... Edinburgh, Jan. 22. The Scarcity in the Weft Country is reliev'd bythe Importation ifa confiderable Quantity of Oatmeal and potatoes ; but however favourable this was to 1 of diftrefs'd Families, yet a Meal- jnonger near Irtfane, who had a great Quantity ...

... Seconds; They met accordingly, when their Seconds', who had no Mind they fliould kill one ano- ther, chaig'd their Piftols with Potato-Balls well blacken'd, and then gave them to fire, which they did, and cne received two Balls in the Breaft, which threw him ...

... Houfe were broke to Pieces, and the Actors, and feveral Perfons of Note, efcaped W at the Windows, next Suffolfrftreet, Potatoes Potatoes and Pippens, were fold for ißd. a Dozen, to pelt the Actors. I'he Report ofthe Death of Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart. Member ...

... and the Corn blafted. The Apples fuffered h 1 thejame Froft all about us : And I obferved in fonie 1 Pi 'aces, J hat ihe Potatoes, ivhich were fit in the While ' Earth, fuffered moft ; the Stilts Wei'e withered, and ...

... his Service: And the poorer People, by the Proportion his Highnefs has made to the States, to lefli..i the double Duty on Potatoes, the Moutrepaid for grinding Rye, and to find out fome Means that they may have their Firing, particularly Turf, as cheap ...

... him up He ived many Years after in great Reputation _3»LIMf L> -kss 1 J ur IrelaLd w« heir' th* ?? hard Froft the r Crop of Potatoes, ou which the Support wl. .l VSg been ve'y w Md cold this bummer (he Corn is very thin and firL i ward that they have M ...

... Bag-pipers, and one who play'd on a Bladder-Marine A Dinner was provided for the Guefts of Roaft Mutton, with 30 Pound? f Potatoes, and a large Salmon; 30 Pounds of Checfe, and 8 Pounds of JW for the fecond Courfe, with Bread in proportion, and a Gallon ...

... finding their Mis- take, they retum'd back) and one of them, ib| the Seaich, came dfreclly upon Garner, w(?oj was lying in a Potatoe French, and call'd out) tp him to furrender higifelf and fake Quarter, which he faid he would, the Man foppofing' he had him ...

... Condition as in the late Froft, Oaten-meal felling for 19 and 20 d. a Stone, which in the Froft was not near fo high, and Potatoes near _ s. a Buftel.. , Yefterday waidiftributted by Madam Strothard, Lady Eiownlowe's Receiv- «r, 340 L Sterl. among her ...

... Calamity, we are an un- done Nation. ' Laft Year's Froft is felt more fevere here than in other Countries, having deftroy'd the Potatoes C which are the chief Support of our Poor) in fuch a Manner, that the fame Quan- tity we ufed to buy for Two Pence Halfpenny ...

... Misfortunates, fince they were taken Care of, a Quarter of a Yard fquare. Their common Diet was Bran and Water, and fome- times a Potatoe. One of thefe poor misfortimate Crea- tures had been in this miferable Confinement eight Years, the other not fo long : When ...

... good Order to their (garters, without doing arty farther Mifchief than breaking a few Windows, and throwing fome Basket, of Potatoes, &c. about the Streets. Dover, March 30. We have very certain Advice this morning, that notwithftandtfig our Men of War are ...