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Newspaper
Morning Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 25, 1793
Page
4
A speaker urges national unity and prudence amid looming war risks. He emphasizes reliance on divine protection, fidelity to the Constitution, collective harmony, and avoidance of party divisions that favor foreign powers. The People must uphold the will of the sovereign nation and resist directives undermining liberty and order.
In this address the speaker insists that a free people deserve strong governance and impartial law enforcement. Citizens uphold their social contract, obey laws, and support juries, as the common good relies on constraint of individuals to preserve property and civic order.
In Lewes district on Monday Yates and Pumphry seized 54 casks of Geneva and a horse near Pevensey sluice. Smugglers resisted fiercely, rescuing loaded horses while officers fired warning shots. Meantime Miss Pelham remains in Horsham Gaol after failed bail, Justice Grose willing to accept bail. A Storrington hayfield sighting reports a cat and hare playing for over ten minutes before the hare fled.
Stamford reports a fourteen year old, named Sneath, tied two cattle together tail to tail and beat them so severely that one tail tore off. He was promised every favour the laws allow. The incident is described as a shocking brutality rarely seen.
York dispatch recalls a dragoon party crossing Henley Bridge when a horse leaped the rails and sank to the bottom. The rider stayed aboard and resurfaced, joking that the area should follow suit, then returned to the bridge. The tale ends with the crowd reacting and the scene fading.
Report notes the military spectacle at the Rovaxt Saroon, styled the Siege of Valenciennes, as an amusement of social importance. It argues the piece offers sterling value and warrants judicious observation beyond mere entertainment, promising posterity worthy wonder and admiration.
An item notes weddings at Abbot's Leigh with Mr E Slade and Miss Maria Helicar, at Queen Square Bristol, and last Thursday in Huddersfield with Rev Coulthurst of Halifax wedding Miss Whitacre, plus a Penrith Cumberland listing for Rev James Fletcher to Miss S Raincock.
Died. Tuesday afternoon Henry Lambe Esq of Adleigh late Captain in the East Essex Regiment of Militias and the day following Mrs Lamb mother of the gentleman.
The page lists stock prices and financial notes including India stocks and bonds, Exchequer bills, scrip, and various 3 percent instruments. Entries show percentages and titling like Navy and Victualling Bills, Telia Stock, and Commercial Exchequer, reflecting a busy market snapshot with fluctuating values.
Public notice from Mrs Spilsbury at Soho Square confirms she now carries on the antiscorbutic drops, credits years of practice, and notes trust in the remedy. Dr Raynes advertises his six Portman Street practice offering hernia cures and general restorative procedures with secrecy.
A London letter reports James Wilcox and a young employee Henry Clapre recovering from violent humours after using Antiscorbatic Drops. The advocate claims the remedy cures obstinate diseases at low cost with no risk. Bottles cost 1s 6d, sold by Bacon in Oxford Street and Newbery near St Paul’s, Tutt in the Royal Exchange, and Deering in Lambeth.
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