Outrage Against Joseph Manuel by Smugglers in Dorsetshire Coasts
Custom-House London December 8 1762 notice offering 50 pounds for information leading to the apprehension of the eight smugglers and accomplices who abducted Joseph Manuel from Iford, forced him aboard the Ranger Dorcas Cutter, and subjected him to cruelty near Alderney, with rewards targeting the principal offenders and those who hired them. The act was allegedly tied to revenue officers and smugglers.
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Custom-House
London
Joseph Manuel
Ford
Christ Church Twynham
Southampton
William Mantel
Iford
Poole
Bourn Mouth
Ranger
Juermsey
Thomas Donnall
Alderney
Revenue
Dorsetshire
Hampire
His Majesty
William Manuel
His Majesty’s Customs
W. Wood
London Marine Charity Plans for Discharged Seamen
A 1752 London appeal outlines the Marine Society plan to shelter and apprentice shipwrecked or discharged sailors. It explains funding needs, subscription lists, and bank offices, urging magistrates and the public to support care, placement at ports, and London assistance for diseased or destitute youths.
Conspirators in Holland and European War News
Mail from Holland reports a guard officer conspiracy against the Empress with two ringleaders sentenced to be beheaded but spared by clemency, others degraded or confined. Across Europe, dispatches note Polish and Prussian intrigues, troop movements toward the Rhine, and British forces preparing for winter quarters amid ongoing alliances and negotiations with France Spain and England.
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Holland
Moscow
Ismaylov
Siberia
Czarina
Courland
Germany
Ponnania
Warsaw
Count Branski
Poland
Lubomirsky
Konigslerg
Count Keyserling
Kussia
Wartay
Ratisben
Wittebourg
Vienna
France
Spain
England
Stahrenberg
Paris
Drefan
Leipiic
Stutterheim
Fen
Lower Rhine
Cleves
Marck
Guelderland
London
Versailles
Brandenburgh
Prince of Bevern
Michaelsdorft
Schweidnitz
Upper Silesia
Lipsladt
Bremen
Wezer
North Sea
Munster
Hildesheim
Paderborn
Helle
Peace treaty progress and royal addresses at London
In London yesterday the peers waited on the king at St James’s with their address of thanks on preliminary peace articles and received a gracious reply. The Commons followed with their address. About 430 members were present in the House of Commons on Thursday night, which rose near midnight. the Lords were nearly as full and adjourned about nine. A court of criminal pursuants is slated for Guildhall Tuesday. The treaty of peace is reportedly signed by one contracting power. Paris letters say France cedes to Spain part of Louisiana in the Preliminary boundaries.
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Marine Society
Bishopsgate-Street
Derees
London
Lord Romney
William Dolben
Bart
Robert Ladbroke
Charles Asgill
Richard Glyn
Joseph Hankey
Francis Gosling
John Thornton
Robert Nettleton
Thomas Walker
John Lodge
Esq
James Mathias
Jonas Hanvway
Thomas Hanway
Charles Morris
William Wood
Austin Fryars
John Blake
George Morris
Andrew Thomson
George Wegg
Vincent Mathias
Je Morril
Joan Dorien
Sane Ellicor
R. John Whitton
Hon
Henry Fox
William Pooley
Thomas Crozier
Thomas Harrison
John Butcher
John Brown
Colebrooke, Lesingham, and Co
Threadneedle Street
Honeywood, Fuller and Co
Birchin Lane
Vere, Glyn
Halifax
Ditto
Nigheingale
Wickenden
Lombard - Street
Martin, Stone and Blackwell
Dito
Cliffe, Walpole
Clerke
James
Thomas Coutts
Strand
Drummond and Co
Charing- Cross
Backwell, Hart, Darrel
Crofis
Pall-Mall
Hill
Baldwin
Jackson
St. James’s Street
Bardana
Edinburgh
Nowhoever
Sa Jay
House of Commons
St. James’s
House of Lords
Commor Council
Guildhall
Paris
France
Spain
Louisiana
Reua
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Corn- Exchange
Mark-Lane
Joan
James Bradshaw
Henry Raminger
Stone Bridge
Fleet Ditch
Greenough
Ludgate
J. Newbery
Bible and
Sun
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Pacenree
T. Greenough
Genio
Senate
Williams
Ludgate-Hill
T. Waller
Ferrer-Lane
Fleet- Street
N. B
Mr. Nash
Hoare
City of
Bath
Richard Nath
St. Pauls
W. Frederick
Bach
G. Faulkner
Dublin
George Scott
Nath
Robert Ainsworth
W. Mount
T. Page
C- Hitch
L. Hawes
B. Barker
J. Pete
C. Barhurst
H. Woodfall
A. Millar
Buckland
R. Tonson
J. Beecroft
W. Strahan
J- Rivington
R. Baldwin
W. Owen
W. Johnston
G. Keith
Bible and Sun
Robert Walker
Horton
Portssmouth
Cdthea
Walke
Jesus, Brus
Jesus
Wessels and Co. N
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