Arrival of Lyon at Portsmouth and Harmful War News
Directors hear of the Lyon Capt Bowen arriving at Portsmouth returning from Vera Cruz after 17 months, carrying silver snuff cochineal and goods, with repairs in Havana. Reports from Marseilles note Spanish army growth to fifty thousand. Warsaw says Poles demand Livonia. Shipping losses include a Bermuda to New York sloop wreck on Rockaway Beach with deaths. a Barbados to Philadelphia brigantine left in Delaware Bay. a Nantucket sloop left at Gay Head with only crew saved. Edinburgh dispatch describes Andrew Wilson execution in presence of guards. Porteous orders crowd suppression after mob violence, provosts and guards praised. Includes corn prices, Cascarilla alias Cortex Peruanus, and weekly disease and casualty lists. Market quotes show South Sea stock changes and financials. End with sale of manuscript sermons at Crown in Hanover Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South-Sea Company
Portsmouth
Lyon
Bowen
la Vera Cruz
Havannah
Electorate of Hanover
Marseilles
Spain
M. Chavigny
Paris
Hanover
Warsaw
Livonia
Bermuda
New York
Wight
Rockaway Beach
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Stamper
Barbados
Philadelphia
Browns
Delaware Bay
Nantucket
New England
Peter Clarke
North Carolina
Gay Head
Edinburgh
Andrew Wilson
Stark
Canongate
Wilson
Fife
Captain Porteous
Jook
Porteous
Gloucester
England
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Klchange
London
Welch
Mine Adventure
Emperors
R. Gibbs Drawing Rules and May Horse Races at Worthy Downs
A published broadside details Gibbs's corrected room for drawing architecture, plus an extensive note on horse racing at Worthy Downs near Winchester. It lists races from May 18 to 21 with prize money, entry fees, weights, and officials, and mentions cockfighting and social balls. It also includes notices about a fox-hound and a servant seeking information, with horse breeder and stallion details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertford
Thomas Saunders Seabright
Deceas
Henshaw Harsey
Fust
R. Gibbs
Henwetth-Street
Marybon Fields
N.B
Christian Hardy
Little-Heath
Collyer-Row
Essex
Christian Hartley
Buckley
Old-street
Hall
N. B
Stormer
Winchester
Worthy Downs
Viscount Lymington
Magesty
George Inn
George-Inn
Winchesters
George Bridges
Pawlett
Mary Mead
Hugh Hare
Bettesworth
Dorking
Surrey
Cartwright
Berry-street
St. James's
Nottingham
York
Lincoln
Thomas Welch
Louth
Manaca
Darlow
Childers
Snake
Culpeper’s
J. Roberts
Oxford
Warwick
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Shepherd-street
Hanover Square
Newmarket
Lord Middleton
Mr. Panton
Duke of Somerset
Duke of Bolton
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of
Lord Panmore
Lord William Manners
Mr. Vane
His Majesty’s Plate
Mr. South
Dunkirk
Mr. Grefwood
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