French Partisan Mariette Captured at Dorsten in 1759
From Munster December 17 reports Mons. Mariette led a force to seize Capt. Scheller of the Hanoverian Light Horse at Haltern. A patrol spotted him, seized him in Dorsten, and he was delivered to Scheiter. Mariette quipped that his reputation makes death unnecessary. Also notes Hamburg and Paris dispatches on court duties and trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick
Munster
Mons. Mariette
Wesel
Scheller
Hanoverian Light Horse
Haltern
Doriten
Burgeontatter
Mons
Mariette
Scheiter
Versailles
Hamburgh
Heffe-Castle
Bremen
Rintelen
Hague
England
Paris
Edié&t
Toulon
Oiseau
Marseilles
Antibes
Dutch Captain’s Fraud Exposed as Goods Restored at Bourdeaux
A Dutch captain claimed he was robbed by an English privateer on returning to Bourdeaux with a French merchant’s valuables. The captain’s protest failed when shopkeepers verified the goods were bought from him, restoring the property. Reports also note Admiral Boscawen’s fleet plans, naval preparations, and various 1759 notices including court, hospital, and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Bourdeaux
Boscawen
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Woolwich
Fame
His
Temple
Hull
America
Moore
Martinico
Guardaloupe
North America
Fort du Quesne
Forbes
Saxony
Count de Bruhl
Poland
Thorn
Brown
Calmacs
Hias
Naples
Florence
Ombrono
Paragua
Sallee
Sultan
Jamaica
Gibraltar
St. Lucar
Lisle
Webb
Robert Gordon
Duke of Richmond
East Indies
William Gordon
Col. Ross
Alexander Murray
Warburton
Farquhar
Amherst
Sun- Fire Office
Peter,Godfrey
Jodrell
East India Service
Dalziel
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Letherland
Milner
Vintners Company
Lyon Bitles
Thomas Herrison
Colmer
Priors-Dean
Hampshire
Jaft
Perry Buckiey
Winkfield Place
Berks
Bingham
Richard Bingham
Finchley
Carton
Robert Coton
Lynch Salusoury Cotton
Denbigh
Canterbury
William Watson
Primrose Street
Payne
John Gyles
South Sea House
Dog and Bear Yard
Southwark
Dawson
Vaux Hall
Chelsea College
Farringdon Without
Alderman Stevenson
Guildhall
Bridewell
London
Woolpack Beacon breaks loose. floating beacon will be laid
Trinity House reports the Woolpack Beacon broke away on January 3 1759 and a floating beacon will be laid in its place immediately until a new beacon is built and installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity-House
Otice
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The
London Evening-Post
Lonnn Don
Clerkenwell Bridewell
John Fielding
Hornsey
Middleser
James Kison
Richard Roman
John Matters
Joan Browne
Cumberland Wharf
Rotherhich
Mets
White and Graham
Surrey
Pertons
Middlessex
William Lord Mansfield
His Majesty
Brentford
New Brentford
King’s Arms
Cornhull
Gabriel Founce
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