London Commons hear income act secrecy vow and reforms
Yesterday a Common Council elected Mr Y Richard Hollier as Upper Marthal to replace the late Stephen Clerk and Ballot for an Under Marthal, with Mr P Holdsworth and Mr W Canner among the results. The court urged Parliament to add a secrecy oath for assessors under the income act and to curb private profiteering from such duties. Other items note Admiral Lord Duncan’s recovery, General La Fayette’s travels, Pichegru’s near arrest, and militia movements in Ireland with ships and local dispatches.
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Marthal
Stephen Clerk
Mar‘thal
P. Holdsworth
W. Canner
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London
Allesfors
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House of Commons
Griffiths
Ri Membrane
Lord Duncan
North Sea
General la Fayette
Contraband Trade and Cape Measures Highlighted in March News
Reports reveal extensive contraband trade by the NiccSars of the East India Company, with thirteen ships from Bengal to Europe last year. Several vessels are detained at the Cape and in St Helena, while Cape authorities impose strict controls on native Dutch residents. A letter from December notes garrison tensions amid incendiary threats and promises to punish disturbances. February and March American mails will travel via the Jane packet, with the Princess Royal packet to Barbados, Martinique, and Jamaica due to sail on the 17th. Irish militia regiments are noted stationed in Dublin.
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East India Company
Bengal
Europe
Cape
St. Helena
England
Cape of Good Hope
Jane
Princess Royal
Barbes
Martique
Jamaica
Ireland
Bucks and Hertford
Dublin
London Gazette notices update from Shrewsbury and beyond
Multiple notices list auctions and advertisements for creditors and tradespeople across England including G. Bowdler Shrewsbury B. Trundell Witney D Whitehead Manchester and others. It notes new Exchequer Bills issuance and a political swap with Charles Wynne replacing the late Lloyd in Montgomery and Joseph Hankey elected for Wareham.
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G. Bowdler
Shrewsbury
Salop, Taylor
Castle Inn
B. Trundell
Witney
Oxford
Victuallers
Staple Hall Inn
D. Whitehead
Rotbotham
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancaster
Consolidated Fund
Charles W. W.wynne
Sir Watkin
County of Montgomery
Lloyd
Joseph Chaplain Hankey
Wareham
Robert Spencesye
Fragmentary Note on Staffordshire Prisons Deaths
A damaged OCR fragment notes the alleged removal of Lord Grenville L. Gower and references the Cold Bath Fields prison. It cites surgeons reporting inmates since January 1795 and January 1759, with 19 deaths in that period and two hanging themselves.
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Grenville L. Gower
Stafford
Fitlin
Bath-fidde
Stas
Earthquake rattles Perthshire amid church service report
A February 25 tremor near Comrie Perthshire struck the town and surrounding Grampians, causing a church to jolt during service. Witnesses described a loud subterranean roar, wind gusts, and a feeling that the area spanned about 60 by 20 miles with the church nearly collapsing yet no injuries reported.
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India
St. Marcou
la Hogus
Havre
Cherbourg
Marlborugh-treet
St. Giles’s
Edward Knipe
Epsom
Water Newton
Huntiggeday
Bartlett
Comrie
Perthshire
Scotland
Grampians
Deaths of Rev. Geo Bufoy at Hexham
Sudden death of the Rev. Geo Bufoy a minister and master of the free grammar school at Hexham is noted. The obituary praises his talents as a writer and preacher, lamenting local prejudices that obscured his standing in life and suggesting he might have become a leading sermon writer had he lived longer.
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Hexham
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