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French Privateers Capture Coastal Sailing Vessels and Fire Updates
The report lists several ships including The St. Clare and The Rebecca seized by French privateers while en route from Cork to Antigua and Montrose to Ancona. It notes a London meeting at Jonathan's Coffee-House planning to allocate Royal Exchange space for fire victims, plus city discussions on foreign builders aiding in rebuilding and the strange fire plug issue. It also covers a series of local incidents: a fatal drowning in Tothill Fields, smuggling arrests, and multiple high society marriages and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clare
Bartlett
Lisbon
Pool
Rebecca
Benson
Cork
Antigua
Liberty
Montrose
Ancona
Brothers
Venice
Gresham Committee
Royal Exchange
Court of Common Council
City of London
Low- Harvard
Shepperton
Middlesex
Tothill-fields
Robert Cunningham
Newgate
Thomas Burdus
Poole
Thomas Watling
Tom Titt
Patterson
Charing
Kent
Miss de Chair
de Chair
Earl of Burlington
Lord Vicount Trentham
Earl of Gower
Louisa Egerton
Duke of Bridgwater
Broadway
Westminster
James Logan
Israel Ruffell
New Bond Street
Henry Ruffell
John Laguerre
Theatre Royal
Covent Garden
Noah Chandler
Randwicke
Gloucestershire
Cardew
Cornwall
Milor
Marsion-House
Penryn
Falmouth
Tru- To
Redruth
Dagge
Southampton
Chancery-Lane
London
Mer. Donythen
Creed
Grampond
Toereal
Thomas Chandler
Clifford’s Inn
Harchatch
Twyford
Reading
Thomas Tendall
James Reynolds
George Wolley
Henry Taylor
Frame and Co
Matthew Collett
Thomas Brown