Evening Lecturer race and harbor of misdeeds in London
Reports from London recount election of a St Andrew’s lecturer at Holborn, grand masquerades near St James's, and arrests for Sodomitical practices at a Dover Street house. Also noted are ship losses, privateering captures, and stock-market updates including South Sea and Exchequer standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Huriday
St. George’s Hospital
Pimblico
Dover-Street
Secur
Warsaw
Crawley
New-England
Roston
Portsmouth
Brist.l
Lark
Whitford
Gold Coast
Annamadoo
Acra
Annabona
Tercera
Bryan
Leghorn
Bristol
William
Liold
Britol
Falmouth
Viana
Lewis
Virginia
Lavers
Antigha
Arriv
Carolina
Taylor
Trinity College
Cambridge
Dritheld
Suffolk
Torhhalf Bank
India
Nillion Baiksk
Royal Exchange Alfiance
London
Paul’s Court
Wood-Street
Wimbledon
Surrey
James Hopkins
Transfer Book Dates and Warrants Notice from South Sea Company
The Court of Directors of the South Sea Company announces transfer books for the Old South Sea Annuities will be closed on Wednesday the 14th instant at two o clock and reopen on Wednesday the 25th of April though a holiday. Warrants for the half years interest due at Lady Day will be ready for delivery on Saturday the 28th and Monday the 30th of April, with the transfer books to be closed on February 28, 1743 4. Also officers of his Majesty's Ordnance offer rewards for any discovery of concealed apis within Great Britain, with a bounty of 25 pounds per 100 arms and proportional for more or less, as secrecy may require.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South-Sea-House
London
South Sea-Company
Satuday
His Majesty’s Ordnance
Great Britain
Coventy
Robbery on the High Road At Stangate Tide Jan 1743
General Post Office advertises a highway robbery near Stangate Tide on the Huntington to Sutton route. A post boy was attacked by a masked highwayman who seized Durham Hull Kotton Falkingham Lincoln Horncastle Louth Spalding Stamford Bourn and Peterborough. a reward of two hundred pounds is offered for the robber and any accomplices with a royal pardon for the informant upon conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Huntington
Sutton
Stangate
Durham
Hull
Kotton
Falkingham
Lincoln
Horncastle
Louth
Spalding
Stamford
Bourn
Peterborough
Biggleswade Road
Graci
Geo. Shelvocke
Staling Place
Turnham-Green
Exeter
Plymouth
Ferson
Aton
Oxford Road
Peron
Go. Shelvocke
Coroner Election in Kent Described and Notice of Reward
A Kent county notice urges Worthy Freeholders to support Benjamin Crayker for coroner, citing proximity to London and local conditions. It lists election details for Maidstone area, and requests clergy parish funds for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. A reward is offered for a stolen mare from Doncaster with identifying marks and owner contact.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Bush
Nunn and Company
Lucar- Braxey
St. Bartholomew’s Close
West Smirhfield
Little Lower Hill
Kent
River of Thames
Leptfod
Greenwich
Woolwich
Erith
His
Benjamin Crayker
Horney
Laws
Framingham
Ar Daviiford
Penjamin Crayker
Ceccaid
England
Firencon
Pemenden Heath
Maidface
Wales
Society For the Propagation of the
Mar
Salmon Ashton
Doncaster
Goldhill Green
Eastnor
Hereford
Sadler
Holbourn
Hany
Oldners
Whitechaple
Lonton
Gloucester Paver
Lancelot Carwardine
Crown Lin
Ledbury
Allen Cliffe
Jim N- B
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