Timber trade fuels new river navigation venture
A merchant company undertakes selling and floating timber down the river Gave promising immense profits. Meanwhile, Middlesex officials Hailey and Blunt are sworn sheriffs of the city as Lord Hillborough becomes First Lord of Trade. Royal appointments follow with Beadon named Whitehall preacher and militia battalions dismissed after training. The report also notes various obituaries, marriages, and criminal cases including pickpocketing and a libel case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
d’Aspe
Thomas Hailey
Richard Blunt
Elgis
Guildhall
Middlesex
Thomas Harley
Goldsmiths Hall
Earl of Hillborough
St. James's
Lord Bihop
London
Richard Beadon
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Middlesex Militia
Hounslow
Uxbridge
Hampstead, &c
Hunt
Fore-street
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Jean
Ulverstone
Lancashire
Sir Wyndham Knatchbull
Mershamhatch
Kent
Knights of the Shire
Bart
Catharine
James Harris
Salisbury
Earl of
Shafisbury
Sir Wyndham
Edward Knatchbull
Alice
John Wyndham
Nonington
Wilts
Sir Wadham Wyndham
the Common Pleas
Orchard W
Charles Maitland
Earl of Lauderdale
Burgoyne
Tme
John Shadow
Spectator
Shad Thames
Peter Toms
Cheapside
Moorfields
Newington
Notice of Interest Change for East-India Company Bonds
East-India House June 22 1753 directors give notice that after approval, five percent interest on company bonds will cease December 21 next and bonds will bear four percent annually thereafter. holders must deliver bonds to Leadenhall Street by November 21. remaining principal and interest due December 2 will be paid if bonds are presented by November 1. no further rate reductions will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peckham
Canderwell
Siperwell
Clapham
Bartartea
Chelsea
Brumpton
Knightsbridge
Aye Park
Tyburn
Paddington
Illington
New City Road
Moorfields
George White
Brinklow
New Prison
John Fielding
William K Ingee
Elgine
Baas
White
Endfield
Thomas Clarke
John White
Newgate
Garnon
Charing-cross
Courtezan
Geo
East-India
United Company of Merchants of England
Fai Company
Faia Company
Leadenpall Street
Devewezr
Brenneford Turnpike Trustees Meeting Notice
The Trustees of Brenford Turnpike will meet at Mr Partridge's Sign of the Packhorse on Turnham Green on Saturday next at ten o clock in the forenoon. The meeting location is the Packhorse, Turnham Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenneford Turnpike
Brenford Turnpike
Patriot Letters and Georgian Chronicles in London Post
A reader letter and excerpts discuss party disputes amid calls for reform, highlighting TRIENNIAL PARLIAMENTS, and urging unity to crush corruption. The page includes notes on Oglethorpe expeditions, Georgia silk cultivation, and local city infrastructure with commentary on public lighting and Bank renovations.
Envoy Extraordinary Rexin in Constantinople and Baltic notices
Reports from London detail MS Rexin serving as Envoy Extraordinary in Constantinople after his audience with the Grand Vizier. Swedish Admiralty public notice describes safe harbor at an island near Halland for ships entering the Sound. Halland’s geography, capital Halmstad. Empress of Hungary elevates Hadjuk to Count General of the Cavalry and Governor of Buda for wartime service. Venice letters claim Nogarola trial not concluded and Cipola not confined. Paris letters report Benedictine monks inspecting manuscripts at Louis le Grand. Jesuits expelled. Lions France notes Dauphine parliament decision against the Jesuits, expulsion of foreign monks, pensions for natives, and monastery moves. Poland reports the Primate acting as Vice-gerent in the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Schonen
Bahick Fea
Oppesite
Jutland
Halmstadr
Hungary
Sieur Haddick
Buda
Venice
M. Nogarola
Cipola
Paris
College of
Louis-legrand
Port-royals
Father Quesnel
M. Arnaud
Oratory
France
Dauphine
Cobernex
Poland
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. Newbery
St Paul’s Church-yard
Parry
Newbery
Bible and Sun
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Junden
Bevis
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Omary Hk
America
Mandeville
Charles Town
Carolina
St. John’s
Picolata
Rolt
Great Lakes
Georgia
Augustine
Amelia
Oglethorpe
St. Mathea
Florida
Caneilas
Cap
Dunbar
Maclea
Pickalain
Flouda
Priice
St. Franc
Frederica
Warren
Neral Oalethorpe
Pickalata
St. Francis
Ac Tf R
Bartholomew Lane
Bezvar
Tom
Cms
Ays Forbes
Wilkes
Twich
Scotland
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