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a shift toward a noble minister, and a widowed duke withdrawing from public life after a son's death. Other items note visits by the Prince and Princess of Brunswick, races at Whitchurch, and a grand rout in Grosvenor Square. Reports cover Horsemanship feats, parish bells at St Bride, Hamburgh naval stores bound for France, a Meridith cutter seizure in the Irish Channel, and a new Shelburne Cutter launched at Torbay.
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Ireland
Charles-street
Grosvenor-Square
George the First
St. Bride
Hamburgh
Irish
Tey Sound
Norway
Cambletown
Torbay
Shelburne
Varied 18th Century Notices From Coleman Street to Isle of Man
A collection of local deaths marriages and incidents: Mr William Fones dies at Coleman Street. Thomas Jones, Esq once a West India Trade commander, dies in King's Bench Prison. A hanged man is rescued at lodgings near St Thomas's Hospital. Tide Waiter Nealson drowns off a Portuguese Trader. Birth of the Earl of Errol's infant son revives the Lord Hay title. Marriages include Montgomery Agnew to Mauls Bower and John Anderson to Jane Broadwood amid diverse religious settings. Plans for coal magazines on the Isle of Man. skeletons found near Corbridge amid old battles. Admiral Watson's East Indiaman sails to the East Indies from Deal.
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Coleman Ftreet
William‘Fones
King’s Bench
Thomas Jones
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Nealson
King Edward’s
Newcastle
Fane
Earl of Errol
Lord Hay
Bolton
Richmond
Montgomery Agnew
Bishop Auckland
Mauls Bower
John Bower
Whitley Chapel
Northumberland
Mr. Brown
John Andéson
Oardley
Hexham
Jane Broadwood
Lee
Isle of Man
Corbridge
Deal
Funes
Admiral Watson
East- Indies
High Water at London Bridge Tide Times Given
Tomorrow morning 8 M shows high water with post meridiem 39 M after 12. Thursday morning 6 M follows after the afternoon 36 M and after the exchange.
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London Bridge
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Jobb
London Evening Post
Meres
France
Dieppe
Anglicus
Ethelinda
Venus
Juno
Deczard
London
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Whitechapel
Henry the Second
England
Edward the Confessor
George Lord Littelton
Senate
Fleet-Street
J. Dodsley
Pall-mail
Hull
Wilson
Carne
Roger Twyden
Baldwn
Pater-rofter- Row
Ridley
Bockfeller
Sebe
America
Wdnesses
Che Law
Tam
A. Millar
W. Owen
T. Lowndes
W. Nicolls
Duke of Cumberland
J. Bartlet
Eton
T. Pete
B. Law
Avemaria Lane
John Clarke
Pine
John Holmes
Lare
Holt
Norfolk
L. Hawes
Ws Clarke
R. Collins
Cesar
Johnson Towers
Tunbridge
Kent
Et Notis Illustrati
Opera St Studio G
Sylvani
Pannonii Medici
Estace
Marsh
Bookfeler
Charing-Cross
Arthur Rothwell
Old Bond Street
Griff
Bookfeller
Catherine-Street
Strand
Wilkie
St. Paul’s
Turpin
Eller
St. John’s-Street
Cook
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Hogg
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