Petition Movement Against Coin Reduction Gains Steam
Dublin reports a strong petition drive against the gold coin reduction with many signatures and expected broader participation from other corporations. Chester Fair suffers delays as linen shipments miss the market and prices rise. Counterfeiting in Carlow leads to pillory punishments for coiners. Murray remains at large as warrants issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
Nem
Cort
Corporation of Weavers
Chester
Carlow
Royal Appointments and City Festivities Reported in London
London news recounts a clergyman’s Lincoln prebend, royal feast invitations for the Prince of Wales and family, and dinners with lordly figures. It notes appointments in royal households, a treasury adjournment, admiralty shifts, and a Yorkshire death, plus a curious case of a beggar’s former lodgings revealing hidden money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Robert Sedgwick
Duke of Richmond
Hutchinson
Mr. Sallier
Cliefden
Bucks
Murray
St. James’s Square
Robert Walpole
Lord Harrington
Houghton Hall
Board of the Treasury
Philip Meadows
Kut
John Maynard
Househald
Board of Admiralty
Wood
Lonifs Man
Rumney
Lingling Ilness
Lawenny
South Wales
Lewis Barlow
Elqs
Orford
Suffolk
Batchelor
Hugh Barlow
Elys
St. Mary-Axe
Myr
Burdett
Bishopsgate
Beadle
White-Hart
Spital-Selds
Riot and Rioters in Dalhousie Area Sentenced
In Dalkeith a riot case saw David Murray and servants Forrest Marshal and Macdonald plus John Macdonald convicted by a Justice of Peace Court. Forrest Marshall and Macdonald received 14 days imprisonment and three years good behavior in a public trial, with shaming on market days. Detachment from General Wheatham’s regiment enforced the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
David Murray
Dalhousie
William Forrest
William Marshal
John Macdonald
William Wotherspoon
Lord Amiston
Strick
Forrest
Marshal
Macdonald
Dalkeith
Whetham
Thithes
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Dublin
London
Mr. Johnson
Earl of Waldegrave
Hemel-Hemsted
Hertfordshire
Lincoln
Worcester
Edward Withington
Bridgnorth
Hopsford
Gainsborough
Torkley Bridge
Reading
Petworth
Susséx
John Winkfield
R. Pottenger
Bradfield-street
Thomas Hanson
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