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Appointment of John Ratcliffe as Deputy Serjeant-Porter
A notice records John Ratcliffe's appointment by the Duke of Devonshire as Deputy Serjeant-Porter to his Majesty, in replacement of the late Mr Lovett. It also summarizes a fatal accident at Deptford King’s Yard where scaffolding collapsed injuring several workers, with two deaths and multiple serious injuries. The item mixes court appointments, accidents, and various public notices from London.
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John Ratcliffe
Duke of Devonshire
Admiral Cavendish
Lovett
Deceas
King’s Yard
Deptford
Red House
Southwark
Bridewell
Commissioners of Excise
Richard Brocas
William Smith
Mary Rugg
Stephen Latroun
Anne Archer
St. Martin's
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Mary Anderson
Robert Huggins
John Hughes
Poultry Compter
Edward Jasper
Wells
Lion
Bonner
Smithfield
Green-yard
Joseph Caddy
Fetter-lane
House of Commons
Holland
Evans
Hammond
Narva
London
Walpole
Caddick
Virginia
Liverpool
Galway
Ireland
Bombay
India House
Anglia
New York
America
Georgia
Keene
Madrid
Spain
Great Britain
Trieste
Fiume
St. Veith
Istria
Croatia
Berlin
Prussia
Cleves
N.S
Magquess de la Chetardie
Paris
Juliers
Bergues
India Company
France
Levant
Bourbon
Opera
Mesdemoiselles Petit
St. Germain
Laptes
Potty
Augustus
Saxony
Warsaw
Col. Bulkowsky
Ukrain
South-Sea Company
George Caswall
South Sea Company
George Cafwall
Witstramm
Tho. Wright
Fleet-street