Speculative Demand for Domestic Manufactures in Britain
Timothy Speculator argues that Britain drains treasure abroad for China baubles while millions lie idle in the debt burden, calling for immediate restrictions on the East India Company. He urges fostering home industry, ridiculing foreign fashions and praising French self-sufficiency, urging English patriots to defend national production.
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Iheor
East India Company
Great Britain
France
Portune
Britain
Hackney
Scotland
Bute
Sam
Timothy Speculist
Whipping of Soldiers Provokes Outcry in London Evening Post
The writer denounces the current punishment style for soldiers as cruel and shameful. Cites Winchester case where a sergeant, found guilty by court martial of a misdemeanor, was degraded to private and sentenced to 200 lashes, dying from mortification. Calls for humane treatment and respect for liberty and law.
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Winchester
Trial of Pig Killing Sparks Lashes in Gibraltar
A letter to the London Evening Post recalls a governor in Gibraltar and notes two crimes by separate men. One man killed his pig without approval and was sentenced to 100 lashes immediately. That same week another man was found guilty of murdering his wife but was pardoned by the governor.
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London Evening Post
MigreEs
Ceneral
Gibralta
Your’s, &c
Halifax
Sttampman
Martinus Scriblerus
Dr. Murphy
Murphy
Newport
Rhode Island
Earl of
Martinus
H-w
Martin Howard
Sun
Thomas Moffatt
Augustus Johnston
Jobnston
Obnston
England
America
Brunswick
France
Amsterdam
North America
Minorca
Streights
Trieste
Bay of Honduras
Barnard
Eton School
Sleech
Dampier
Himelf
Worcester
Hereford Fair
Gravesend
Phenix
Dover
Cadiz
Twing
Ramsey Bay
Man
Itith
Stettin
Barnard Snyder
Malaya
Hamburgh
Deal
Downs
Boreas
Jennings
Bermuda
Urmsica
Liverpool
Wind N
Little Davy to Run Again Facing Beacons Trial
Whispered news says Little Davy may run again but has fallen out with the trappers and is kept off pasture for two winters. He will be tried, undergo training, and run the short course before attempting Shakespeare's Beacons. The bet in general runs two to one he is quitanced.
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Newsmarket
Davy
Bes
Mails from Holland reports and riots in England discussion
Extra from Worcester and other ports recounts international dispatches, riots in an English town with effigies and violence, notes on finances and amnesty, and updates on ships, trade, and naval movements. Contains references to King, Brunswick royals, and various European locales and persons of note.
Boston Public Meeting Sparks Noted Public Disorder
Letter from Newport Rhode Island dated August 29 1765 describes public hints of effigies to be displayed during Boston town meeting and the ensuing unhappy affair. It notes Americans following English example and reports disorder surrounding the event.
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London
Newport
Rhode Island
Botany News
England
Boston
Free
The Orphan of Chuia and A Bold Stroke for a Wife
The notes list performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden on October 25 and 26. Casts include Zamri Etan Daphnis Amator and Mandane, with Mrs Yates, Mr Holland, Mr Powell, Mr Beard and Miss Brent among others. also The Maid of the Mill with Lord Aimmwvorsth, Sir Harry Sycamore, Gales and Patcy, plus Polly Honeycomb and Perseus and Andromeda in various roles.
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Drury-Lane
Orphan
Chamont
Mr. Holland
Cattalio
Powell Monimia
Mrs. Yates
Daphne
Amincor
Covent-Garden
Colonel Feignwell
My. Woodward
Ann Lovely
Mrs Macklin
Perseus
Andromeda
Fragmented Weather Schedule for London Area
Readable portions show a sequence of morning and afternoon readings for several days with times such as morning and afternoon and moments like Monday and Tuesday. Specific temperatures noted include 36 M after 12, 39 M after afternoon, 30 M after 2, 51 M after 2, indicating a variable forecast pattern across days and times.
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London Ridges
Price Bank Stock Report and Market Dots
A fragmented list shows stock quotes across banks and bonds with references to Indian and naval bonds. Notable entries include price mentions like 3 per cent, 9 percent, and multiple fractions, though exact securities and issuers are obscured by garbled OCR. The item reads like a historical market brief with partial figures and line notes such as Confol and Nitro entries.
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The
London Evening-Post
Fobnjon
Fobnfen
Shake
Peare
Fobn Fon
Holland
Flanders
Warsaw
Eneral de Rokiner
Lithuania
Copenhagen
Monkholm
Aleppo
Syria
Niebuhr
Persia
Persepolis
Bagdad
Naples
Januarius
Malta
Pozzuoles
Foligny
Umbia
Florence
Pompey Neri
Alberti
War and Marine Department
Milan
M. Fumajalli
Paris
Gerdaudan
Font de Faux
Auvergne
Pepujet
Count de Tournon
M. d’ Antoine
Mary Anne Dubruel
Emery-Emanuel de Timbrune
Valence
Regiment du Maine
Agenthesft
India
South Sea
India An
Irco
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