Fragmented 18th Century Notices on Punishment and Trade
A long extract from Speed’s Chronicle discusses Saxon punishment for adultery and public morals, cites charitable letters, and critiques maritime half-pay delays blamed on a pay-office clerk. It also contains observations on insolvent debtors, Scottish leaders, and reflections on social classes and labor, with assorted notices from Copenhagen to London and a decree from Petersburg about troop movements and civic enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hip
Lord Halliborough
Charity
Speed
Toion
Fay
Admiralty
Scotland
England
Liberty
City of
London
Notice of writ for Harwich Burgess election in Essex
Sir Fletcher Norton announced in the Gazette that after fourteen days a new writ will be issued to the Clerk of the Crown for electing a Burgess for the Borough of Harwich in Essex to replace the deceased John Roberts. The report also covers maritime arrivals, court sessions, and local incidents with numerous named persons and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Norton
House of Commons
Crown
Harwich
Essex
John Roberts
Berkeley
Dover
China
Downs
Point
Gibbon
George Booth
Thompsons
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Catherine Pelham
Polwarth
Anabell York
England
Hardwicke
Morden
Italy
Florence
France
Duke of Kingston
Thomas White
Lincoln’s’ Inn
Nottingham
County of Surry Well
Baire
Ewickenham Park
Ofnaburgh
Wiliam Henry
Princess Royal
Kew
Hiolcombe
Maze-pond
Church of England
Henry the Eighth
Liondon
Paris
Amsterdam
de Grey
Common
Berkeley-Row
Guilford
Sir Fletcher Norton
St. Olave’s
Surry
Court of King’s
Beglinles
Newmarket
Jilly
Foley
Duke of Cumberland
Lord Bolrigbroke
Marianne
St. Ives
Porth Gigarra
Lévan
Cornwall
Prince Ernest
Ernest Shallop
Aniflet
Fisk
Ole Batsley
Robert Jones
Dp Artillery
Frances Henry Flay
Francis Mareada
Peras Car
Joseph da Silva
Guildhall
Newgate
Benealter
Pyburn
Smith
Bearbindes Lane
Th General Post-office
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Public Ledger
the Morning Chronicle
Philanthropas
Spitalfields
George
Trist
Shandy
Lord Napier
Lloyd’s
London’ Packet
Clive Auish
Marlborough
Alexander the. Great
Carne
Gende
Holland
Flanders
Copenhagen
Rameling
Marine
Algiers
Hoogland
Tunis
Mediterranean
Rome
Fune
Great-Britain
D. Paul
Bourdeaux
Garche
Pattrsturgh
Oeéftiga
Warfain
Pelandy
Poland
Haddik
Rhieata
Rene Uh
Bloom
Circasstia
Greece
Ss. 3d
Ae F. Newhbery
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Walter Shropshire
New Bond Street
Messrs
E. C
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