Liberty and virtue steer rulers and the public
The piece argues that liberty is safeguarded only when led by righteous, well bred men. It warns vice in ministers corrupts governance and that even virtuous rulers fail if guided by the corrupt. It cites Milton and biblical authority to claim good conduct, civility, and fear of God are required to preserve constitutional rights. It notes Turkish and Polish frontier movements and a mysterious vessel from St. Domingo with secrecy around detainees.
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Milton Y
Britain
Chapman
Church
Tate
Wilkes
Bingley
Turbulent frontier report from Podolia and Kaminiec
A translated dispatch dated July 20 from Podolia notes Ruffian forces crossed a river near Kaminiec on the 13th. Turkish fortifications at Choczim repelled the assault as cannon fire caused heavy casualties. Turkish horsemen harassed Russian attackers, reinforcements arrived, and the Grand Vizir pressed on despite losses. The Russian General faced repulsion from Prince Gallitzin’s troops.
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France
Podolia
Kaminiec
Choczim
Prince Gallitzin
Worcester Social Visit to Earl of Coventry at Croome
August report from Worcester notes the Mayor and Corporation visited Croome House at the invitation of the Earl of Coventry, with a grand dinner and a courteous Lady Coventry. The city party arrived in a large retinue, appearing like a public procession. Also mentioned are the death of Edward Ingram of White Ladies near Worcester and a Hasbro smuggling incident involving two men bound to a tree, plus a Farnborough dispute ending in a serious injury.
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Worceser
Earl of Coventry
Croome
Lady Coventry
Edward Ingram
Norwich
Hasbro
Reading
Stevens
Farnborough
Haying
Riot trials and weather woes mark Mayo Assizes
Dublin reports from Castlebar end of the Mayo Assizes note Capt. Hughes's conviction for violent assault on Hon. Capt. Browne with a pistol. He is confined for two months, fined, and bound to good behavior for two years after intercession by Browne. Also filed are floods at Bridgetown and Skibbereen, prayers for fair weather, Solbay cruise sail, and a fatal fall at Ballyfallagh.
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Dublin
Castlebar
Mayo
James Hughes
Baliggrobe
Hughes
Henry Browne
Browne
Siuch ‘Heavitt
Peter Browne Kelly
Browne ‘Kelly
Carbery
Bridgetown
Solebay
O’brien
Richard:Meade
Kinsale
Kilkenny
Ballyfallagh
Fire and accidental shooting woes reported in Olney and Brampton
Aug 16 Olney Burks reports a hall of fire struck a house in Northampton causing three houses to burn. A worker narrowly escaped injury as flames pressed a casement. In Brampton two boys using a crowbar and stones fired a gun by accident, wounding one boy who died seven days later in agony.
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Northampton
Olney
Burks
Brampton
Privy Council to Meet and Trade Talks with Versailles
The Privy Council is summoned to meet at St James's tomorrow. Reports say negotiations are underway between the London and Versailles courts to establish free intercourse and trade between Minorca and Corsica. Sir John Lindsay may carry gifts to Indian princes, while East India Company ships arrive in the river, the largest single-season total in years.
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St. James's
Camden-place
London
Vérsailles
Minorca
Corsica
John Lindsay
India
East India Company
James
Lord Audley
Earl of
Castlehaven
John Talbot Tucket
Audley
Grovely
Wilthite
John Sprig
Pakenham
Suffolk
Thomas Spring
Laven‘ham
William Spring
Paken‘ham
Bristol
Liverpool
Glory
Portsmouth
Hallowell
Fanny
Mitchell
Africa
Barbadoes
Hughes
Antigua
le Pere de
Mandelure
Cawley
Virginia
Havre
Capes
Buckinghamshire
Moore
John Symonds
Bury
John Mills
John Cullum
Samuel Horsey
Samuel Harrison
Neal Ward
Walter Wright
James Oakes
Stanmore
Middlesex
Tyre
Bath
Georgia
Secker
Canterbury
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Pip Proferowski
Kaminie
Niefter
Potockiz
Krasinski
Shere
Confederates of
Bar
Poland
A&c
Po- Jana
Briffels
Austrian ‘Netherlands
Paris
Fevit
St. Dominigo
St. Domingo
Country News
Bond
Creamine
John J Dani
Judi
John Jordan
Edzprison
Thomas Jordan
Nottingham
Melvin
Bulwell
Share
Hoxton
John Fielding
New Prison
Harvet'ie
Lawson
Rooney
Green
King-street
Hammersmith
Kensington Turnpike
Grosvenor
Grosvenoy-street
Neve
Sadler's Wells
Clerkenwell
Nugent
Phillips
Brook-street
Grosvenor Square
Maryhone-lane
Newgate-market
Newsport Pagnel
Bucks
Islington
Rennes
Merl. de la Charlatais
Britany
Duke de Buras
Thig
St. Margarets Church
Westminster
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Petersfield
Hampshire
Msg
Hylton
Richard Hylton, Bart
Hylton Casfle
Dugham
Panton-street
Ceicester Fields
Gamuel Bowen
Peckham
Joseph Lawrence
Hertispfort-Bury
William Cowper
Paternoster Row
Charles Lowrb
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