Lisbon intrigue and Turkish fleet actions dominate dispatches
Letters from Lisbon describe an execution suspected as a conspiracy against the government and Portugal’s king seeking aid from Catholic Majesty. French fleet pressures Tunis. Danish squadron sails to Algiers. Malta reports Turkish fleet defeated by Ruffians near Napoli di Romana. Vienna dispatches spark Senate debate on Russian Mediterranean presence. hailstorm at St. Amand causes broad damage to crops and windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Marseilles
Tunis
France
Gibraltar
Algiers
Naples
Mesfina
Reggio
Malta
Giaffer Bey
Napoli di Romana
Fenice
Senate
Vienna
Europe
Mediterranean
Candia
Morea
St. Amand
Flanders
Old Quebeck stone building collapse claims eight lives
In Quebeck an old stone house housing several people suddenly fell inward on the eleventh of June, killing eight, named Penguilly Hilly Southerland Alexander Donnelly Elizabeth Amma. Philadelphia reports New York news that Philadelphians uphold the non importation pact, rejecting a British goods import proposal. Boston accounts recount M Master’s tar and feather punishment amid public sentiment. he escaped, promising to leave town. Other M Masters faced search and banishment to Marblehead and Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
Quebeck
William Penguilly
John Hilly
Margaret
Elizabeth
Southerland
Alexander
Amma Donnelly
Philadelphia
Boston
New-England
Kingstreet
Roxbury
M‘matsters
Marblehead
Salem
Canterbury visit of John Wilkes and company described
Canterbury Aug 4 report notes John Wilkes Esq and Mr Trévanion arriving at the George Inn Sittingbourne and a public breakfast with Earl of Thanet Lord Sondes Sawbridge and other gentry. Mrs Wilkes welcomed with politeness before Wilkes proceeds to Dover to meet his daughter due from France, with a brief stay at Margate planned.
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Canterbury
George
Sittingbourn
John Wilkes
Trévanion
Mr. Wilkes
Earl of
Thanet
Lord _Sondes
John
Sawbridge
Wilkes
Dover
France
Margate
Saturday that died and other notices in Brisol
Brisol August 4 reports multiple brief obituaries and incidents. Robert Dinwiddie aged over 80 dies at his daughters’ home. a 92 year old Mr Carter, a Vicars Choral member, dies near the cathedral. John Leaf, butcher, dies after a riding accident caused by a frightened horse. Haynes, a chimney sweep, dies after drinking gin. In Portsmouth the Indiaman Norfolk East arrives with news of the loss of the Lord Holland in the Bengal River with only one crewman saved.
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Brisol
Chitten
Robert, Dinwiddie
Virginia
Carter
Woile
Somersetshire
John-Leaft
Ore Haynes
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Buggin
China
Lord Holland
Nairn
Benga River
News Briefs From London and Abroad Amid War Rumors
A London dispatch notes a messenger from Vienna with reports for the king and a wavering Russian ambassador remaining in Petersburg through January. Paris letters confirm St Domingo earthquake losses at 80 million livres. Reports from Gibraltar mention an English warship to deter British seamen in the Mediterranean. Port Mahon notes the Moroccan king preparing to attack Ceuta as a 40,000 strong Moorish force moves on the Barbary fort. St Kitts letters describe a Spanish sloop capturing a vessel near the island. a later chase heads toward Hispaniola. Obituaries mark Samuel Wilkinson Esq. of St Kitts and a Jamaica planter. a new private meeting house in St James’s Street attracts subscribers. Royal Society remodeling at Somerset House proceeds. the Dolphin from Greenland sails into Liverpool with cargo. Court measures include a fine levied on Edmunds for a seized journal. Public offices at Winchester and Salisbury convict several for theft and assault, with capital sentences and transportations. Notable crimes include a Covent Garden fray with a fatal stabbing and a man murdered near Docking Pond. A Ringwood fire claims Mr Morgan’s life. Domestic thefts and a Canterbury plate race are noted, along with several deaths and obituaries.
