Hereford storms and church incidents in old city news
In Hereford last Sunday a fierce storm toppled something from a steeple onto a church roof, frightening worshippers who fled in confusion. A sailor slept in St Martin’s church overnight after evening prayers. A maid was robbed in Tooke’s Court, Holborn, by a knife-wielding woman posing as a lace seller. A Cornhill inn till was broken into, eight pounds taken. The Recorder reported on death-row malefactors with several to be executed next Wednesday and others respited.
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Clark
Sclater
Alderman Bridgen
Hereford
St. Martin’s Church
Mooney
King’s Armis
Cornhill
James Brown Alias Smith
Cornelius Donally
Philip Tobin
Dennis Bulkley
William Higgins
William Barlow
Thomas Madge
Francis Smith
Daniel Shields
Sebastian Hogan
John Hunt
Elizabeth Jones
Post Office News Extended Mails and Penalties
The General Post Office announces extended night and day mail services from Newcastle to Edinburgh and Carlisle to Annan and Dundee, plus a six day post between Edinburgh and Aberdeen and other towns. Mails depart Mondays and Fridays with altered arrival dates. Strong penalties are set for illegal letter collection and delivery, including five pounds per letter and one hundred pounds per week, to be enforced. Anthony Todd signs as secretary.
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General Post-Office
Newcastle
Edinburgh
Carlisle
Annan
Dury Fries
Aberdeen
Grafton
Greensch
Eainagh
England
Scotland
Anthony Todd
Self Defense and Obedience in a Whig Era Debate
A letter to the London Evening Post argues against passive obedience and defends resistance to tyrannical rule, citing biblical examples and the duty of subjects to oppose power misused against the people. It criticizes the Whig faction as discontented and questions their claims about public funds and French affairs, urging scrutiny of ministry actions.
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London Evening-Post
Middle Temple
Dunkirk
Quixotic bankruptcy and the habit of wealth
Fragmentary excerpt reflects on wealth, credit, and public good with references to Haberdasher and Evicram. It juxtaposes two contending parties urging public benefit while noting greed and inconsistency. The passage hints at missed opportunities and the pursuit of riches abroad versus at home.
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Haberdasher
Coun
Foreign offer for Corfic island and naval shifts in ports
Two and a half million pounds sterling is offered by a foreign court for the island of Corfic if Paoli and his followers consent on their own terms. Since March a large number of men of war and cutters have been kept in commission, with many sailors discharged or drifting. Proposals emerge to establish shore offices along Wapping and Rotherhithe to supply sailors directly, avoiding landlords. Reports from Petersburgh note Empress Catherine promising stone fortifications for water works and promoting trade to develop ports, while Russians store their navy inland due to ice damage. Sturgard reports a review of troops by the Duke of Wirrenberg near Louisburg.
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London
Corfic
Paoli
Pucn
House of Call
Wapping
Rotherhithe
Petersburgh
Russia
Cronstadt
Peter the Great
Amounar
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Middlesex
Justice Hall
Ethel Leverton
James Brown
C. Connivlly
P. Tobin
Labella Watson
Fleet-Lane
Tohn Ryal
Fleet-Street
Postscript
Caufan-rifhathaim
Jabin
Midian
The
London Evening Post
Scammpeer
Waver
Havanna
Florida
Augustine
France
Fabriano
Ronca
San Vicino
Appenine
Civita Vecchia
Neaplitans
Mediterranean
Tunis
Sal Line Rovers
Majorca
Amsterdam
Coul
Genoa
Battia
Paschal Paoli
Calenzana
Balazna
Calvi
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