Secretive Dutch court probes revolt echoes across Europe
From The Hague dated February 4 the letter notes the court keeps tightly guarded all proceedings surrounding a major revolt. A multi-department commission can compel witnesses and seize papers from prisoners. A manifesto to justify the court’s actions is expected, while public impatience grows. Mr Harris, English minister to Prussia, arrives and will stay a few days before heading to Berlin.
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the Hague
Co. J\& pechagen
Europe
Harris
England
Prussia
Hague
Berlin
Weather and deaths amid severe Derbyshire snowstorm in 1772
Letter from Winflay Derbyshire dated February 4 1772 notes record snowfall and travelers lost in the cold with fatalities. It reports two inquests at Lilbourne into the deaths of Richard Febbs and Edward Cave while traveling from Kilsby to Lilbourne, found near home with Cave upright beside a hedge. Also mentions the death of Rev. Mr Borrows in Sheffield and the passing of Rev. Mr Newcomb’s associate in Hadleigh, along with Rev T Wood Stevens of Trinity Cambridge.
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New S
Winflay
Derbyshire
Redding
Sheffield
Loddon
Borrows
Tebbs
Dofaith
Mr. Newcomb
Had‘feigh
T. Wood Stevens
Trinity College
Cambridge
Naval movements and arrivals in the Downs and ports
The notice lists ships in the Downs including 60H LP N. BenW S. Deal and several vessels bound for Leghorn Barbadoes and Carolina. It records arrivals at Portsmouth and Bristol, ships like Cerberus Naffan Venus Juno and Warwick, with notes on repairs, refits and transfers to the East India squadron and Newfoundland station.
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Downs
Wind S.S
Balfour
Guthus
Duke of Gloucester
Ard
Balfodr
Royal Oak
Shuldam
Newfoundland
Juno
Stott
Falkland’s Island
East India Squadron
Sir John Clark
Warwick
Smith
Philadelphia
Waterford
Bristol
Kitty
Charles
Liverpool
Ditto
Nancy
Pyne
Lisbon
Cork
Andrews
Caipbel
Marquis of Rockingham
Baker
Malaga
Betty
Painter
Saloe
Dover
Berwick
Waugh
London
Madeira
Chester
Lockyer
Ar Ditto
Endeavour
Gorden
Plymouth
Lords Adjourn in Session After Full Day
In London the House of Lords was fuller than this session with the Duke of Grafton Lord Weymouth and others present. They adjourned at eleven. Grafton and Lord Camden were observed in close conversation for over half an hour. The Lords affirmed the Exchequer judgment in the Collins v Laurie case with An Attorney and Solicitor General for the appellant and Mr Dunning and Mr Maddox for the respondent. The House of Commons, in a Ways and Means Committee, settled several resolutions.
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London
House of Lords
Duke of Grafton
Lord
Parliament hears Malt Bill notes and Dublin-like finance
The report details a October 1771 Exchequer balance of 1 364162 for the Parliament’s disposal, plans to apply surpluses toward supply, and a first resolution to be reported. It notes committee sittings for the Malt Bill, adjournments in both houses, and condolence motions for the Queen’s death. It covers European news from Denmark and Hungary, election updates, and local items on Sundays and public houses, with weather and market notes.
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Committee of Supply
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Chesterfield
St.James’s
Princess Dowager of Wales
Westminster Abbey
House of Lorés
Henry the Seventh
Henry
St. John
County of Hants
Lord Henley
Earl of Northington
Charles van, Esq
Brecon
John Morgan
Wenman Coke, Esq
Town’ of
Derby
Willam Fitzherbert
Allingford
Major Pigott
Cater
Keith
Copenhagen
Cockpit
Whitehall
Denmark
Cronenburg
Elfineur
Orkrange
Charles Gustavus
Frederick II
Hefinburg
Pine Bud Tea Remedy Endorsed by Notables in England
Pine Bud Tea is claimed to treat corps asthma difficulty of breathing gout rheumatism scurvy skin disorders and nervous weaknesses. The medicine is marketed in varied weights and priced in shillings by multiple London sellers with directions for use.
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America
England
R. Davis
Sackville Street
Piccadilly
W. Domville
Royal Exchange
W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Mr. Frederick
Bath
W.terryman
Mr. Houlditch
Oxford
Efficacy praised for Velno Vegetable Syrup in venereal cure
An 18th century notice touts Velno s Vegetable Syrup as sovereign for scorbutic and venereal ills. Charles Weyman of Middlesex reports dramatic recovery after long debilitation and bone exposure. Bottles sold at Dr Burrow s Haymarket and G K Earby Ludgate Street with country agents Fletcher Hodson.
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Velno
Harles Weyman
Bow
Middlesex
Velro
Ludgate- Street
Capel-Court
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and Hodson
Cambridge
Effi&s
J. Burrows
Timtcher and
Hodson
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Foreign Intelligence
Petersfield
Hants
William Jollyffe
France
Holland
Lord North
East Indies
Paris
Shiras
Kerim Chan
Persia
Kerim
Aleppo
Syria
Palestine
Damascus
Ali Bey
Acra
Jast Simmer
Bashans
Southwark
Rotherhith
Horflydown, &c
Hamilton
Lord Mansfield
Fustice Gould
City of York
Exeter
Cornwall
Launceston
Somersetshire
Taunton
Treasury
Lauchlin Macklane
Samuel Wilkinson
Court of Exchequer
Potter
Ne Grey
Davis
Cryer
Court of Common Pleas
Killiton
Minehead
Somerseshire
Brennan-hill
Mark Lane
Duke of Cumberland
Falmouth
Edwards
Virginia
Grenada
Gravesend
Duke of Albany
Rathbone Place
Lord Villers
Miss Conway
Earl of Hertford
Grosvenor-square
Barking
Essex
Thomas Flight
Liford
Mills Ann Mason
John Oliver Williams
Carnanton
Mills
Townsend
Austin-Friars
Chauncy Townsend
St. Clement Danes
Richard Griffiths
Sarah Hodgson
Queen Fquare
Bloomsbury
Lofts
Esgg
Whipham
Deputy Whipham
Walbrook Ward
Exeter Cathedral
Totness
Norfolk
Ward
Swafield
Beefton Regis
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