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Lon D-O-N
Earl of Stormont
Vienna
Richmond
Coe
Petersburgh
London
Paris
Hillborough Packer
Port Au Prince
St. Domingo
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Port Mahon
Morocco
Ceuta
Africa
Princes of Africa
Barbary
St. Kitt’s
Nautilus
Downs
St.Kitt’s
Hispaniola
Sland
Morpeth
Northumberland
Alexander Wilkinson
Kingston
Jamaica
St. James’s-street
Board of Works
Royal Apartments
Somerset-house
Royal Society of Artists
Joshua Reynolds
Lloyd
Greenland
Liverpool
Lone
Ompany
Mathew Derenzy
Akerman
Nottingham
Trent
Mersey
Staffordshire
Winchester
Thomas Hampton
George Tanner
Selborn
John Robbins
Joseph Commer
Richard Allen
Portsea
William Rife
Mary Brown
Froyle
Salisbury
Richard Colter
James Knight
Catharine
Carolina Wright
Foxfield
John Brown
Devizes
Marlborough
Covent-Garden
Portsmouth
Docking-pond
London Hospital
Canterbury
Lord Offory
Fabius
Arundel Street
Strand
James Miller
Eig
Much Dewchurch
Hereford
R. Simpkinson
A.M
PORT NEWS ITEM LISTS ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES
Port News records ships arriving and sailing from Deal and the Downs with wind directions and destinations. Ships mentioned include Nautilus Seman for St Kitts John and Etther Hodgson for New England Hibernia Robinson for Dublin and numerous vessels bound for Jamaica Newfoundland and New York among others.
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Port News
Deal
Nautilus
Seman
St. Kitts
John and
Etther
Hodgson
New-England
John Vand Molly
Rogers
Liverpool
Hibernia
Robinson
Dublin
Downs
India
Ostrley
Fortescte
Turkey
Sally
James
Honduras
Royal George
Reed
Newfoundland
Vestal
Hardy
Carolina
Carolina Packet
White
Antigua
Friends
Palmer
Farley
Coulter
Grenades
Marquis of Rockingham
Clarke
Tiger
Barril
Jamaica
Suffolk
Jermyn
New England
Rachel
King
New York
Hopewell
Smith
Britannia
Miller
Petersburgh
Laws
Good
Intent
Riddoff
Saville
Féard
Polly
Legg
Dantzick
Henrietta
Constantia
Ktinkert
Memel
Desire
Stockel
Whitby
Park
Eleanora
Unin
Coombs
Horne’ Castle
Itosh
Virgini
Teeth care remedy sold by perfumer and in Paris
An old advertisement touts teeth care for dental disorders including scurvy, claiming firm gums and fresher breath. It lists wholesale and retail sales through Mr Hemet and a Hay Market seller, with perfumers in Cockspur Street and Leadenhall Street, and Parisian Dauphine shop offering 6d each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemet
Alfo Perfumiery
Bath
Prime Artistic Masterworks Reviewed in Monthly Critique
The text extols a work praised for accuracy and taste. It notes the author’s diligence and judgment while highlighting the plan’s entertaining nature. It mentions resemblance to masters of drawing and patronage, urging readers to peruse the analysis for enrichment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Curious Hair Dye Patent Tries to Sell by Letter
An advertisement from Mrs. Gibson on Lower Cross Street Hatton Garden claims a hair dye compound can change hair to jet black or red gold and even whiten infant months. It asserts harmless use like oil, with bottles priced Guinea each and directions printed. letters post-paid to request shipments across England Ireland Scotland Holland or France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Hatton-Garthourn
England
Ireland
Scotland
Holland
France
William Heron endorses Marchant's Drops in London ad
In a Portsmouth dated March 6 1777 letter, William Heron reports healing a long scurvy and scrofulous disorder using Marchant's Drops after sea baths and medicines. He praises Norton the surgeon in Golden Square London as the official authorizer and notes drops cure leprosy and other blood fouling ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchant
Mirnkind
William Heron
Portsmouth
Chet Norton
Golden- Square
Piccadilly
London
Ohn Tahiri
Nortment
Healy
Ok Treet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hontano and
Fuanpersi
American News
Country News
Shiplake
Mr Norton
Golden-S Quare
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