Notorious highway robbery gang capture at race events
Aug 15 report from Heddon and nearby towns details the arrest of John Oliver junior and two companions along with a fourth suspect for stealing a two shilling bank note during race week. They used deception at a tent and a card wager to lure the victim, then absconded with money. Additional robberies on Gateshed Fell involved a single highwayman and a mail post, with a suspect named Robert Hazlet detained in connection. The piece also notes a separate spate of severe weather in Hereford and a fatal canine-eaten body found near Leominster, plus a Harford storm account and a surrogate appointment for marriage licences in Berks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oliver the Younger
Heddon
John
Oliver the Elder
Wail
Northumberland
Burton
Trawell
Nottingham
Gateshed
Durham
Robert Hazlet
Samuel Bamford
Philip Lane
London
Ann Milbourn
Hazlet
Oftman
Gloucester
Hereford
Thomas
Plaifters
Bircher
Leominster
Bailis
Reading
Whiting
Aldermaston
Berks
Intriguing European Notes From Lisbon to Porto
Private Lisbon advices mention a failed air gun attack on aGreat Personage, with Rome reporting the Pope ordering dormant Vatican manuscripts printed under his inspection. Paris, Prussia, Venice, and Genoa relay military, political, and famine news, while Monuments and appointments fill Westminster and Dublin letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Rome
Vatican
Prussia
Dantzick
France
Normandy
Cherbourgh
Rouen
Vologne
Avergne
Compeigne
Pensacola
Princess Dowager of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Pyrmont
Lord Rochford
Conway
Newmarket
Ireland
J. Peachy, Bart
Turin
W. Lynch
Luttrell
George Pitt
Surrender notices at Guildhall for tradesmen and merchants
William Cleland of Shoemaker-row Ann's Black-Friars, Merce to surrender August 2 and September 25 at Guildhall. Tuftain of St Mary Whitechapel Cabinet-maker to surrender September 25. Dell of the Precing of Bfi London Weaver to surrender August 28 and September 25 at Guildhall. Storr Waitt of Drury Lane Grocer and Linen Draper to surrender August 21 and 25 at Guildhall. David George of Laugharn Carmarthenshes Grocer and Linen-Draper to surrender August 22 23 and September 25 at the Three Tun Tavern Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Cleland
Ann
Black-Friars
s.Merce
Guildhall
William "Tuftain
St. Mary
Guildhally
George Dell
Bfi London
Fragmented Letters in 1770s Trial Pamphlet Exposed
Publisher reprints part of the Cumberland Grosvenor letters from a King's Bench trial in July 1770. The editor, John Wheble, notes that earlier pamphlets misrepresented the full correspondence between the Duke of Cumberland and Lord Grosvenor and supplies the remainder from manuscripts to prevent public deception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eorrion
of Cumberland
Grosvenor
Tord Grosvenor
Lady Grosvenor
Mills Vernon
King’s Bench
Duke of Cumberland
London
The
Middlesex. Journal
Cones John Wheele
Matriom ono proves Gibson's Medicine for Barrenness
Proven remedy by Mrs Gibson claims to remove causes of barrenness and prevent miscarriages. Sold for one Guinea at Hatton Garden England with directions. Also advertised hair growth for mouth area and a five ounce bottle with printed instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton-Garden
England
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Neweasle
Matthew Betten
Embourn
George Macartney
Ruffin
York
Westminster Abbey
Thomas Holles Pelham
Duke of Newcastle
Lord Bute
Hertford
Portsmouth
Duke of Richmond
Incorporated
Society of Artists of Great Britain
Society
Bethe
William Comber
Jesus College
Cambridge
Hyndford
Kirby-Overcarr
Kirby -Moorside
Joseph Warrington
Duke of Bedford
New Road
Ruxley
Kent
Excise
Whitechapel
Dorchester
Clement
Rosemary-lane
Dublin
Benjai
Upper Wallop
Clidderdale
Lord Nairn
Enong
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