Rumors of Jerusalem capture and Danish inquiry spread
A dependent fragment from a 19th century dispatch notes Ali Bey's troops reportedly taking Jerusalem and robbers plundering Afid Minor and Syria. It mentions a Russian fleet in Paros port, campaigns near Silistria, and a new warning to assemble troops. A parallel letter to the King of Denmark urges reform of posts, debts, and taxes to restore prosperity and liberty. An accident near Neder Ulm describes a mountain sinking 20 feet, trees uprooted, and a distant cannon-like rumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ali Bey
Jérusalem
Enca
Denmark
Suhm
England
Neder'Ulm
Abscription to reduce meat prices discussed in Gloucester
In Gloucester on March 2 a group of gentlemen discussed forming an abscription similar to Bristol’s to fund lower meat costs. In Gosport on Feb 28 a coroner’s inquest examined a sailor’s death after a Portsmouth publican allegedly struck him with a window bar. The jury returned a verdict of murder and the publican was committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glucester
Bristol
Gosport
Fields Hospital
Portsmouth
Wilfus
Maritime Shipping Notes From London and Cadiz List
A garbled OCR fragment records ships arriving or departing, naming vessels such as The Diligence, Pretty Martha, Lucretia Crawford, Phoenix Panes, St. Kit's Planter, Prince Edward Harvey, and others from ports like Genoa Cadiz Civita Vecchia Barcelon Dunkirk and Seville. It notes routes from Fowey Jamaica Cadiz and Madeira with multiple origin destinations and some captains or owners implied.
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NEW S
Elizabeth
Intoth
Jamaica
Withal
Fowey
Genoa
Martha
Onelly
Cadiz
Prince ‘of
Piedmont
Harthan
London
Ditto
Lucretia
Crawford
Civita Vecchia
Phoenix
Panes
Barcelona
Dunkirk
Friend
Meéoden
South Carolina
Poolaco
Mellith
Exeter
St. Kit’s
Debate on royal marriage wardship and the Rockingham response
The discussion centers on granting the King care and approbation of marriages within the royal line, with Lord Rockingham and Lord Camden opposing expansive wardship. The debate weighs limits tied to precedence, fear of future overreach, and the implications for the Royal family, education, and state stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of
Rockingham
George
George the Second
Princess of Wales
Brunswick
Lord Rockingham
Lord Camden
England
Geo
Henry VIII
Controversy over marriage annulment and royal affronts in Parliament
The article reports heated debates on annulling a marriage versus publishing the bands at St James’s Chapel, with calls for strict penalties and exile. It notes speeches by Lords and ministers, court politics, and related motions in Parliament, alongside diverse society items, appointments, and local crimes and marriages in the London area.
Limboist Daniel Holdmas Dies From Injuries In Navy Service
Daniel Holdmas formerly of Quacer and a Limboist in the Royal Navy died at Middlesez hospital Flanningait. He succumbed to injuries received while on duty as a cheré. The death is attributed to the braises he sustained from gentlemen's servants while serving onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limboist
Daniel Holdmas
Bsg
An Quacer
Royal Navy
Luesday
Flanningait
Taffmar
Pantheon
Iis
Str
Paris
Sam
Italian Opera Tale Sparks Outrage Over Fake Names
A tirade criticizes an Italian yearbook Lictite de Spettacali Featral for listing performers in Europe as legit, naming Pietro Agneli Vincenzo Galleotti and Miss Heinel. The writer accuses Galleotti of audacity and demands the printer correct the falsified entries to avoid national embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Europe
Milan
Pietro Agneli
Vincenzo Galleotti
London
Miss Heinel
Levy
Galleotti
Mr. Levy
Detection of the dangerous tendency sermon by Dr Campbell
This Day was published price 7s 6d. A sermon before an Assembly of Divines by Dr George Campbell on the Spirit of the Gospel. Sold by J Wheble in Pater-noster Row and J P Goghlan in Duke's Street Grosvenor Square. Also Temptation's Triumph or The Fall of Probus a poem by John Aveymore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Campbell
J. Wheble
Pater-noster- Row
J. P. Goghlan
Duke’s Street
Grosvenor Square
Bedding Carpet and Upholstery Warehouse Ad
A warehouse ad announces bedding carpet and upholstery goods at low cash prices. It lists Persia Turke Wilton Kidderminster and Scotch carpets with rooms able to be covered in the completest manner. Includes blankets feather beds quilts bedticks rugs coverlids furniture and readyMade bedsteads with terms for sea or land service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher Row
Temple Bar
Strand
Persia
Turke Wilton
Kidderminster
Flanders
Cheney
Linsey
Velno's Vegetable Syrup Case Report in Haymarket London
In October 1770 a traveler describes paralysis after a fall, improved after taking Velno's Vegetable Syrup. He attributes recovery to the remedy and notes purchases in London Cambridge readings, with distributors named Burrows Fletcher Hodson and others. The letter bears thanks and details a Cambridge return date.
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Yefeeda- Attivada Mail’ “Fron
Hollands
House of Lords
George the
Perforisiof
St. James’s Chapel
Mmmrs 3d
S4idys
Ord Rockingham
Gloucester
Helburne
Lord Suffolk
Duke of Richmond
Loord
Lord
Weymouth
Lord Mansfield
Dartmouth
Ord Temple
Ord Lyttélton
Lord Mansfeld
Sshop
Oxford
Lord Marchmont
Stainés’s
Guernsey
Earl of Wylesford
St. James’s
Chrift’s Hospital
Grit Church
Sandiford
Bitters
London Taverey
Wilkes
Jones
Constitutional Society
Copenhagen
Great Britain
East Indies
Rodney
Board of Admiralty
Daniel Price
Brazen Nose College
Hereford
Borbury
Holgate
Salop
John Digory
Newington Butts
Surry
Watson
St. John’s Street
Linnen
de Velasco
Capt. Velasco
Havannah
St. George’s Church
Maria Scott
Clifford-street
Endfield
Wil. Aylmer
Cheshunt
Rachael Ellis
David Ellis
Roehampton
Joseph Wakelin
George I
Trim
Grocer
Faci
York Buildings
The
Thomas Smith
Dr. Burrows
the Haymarket
John Delaporte
Cambridge
Haymarket
G. Kearfly
Lydegate-Street
Capel-Court
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and Hodson
Bortews, Pletcher and Hepson
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