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E D INBURGH, Jan. *,

... up- beyond! what has been known in-the memory of Man' At Leith is arrived the Gairlies of Newton- ftewart with Cheefe and Potatoes. Mr. John Borthwick, Son to ?? Borthwick | of Fallahiil, is appointed Principal Clerk ofthe General Poft-oSice^ Edinburgh ...

Published: Mon 07 Jan 1740
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1280 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CHORUS

... onboard, were dcar'd out, but by the Embargo are ftopp'd. Laft Wsek a Fellow went to the Grounds above New-flreet, to rob a Potatoe Garden ; in digging for them he found a Cask of Rum, which he drank of fo liberally that next Morning he was found dead pn ...

Published: Tue 08 Jan 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 725 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SCO TLAND

... 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 ...

Published: Tue 05 Feb 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Extrafl ofa Letter from Cork, dated Feb. 1

... 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 ...

Published: Wed 05 Mar 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 412 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

IRELAND

... 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 ...

Published: Thu 01 May 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 347 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dun fuY Tout

... 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 ...

Published: Thu 11 Sep 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Extract of a Lttter from Exbtir, Sept, 2

... built at Deptford. From I reland we hear, that the hard Froft laft Winter has tit a great Meafure deftroy 'd their Crop of Potatoes, oa which the Support of their Poor fo much depends j bcfide $, the W eather having been very wet and cold this Summer, the ...

Published: Sat 13 Sep 1740
Newspaper: Newcastle Courant
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 1095 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LONDON, September 6

... loft. Sii next Pofl. From Ireland we hear, that the hard Froft laft Winter lias in a great Meafure deitroy'd their Crop of Potatoes, on which the Support of their Poor fo much depends « befides the Weather having been very wet and cold this Summer the Com ...

Published: Sat 13 Sep 1740
Newspaper: Ipswich Journal
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 1431 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

From Londe GAZette, Nev. , At the Court at St. james's the arb of November; 174.6. Prefent, the King's molt

... of Vinegar, for the Service of the Fleet in the Welt- For his Majeßy's Ships in thole Parts hkewife fome hundred Tons of Potatoes have been bought up. His Maldly's Ship the Bafilis, the Command whereof htely conferred on Capt. Peddle, is ordered on a ...

SHIP-NEWS

... Vinegar, for the Service of the Fleet the Well-Indies* For his Ma jetty's Ships in thofe Parrs likewife fome hundred Tons ot Potatoes have bought up. His Majeily's Ship the Sandwich, a (econd Ra-e of ninety Guns, order'd'to be fitted for Service With all ...

Published: Thu 04 Dec 1740
Newspaper: Stamford Mercury
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2867 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

London, Nov. 29

... Tons of Vinegar, ft ? Service of the Fleet in the Weft Indies For his Majefty 's Ships in thofe PamliW fome hundred Tons of Potatoes have be bought up. en Wednelday Morning about Three o'ClocV a dieadful Fire broke out at the Sign of th Colliflower in K ...

Published: Thu 04 Dec 1740
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1269 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Proceedings of the Political Club,

... of carrots or jparfnips, with a quarter of a pound of turnips, all Jliced pretty fmall i fomctimes inflcad of thefe a few potatoes alfojliccd; then about two ounces of onions or leeks, and other greens, according to difcretion, fuch as kail, cabbage, lettice ...

Published: Fri 05 Dec 1740
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 15222 | Page: 67 | Tags: none