Maritime Movements and Arrivals at Key Ports
On March 5 and March 7 ships list wind directions and captains bound for Barbadoes Leghorn Lithon Waterford Penzance and more. Arrivals include Cork Lord Bangor from Alicant Dublin Mary and Jane from Liverpool Southampton Hope from Oporto Dunkirk Mary Howe from London Dartmouth William and Mary from Arundel Plymouth Lecce from Belfatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beat
Marcus
W.N.W
Marshal
Lowley
Alicant
Dublin
Mary
Jane
Lamath
Joseph
Walsh
Liverpool
Southampton
Hope
Pollard
Oporto
Dunkirk
Mary Howe
London
Dartmouth
William and Mary
Harrison
Arundel
Milford
Lively
Simmonds
Corke
Plymouth
Lecce
Belfatt
Court and Country News from Early British Letters
Dispatches from the Hague summon a Cabinet Council. The Prince of Würtemberg appears at court. Eden becomes Lord of Trade. Preby… named Dean of Lincoln. Letters from Boston and Charleston describe Dunmore’s stand, New York revolt, and weak recruiting in New England. Plymouth and Falmouth receive troops. various ships and a riot at sea reported. A library fire, a bishop’s commentary burn, a sailor’s escape, and petty crimes surface in London notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Secretary of State
Joseph Yorke
Hague
Prince of Wurtemburg
England
William Eden
Edward Hlliot
Dr. Preby
Lincoln
South Carolina
Charles Town
Henry Middleton
William Campbell
Georgia
Sandwich
Boston
New-England
Lord Dunmore
Standard
Province of
New-York
New England
Connecticut
Adams
Peesley
R.T. Paine
J. Reed
William Cushing
Superior Court
Court of Session
Taylor
Corke
Plymouth
57Th Regiment
Sir Peter Parker
Torvoy
Wilson
Cork
Boon
Falmouth
Seaford
America
Portland
Bishop of Rochester
Savoy
Alexander Dalrymple
East Indies
John Fielding
James Cockburn
Cafe of Commons
Moorfields
Westminster
Threadneedle-s
Poultry Compter
Bow-street
Sir John Fielding
Sampson Wright
William Addington
Elgis
Sarah Armstrong
Joseph Allanson
Mercer
Strand
Reed
Fetter Lane
Prisoner implicated in silk theft and multiple pawnbrokers
A prisoner confessed to robbing silk from Allanson and named eleven pawnbrokers who pledged the goods, totaling 70 to 30 pieces. One pawnbroker refused to reveal his records and was fined. The prisoner claimed losses from lottery office dealings pushed the theft. The case was remanded with others bound for prosecution. Died notices follow for several local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Reed
Allanson
Alanson
Richmond
Henry St. George Darell Trelawney
Francis Bedwell
Plumbe
Alyderman Plumbe
Ditton
St. Mary Islington
Newport
Shropshire
Mary Coxwell
Coxwell
Brook-street
Hanover-square
Morpeth
Northumberland
William Ward
Nupatkirk
Isaac Brown
Sunderland
Tirman
Durham
Sophia Jewson
Benjamin Jewson
First Reading of Lords Bill on American Affairs and Hessian Subsidies
Postscript report from London House of Lords describes a first reading of multiple bills including punishment for mutiny and desertion in the American colonies, measures to prevent destruction of bastard children, and reform of poor relief in St George Hanover Square. It covers urgent debate over Hessian and other subsidy treaties, with Duke of Richmond urging immediate steps to halt Hessian and Hanoverian troops and seek reconciliation with America amid a long, factional debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Tursday
Marcu
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Cornwall
Duke of Richmond
America
Lord Suffolk
Carlisle
Lord Talbot
Lord Sandwich
Lord Townshend
Lord Lyttelton
Lord Weymouth
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Mancheser
Lord Efingham
Lord Camden
Earl Tearple
America-gruit
Scylla
Charybdis
Ireland
Shuldham
Norfolk
Virginia
Admiralty
Admiral Shuldham
Lord Howe
Lord Toawnsend
Heffe
Anhalt
Brunwick
Lord Shelburne
Denmark
Europe
Paris
Pruffia
England
France
Spain
House of Austria
Russia
Ara Guments
Lyttelton
Great Britain
Treasury Board
Aé&T
Walter Raleigh
Minerva
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