Notable 18th Century Trials and Appointments in Whitehall
Reported proceedings recount several condemned criminals spared on reprieve, including Ley, Gyles, Shakespear, and Whitehall related highway robbery cases. a prison escape plan thwarted by a fellow prisoner. Also noted are Whitehall notices: Edward Smalley appointed rector, grants of cathedral deanship in Dromore, and commissions in a Royal Volunteers regiment with numerous named officers and officers’ appointments across multiple regiments. Additional entries list dividends to creditors and certificates allowed for several individuals.
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London Gazette
Whitehall
Edward Smalley
Aldringham
Aldington
County of Lancaster
Chester
John Ashton
Kingdom of Ireland
Walter Cope
Dromore
Samuel Hutchinson
Killala
Achonry
John Crauford
Royal Volunteers
William Lord Viscount Pulteney
Hugh Williams
Bart
John Campbell
Argyleshire
Dougal Campbell
Robert Campbell
Esy
Donald’Campbell
Robert M‘lauchlen
Angus M‘alister
John M‘niel
Alexander Campbell
Esgrs
Colin Campbell
James Campbell
Donald Campbell
Duncan M'‘Niel
Alexander M‘alister
Duncan Campbell
Andrew Duncanson
Archibald Campbell
Neil Campbell
Robert Carr
Twenty-fourth Regiment of Foot
Cornwallis
John Henry Battice
Peter Margaret
Bnrrupt
William James
Liverpool
Battersea
Surrey
Thomas Thorpe
Great Kingfell
Miffenden
Buckingham
Chapman
William Saul the Younger
Norwich
John Butcher
Taunton
Semester
James Whiteley
Leeds
York
George Francis
Colchester
Essex
Thomas Hafkar
Southampton
Thomas Pinchen
Saint Saviour
Southwarke
John Moore
James Strange
Saint Botolph Without Brthepsgate
London
Hermanus Wang
Saint Mary Axe
Northampton Races Purse Entries Demand High Stakes
The Northampton notices describe two racing days in September on the New Course. The Gentlemens Subscription Purse of Fifty Pounds invites entries at Red Lion Inn with fees, ages, and weights, plus conditions for three or more running horses and prize distribution. A Town Purse of Fifty Pounds follows, with entry at the Fleece Inn and similar age, weight, and entrance rules.
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Northampton
Red Lion Inn
Fleece Inn
Smith
N. HK
Peacock Inn
the George
Red-Lion
Trident Captures Spanish Vessel Arrives at Plantation News
Halifax notes on June 7 60 gun ship Trident under Capt Julian Legge arriving from Lisbon with a large Spanish ship taken, a Letter of Marque, and cargo of Sugar Coffee Indigo Cocoa and Cotton bound for Bourdeaux. Also Capt Nickels brings updates from Casco and Cape Delaw are about a November voyage from Louisbourg with soldiers to St. Johns, 36 aboard, seven others drowned including his son after a storm at Cape Delaware.
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Halifax
His Majesty
Trident
Julian Legge
Lisbon
Martinico
Bourdeaux
Boston
Nickels
Ja. Cox
Sarah
Molly
Casco
Louisbourg
St. John’s
Cape Delaware
Incredible hardships and escape from French forces
The account recounts a group traveling ten Margomarsh. after three days 22 froze to death and others lost limbs without fire or food. Seven attacking Indians were repelled by a French priest who aided them. News arrived that French Canada faced severe provisioning shortages due to no fleet reaching Quebec. In mid May no ships arrived, French forces were mobilized, and a party of four to five officers escaped in a French schooner run ashore near their location, reaching Louisbourg in safety.
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Margomarsh
Canada
Quebeck
France
Louisbourg
Life of Robert Mitchell Aged 88 Walks Eight Miles
On a June day in 1759 at Cambilltown in Argylefaire, Robert Mitchell, age 88, travels from Saddale to Camlxltown and back. He completes his eight mile journey to conduct business and returns home by night, leaving behind a record of his Life of Children Grand Children and Great Grand Children.
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Cambilltown
Argylefaire
Fune
Robert Mitchell
Saddale
Camlxltown
English and Neapolitan Honors For Clarendon History Volumes
In Oxford on Aug 4 the King of Prussia sent thanks for Lord Clarendon's History, read to the convocation, and a seal attached to a letter from Naples with thanks for two volumes on Portici curiosities and antiquities. In Liverpool on Aug 3 press gangs released Capt Thompson of the Golden Lion Greenland Ship after forcible seizure.
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Oxford
Earl of Westmorland
Prussia
Lord Clarendon
King of
Naples
Portici
Liverpool
Thompson
Golden Lion
Greenland
Vengeance
Ingram
Africa
Jamaica
Port News From Plymouth and Deal
Plymouth reports the Nottingham Man of War arrived with victuallers, and the Bienfaisant and Swallow sloop sails for Admiral Hawke's Fleet. In Deal the Grampus returns to manage outward-bound convoy, with Norwich Alarm and Marquis of Granby privateers, and Woolwich. The Prince George schooner from Boston and the Thunder Bomb arrive at the Downs. Tartar frigate also sailed for Sheerness. Wind fresh from the southwest.
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Port News
Plymouth
Nottingham
Bay
Admiral Hawke
Deal
Downs
Norwich
Alarm
Prince George
Farr
Boston
Liverpool
Bedford
Sheerness
His
Tartar
Wind S. W
Grampus
Battle reports and captured vessels headline 18th century dispatch
London Express cites an account of a clash on the 26th between Prussian forces under Wedel and Seidlitz and Ruffians with the latter routed. 7,400 killed, 2,000 taken prisoner, two cannon captured, and baggage seized. Seidlitz reportedly in pursuit as a messenger left. Batteries rise along the French coast, notably at Dunkirk, amid fear of forthcoming aid. A list of ships captured in May and sent to Martinico includes Bartlers, Grove, Kingstone, Elizabeth, William, Port Packer, and many others sailing from Bristol, London, Cork, and more, destined for Antigua, Jamaica, Tortola, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
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London
Wedel
Seidlitz
Spor
Webermow
Havre
Dunkirk
Martinico
Bartlers
Rainey
Bristol
Grove
Cole
Kingstone
Gregg
Cork
Jamaica
Elizabeth
Parr
Liverpoole
Tortola
William
Power
The
Dayton
Dublin
Three Friends
Nicholls
Ruby
Collins
New London
Edward
Keevish
Swan
Hazer
Wheel of Fortune
Laithwaite
Antigua
Hunter
Curle
Virginia
Tygar
Muniford
Baschus
Rowland
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HK Krno
Hzap
Coventry
William Pimlott
Birch
William Pindorr
Stanford Hall
Loughborough
John Charnock
Leicester
Derby
County of
Lancaster
Pruton-Mor
Preston
Oswald HoskiNs
Limehouse
Middlesex
Bive
Guildhall
Langarren
Edward Davis
Thomas Pugh
Robert Keyse
Ross
MD. Benn
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