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Fragments of a British coastal and city life in distress
A long mixed batch of notices from seven towns recounts accidents and deaths, court actions, fires, and thefts. It mentions a fatal injury after a fall, a drowning, a manslaughter verdict, prison committals, shipboard fires at Limehouse, a theft captured in Fleet Street, and social unrest in Banbury Walkworth. It also notes advances in capstone theatre and politics, recruitment for the guards, and a pearl fishery in Scotland with profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcasle
Pirmen
John Delaval
Hartley
Elgin
Spey
London
Highlands
Scotland
Foot-Guards
Paris
Callico
Théobald’s-row
Christopher Heron
Tower-street
Chariton
Kent
Kirke
Christ’s Hospital
Maryland Point
Stratford
Essex
Roger Crispe
Tooley-street
Southwark
Jonathan Lyons
Peckham
Surry
Samuel Withers
William Withers
Kant
Cavendish Square
Astrop
Wells
Banbury
Walkworth
Eyres
Earl Verneys
Wills
Bullock
Major Lovett