Corfe Cattle Defeat and Fleet Street Fires of December 1762
London 1762 news items recount the Corfe cattle defeat by the Lady of Lord, prisoners and court actions, a Prussia Poland accommodation, weddings, a grand funeral for Granville, ship movements, street lighting plans, accidents in Fleet Street, a coach crash rescue, a drowning in Fleet Ditch, and local policing needs, with further notes on fires, arrests, and market activity.
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London
Banks
Muhlhausen
Prussia
Poland
Lord de Trisch
Leipzig
Prusia
Carus
Arkholme
Lancashire
Betty Wilson
Caderton
Westmorland
Granville
Jerusalem
Order of the Garter
Birmingham
Honeyborn
Newcastle
John Scaife
Capain
Chetterfield
Havannah
Trinity-house
Samuel Hallowell
John Rayne
John Twedell
Unthank
Northumberland
Ramshaw Moor
Edward
Tanfield
Durham
Robert Raine
Hemel On-Row
Bell
Gentcelly Dresed
Metl
Masterman and Peacock
Globe
Strand
Ralph Morris
Mr. Box
Buckingham
King’s Arms
Uxbridge
Admiral Pocock
Land
Texel
Jansz Kniper
Rochefort
Chester
Copperas
Hocwt
Logwood
Dunkirk
Russia
Bremen
Deal
Hannah, Brown
Bohn
Jamaica
Remin
Downs
Drury Lane
Henry IV
France’s naval strength and Madrid concessions debated
The Monitor essay critiques British war aims and France policy, arguing concessions to France risk provoking open hostilities and undermine treaties. It questions whether France can be humiliated into peace while Britain makes further concessions, noting Spain as a counterpoint to concessions.
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The
Monitor
France
Madrass
Coromandel
Britain
Spain
Unparalleled British Policy and Havana Gain Debate
Analyzed remarks condemn Britain’s postwar capitulations as reckless and costly. The piece argues surrender of Havana and Cuba’s fortifications weakens trade, burdens Britain with debt, and advantages Bourbon foes, urging Parliament to resist such concessions and defend imperial gains.
Miserable shifts of sedition in early administration
The Briton observes how sedition tries to cling to power by shaping public belief as Parliament nears meeting. It notes the promise of overturning ministry measures and the fear of punishment for the rulers, while calling out the North American and Monitor as sources of such rhetoric. The piece laments the faction’s fixation on opposing the legal constitution vested in the King.
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Great-Britain
Campeachy
Pricain
Spain
Cuba
Havannah
North America
Great Britain
House of Bourbon
South America
Old Spain
Crown
Terra Firma
Peru
Mexico
Cress
Havanish
St.Augustine
Belton
Pipult
Helrer
Tyburn
Aricon
Monitor
Narion
Heathucore
Leryter
London
Fox Populi
Fox Dei
W. Nicoll
Pater-nill
St Paul's
Church-yard
Bookfellers
Westminster
A. Mercator
Sam Dunn
Chelsea
Europe
Milez
Sieur Robert de Vanzondy
Thomas Eichen
West India
Eman
Bowen
Asla
Sieur D
East Indies
V.aprica
Bicto
Mlus
E. N
Rovert Sayer
Map
Prinsteller
Acci
Golden Buck
Serjeants Tin
Fleet Street
Elizabath Bakewell
Weary Parker
Birchin- Lane
Cornhill
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Cove
T-Garden
Navy
Prem
Long Ann
London- Ridge
Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
York
van Stuck
Ichalf Bank Anwisso
Fatia