Union ceremony and notable subscribers listed in Edinburgh
The assembly opens with a regal ceremony led by a Rev Mr Morrison as Moderator. Subscriptions for a grand cabal include Duke of Roxburgh and Earl of Marchmont, with names like Sir Laurence Dundas and George Chalmers. May 24 reports stirling inn incident where a woman attacked her husband with teeth, both jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiey
Thade
Aeton
Murrison
On Andrew's
Cabal
Dults
Queensberry
Duke of
Gocal
Laurence ‘Dundas
Edinburgh
MrrGeorge Chalmers
Alexender Grant
Alexander Spiers
Glasgow
James Couts
Stirling
Macon
Keep Ang
National and Local News Briefs From May Reports
Reports from Pasle Exeter Newcastle and other towns cover obituaries prison breaks break ins lightning storms and hunting price trends Wheat Barley Oats Beans Pearching mentions of marriages storms and a murder verdict. Notable items include the death of Rev William Nairn a prison escape at Southgate and a coroner's inquest ruling willful murder aboard a cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Pasle
William Nairn
Exeter
Southgate Prison
William Baker
William Lee
William Goodman
Roger Quin
Lee
Newcastle
Irthington
Brampton
Gratna-green
Haltwhistle
Saliisbury
Devizes
Birmingham
Mr. Lea
Free Grammar School
Hales-Owen
Sherborne
Cornwall
Padstow
Truro
Port News and London Markets Update
From the Sound List May 16 detailing multiple ships sailing from Hull Whitby Scarborough and other ports to Riga Leith Copenhagen and Dantzick with arrivals in Cowes and London. Parliament notes a dividend limit and East India Company finance. royal reviews and militia parades at Woolwich Hyde Park and Kidwelly are described along with civic and commercial notices from Glasgow and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Jane
Jrckson
Hull
Narva
Prince of Wales
Bell
Whitby
Good Samaritan
Wharton
Providence
Coulson
Royal Union
Wilson
Scarborough
Molly
Couzins
Newcastle
Riga
Marquis of Granby
Freeman
Mentons
Dingley
Harrison
Hutchinson
London
Benevolence
Hawkes
Plymouth
Dee
Debby
Richardson
Stockton
Elizabeth
Srephenton
William
Thomas
Hopper
Cumberland
Maynard
Sunderland
Headham
Petersburgh
Christian
Cowan
Boyd
Orrock
Margaret
Allison
Copenhagen
Leith
Concord
Elvidge
Koningsberg
Bedford
Scott
Lynn
Wyberg
Barbara
Webster
Dundee
Hellen
Edgar
Gottenburgh
Satisfaction
Williamson
Neptune
Meme
Kingston
Fawcett
Adventure
Arnstrong
Dantzick
Edward
Bamborough
Baltick
Blefsing
Storr
Cowes
Hibernia
Irael
Dublin
Achilles
Walker
Heathcote
Hooper
House of Commons
East India Company
Gazetteer
Gravesend
Admiral Watson
East Indiaman
Griffin
Lord Clive
Bengal
Duke of York
Dickenson
Falmouth
Lisbon
Tovey
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Woolwich
Scotland
Duke of Gloucester
Prince of Brunswick
Lord Granby
Pattison
Hyde Park
Royal Regiment
Napier
William Mansell, Bart
Kidwelly
South Wales
John Gordon
Guildhall
Richard Solway
Turky
Chamber of
Samuel Fludyer
Glasgow
Bristol
Blue Field
Pemsict
Burt
Arrivals and arrivals from distant ports at Southampton
Ships arrive and depart from Southampton with numerous names and origins including Holland Norway Rotterdam Lisbon Petersburgh Jamaica Dominica Georgia Oporto St. Kitts Canaries Jamaica and other Atlantic routes. Vessels arrive at Plymouth Bristol Dover and Portsmouth with crews and cargoes noted in a rapid mid Atlantic listing from May 25 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George
Mew
Holland
South Carolina
Margaretta Louisa
Lorentzou
Norway
Southampton
Coampicus Baker
Rotterdam
Barbages
Henry and Joseph
Akerman
Providence
Mourant
Guernsey
Del
Everard
Gray
Lisbon
Gravesend
Grigson
Petersburgh
Laurence
Mary
Neilson
Congrave
Dedicomb
Christiana
Friends Adventure
Curtis
Dantzick
Eagle
Guppy
Calais
Simpson
London
North Carolina
Sally
Kitty
M‘leod
Ditto
Davis
Canaries
Falmouth
Adventure
Sewel
Jamaica
Georgia Packet
Anderson
Georgia
Portsmouth
Castleton
Nunns
Dominica
Austin
Holmer
Oporto
Election results at Weelkmintere School and local notes
The report lists winners and appointees to Oxford Cambridge and local school posts, notes a Russian Empress supporting English schools abroad, and recounts multiple social events. It also covers recent marriages, deaths, crime, and police actions, including a riot at Charing Cross and warrants in Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weelkmintere School
Oxford
Evans
Randolph
Ford
Story
Cambridge
Webb
Cotter
Moore
Haysoo
Nafes
Pechell
Ball
Chelwyn
Douglas
Manfeigh
Swisney
Brown
Preston
Hallum
Petersburgh
Russia
Henry Hitchcock
St. Botolph'school
Aldersgate
Epsom
Earl of Effingham
Leefine
Stroud
Leopardess
Streatham
Charles Mart
Hatter
Gward-Cutler
Strand
Martha Trehearne
Croydon
Rowe
Simpson
Mumfordcourt
Friday
Gibside
Newcastle
Scilly
Penzance
Charing-Cross
Statute-hall
Saunders Welch
Eig
Bowstreet
St. James’s Park
Westminster
Fulham
James Brett
Piccadilly
Wimbledon
Putney-bridge
Tower-hill
Gratitude and ingratitude in King Charles II recalled
Postscript laments royal ingratitude amid Restoration commemorations. It cites Charles II’s harsh treatment of loyal families after the Civil War, notes few rewards to his supporters, yet praises two saviors Pendrel and Lane for life pensions and hints at pensions later suspended by the new regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles the Second
Pendrel
Carless
Boscobel
Mr. Lane
Bentley
Bristol
Lane
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Prom Lucyo
Hamburgh
Switzerland
Spain
Erik
England
Ag Ny
His Majesty
Solebay
Bremer
Huslar
Beech
Windsor Castle
Hammersmith
Grover
Lord Bute
Kew
Wilkes
Churchill
North America
West India
Cole
J. Almon
Burlington House
5. Bladon
Paternester Row
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London Evening Post
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