Robberies and Crimes Reported Across Gravesend to Clerkenwell
Observed by three sharpers one was offered help then robbed of a gold watch. three Hope Indiaman soldiers jumped overboard with one drowning. Coroner classified Jewell’s death as accidental. Robberies included Finchley and Skifford waggons defended by four passengers. A rider and companion were attacked near Battle Bridge and relieved of money. Two men convicted at Hicks Hall for carrying spirits into New Prison Clerkenwell fined 51 each.
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Gravesend
Jewell
Halfpenny Hatch
Surry
White Horse
Buckinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Finchley Common
Mr. Smart
Skifford
Bedfordshire
Battle Bridge
Flington New Road
Hicks’s Hall
New Prison
Clerkenwell
The Excise and Parliament Objections in 1764
Postscript on the Excise laws condemns perpetual taxes. King James and Charles era precedents show Parliament’s failure to end excises, urging ministers to avoid ongoing revenue demands. It argues MPs risk liberty and crown rights by yielding to tax pressures. A Cambridge college note accuses seniors of corruption and youths of virtue.
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Charles
James
Fames
Commons
London Evening Post
Mereis
Camb
Rof
College
The Difference Between Constitution and Government
A 1764-era discussion contrasts Constitution with Government, defining Constitution as fixed laws and aims guiding public good, while Government is the present conduct of those in power. It notes that constitutions remain immutable whereas governments vary, and warns against tyrannical rule when laws are violated.
Undergraduates and the College Exaction
A letter argues that students face a novel statute to expel them for failing to flatter and court senior officials. The writer accuses college governors of enforcing a jargon filled rule claiming 1275 admonition as basis for expulsion, while asserting they deserve more virtue and honor. Signed by No Jemmy TwitcHer.
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Jemmy TwitcHer
Royal Births Navy Advances and Global News From London
London reports mark Prince Frederick William’s 15th birthday with royal greetings at St James’s and Leicester House. The navy’s strength grows through global contracts, while fishery prospects expand to the western bank of St Kilda. Dispatches from Warsaw describe troop movements aiding the Lithuanian confederacy as Russia backs support. Madrid letters note poultry and dog distress, and church notes record clergy changes in York.
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London
Prince Frederick William
Princess Dowager of Wales
St. James’s
Princess of Wales
Leicester-house
America
Ray
Europe
St. Kilda
Warsaw
Prince de Caro- Jach
Prusia
Russia
Wilda
Grodno
Brzesk, &c
Mathal
Czartorinky
Waywode
Puttniz
Rainbon
Toth Inftaar
Madrid
Fevstak
Kirkthaw
County of
York
Tidswell
Allerton
Vasant
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W. Nicoll
St- Pauls Church Yard
L. Hawes
W. Clarke
R. Collins
Redj Lion
Asmar
Charles Morell
India
A. Walker
John Wilkie
St. Paul’s
Horam
Afmar
Abudah
Talismar
Oramanes
Bocchim
Confia
Guiahazza
Shadatki
Kingdom
Tafgi
Nema
Alfouran
Sanballad
Bagdar
Kelan
Hill
J. Hill
Postscript
London Evening-Post
Meres
Tower Hill
Poetsung
Liman
Berks
Nenanall Mo
Exeter
Cheshunt
Richard Cromwell
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