Smugglers, wrecks, and storms cross Atlantic reach
Reports from Arklow recount a poor woman perishing in a snowbound journey and a cabin roof collapse. A revenue seizure on the coast between Baldoyle and Portrance sparked a fatal firefight with smugglers, while Scotland details a Holyrood ball, a Bell lint-mill fire, and losses to a linen manufacturer. London notes inoculations progress, baptisms, and courtly appointments as wariness and chatter fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ards
Arklow
Baldoyle
Portrance
Scotland
Edinburgh
Abbey of Holyrood House
William Erskine
Wedderburn
Gosford
Haddington
Bell
Lord Belhaven
James Wood
Stenton
Key's Antiscorbutic Fluid at Baker's Coffee-House
An aged advertisement extols Key's Antiscorbutic Fluid as a universal cure for scurvy supported by gentlemanly attestations. It promises compelling proofs and lists outlets in London and Manchester where the product, bottled in half-pints and sealed with the Key cipher, is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oing Bi
Cotinton
Onslow
Gibraltar
Lynn
Liverpoole
Wexford
Christ’s Hospital
Court of Lieutenancy
Court of
Commmon
James Grant
47Th Regiment of Foot
Lascelles
Richard Ford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Brivington
Wilis
Salisbury
Eaton
St. Peter’s College
Cambridge
Scanton
Derby
Pilkington
Bath
Charles Wesley
Ilford
Essex
John Bradley
Bray
Cornwall
Thomas Mayow
Pntient
Stanhope-street
May Fair
William Rolfe
Thames
Battle Bridge
Chelmsford
Dublin
George Gidley
Richard S. Quintin
Peter M‘kinlie
Andres Zekerman
Marl
Sandwich
London
John Cochran
Glass
Charles
James Pinchent
St. Stephen’s Green
Dublin Gazette
House of Commons
France
Spain
Chandler
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Key
Baker’s
Exchange-Alley
Postscript on Trade and Fear of Policy in London
A London message laments prolonged trade stagnation and praises a pending repeal of a restrictive measure. It voices concern that the ministry aims to uphold the hated policy, fearing ruin of trade and national happiness. The writer calls out ambition and self interest, urging restraint to avoid beggaring the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rome
Edward
Petersburgh
Grand Duke
Hughes
Guernsey
Jersey
London
Uma
Sheffield
Uch. A
Jase
Ronmonger
Treaty breach and foop-bill wits in London letters
The writer questions French encroachment on Miquelon island and treaty fidelity, then denounces a surge of Step-bill wits in London who publish absurd goods bills and smear tradesmen. The letter cites Swift and Partridge as moral reminders while condemning public abuse and defamatory prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Princess of Brunswick
Prince Wiliam Henry
St. James’s Palace
Prince of Wales
Ofnaburg
Robert Ladbroke
Honourable Artillery Company
Prince of Brunswick
St. James’s
Paris
Stanislaus of
Poland
Lorraine
Bar
Catharine Opalinika
Count de Buin-Opalintka
Ponnania
France
York and
Gloucester
Brunswick
Lisbon
Arci
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Dean Swift
Partridge
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Port News
Falmouth
John
Bristol
Plymouth
Streights
Lubeck
Hope
Surinam
Amsterdam
Friendship
Curtis
New York
Deal
Royal Chariotte
Thomin
Tenerifle
Kitty
Wood
Lioup
Canada
Admiral Palliser
Newfoundland
Zhas
London Magazine
Gentleman’s Intelligencer
Whc
Prinjeds
R Baldwin
Wiith
Agathe
Erican Armadilla
Bord Southwell
Ne Ferth
Shire
Kitchin
Norigeda
Che Wrisings
Aa&t
Mr. Garrick
Postscript
London Evening-Pokt Patitulum Ultima Ratio
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