Royal knighting ceremony and naval dispatches reported
From the London Gazette Jan 18 and Saint Farmer's Jan 15 accounts recount His Majesty knighting Sir Charles Hotham and Sir James Gray with the Order of the Bath in a ceremonial display. Other items describe Duke of Gloucester sailing to Naples, and notices of appointments and local obituaries across England.
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London Gazette
St. Farmer’s
Military Order of the Bath
Hill
Charles Hotham
Whitehead
Cullum
Bath King of Arms
Jeffery Amherst
James Gray, Bart
Naples
Aiguns
St. Yom Jax
John Gilpin Lowry
Negambija
James's
Philip du Val
Plague and Fire Hit Europe in Early January News
Mail from Volland reports Vienna plagued by putrid fevers amid damp weather. Hospitals overflow as the Emperor visits incognito to aid sick. Siegbourg notes a three‑place Abby fire destroying the Abbey of St. Bennet and abbots’ quarters. Paris broadcasts English Canadian posssessions ratification from London.
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Volland
Vienna
Siegbourg
London Social and Naval News Amid Birthday Ball
London society reports a grand birthday ball at St James s with the Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz and the Duchess of Grafton, then Mansion House illumination and noble departures. Also notes Sir Charles Hotham s daughter presented to the Queen and a Portsmouth arrival of Capt Bennet, with maritime snippets from Lisbon and Madras dated 1771.
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St. James’s
Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
Duchess of Grafton
Charles Hotham
Walter Stewart
Exchequer
Alexander Stirling
Bennet
Lisbon
Portsmouth
Havannah
Lee
Cape
Public address from Sheriff John Wilkes to London liverymen
John Wilkes defends his sheriffalty against debt imprisonment claims. He cites legal precedent, urges obedience to statute, praises Parliament for debt relief efforts, and vows to protect personal rights. He pledges unity with his colleague and readiness to defend liberties against factional power.
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Guildhall
Robert Holloway
W. F. Jackson
James Stephen
Court of King's Bench
Superior Court of Justice
Jay
Duref
House of Commons
Middlesex
Peron
London
Shipwrecked Real Charlotte Reach Andrescilles Coast
A stormy spell brings arrivals of wrecked vessels to the coast. The English ship Real Charlotte, Capt. George Hume, ran aground near Andrescilles. crew of 12 and 12 passengers saved, cargo including sugar and indigo at risk. notable passengers include Marquis de Puifay and London merchants from Grenada.
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Boulogne Fur Mer
George Hume
Andrescilles
Marquis de Puifay
Limoulin
London
Grenada
Indiz
Prince of Wales visits Drawing Room in own apartments
London reports the Prince of Wales attending the Drawing Room for the first time from his own apartments as Prince of Wales, with his court. Additional dispatches note a Cremona contagion scare deemed safe, a naval seizure near Leghorn, a grounding near Wide Mere, and various social and entertainment items including a Drury Lane performance and local court notices.
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Prince of Wales
Turin
Cremona
Liverpool
James Miller
Leghorn
Mediterranean
Larache
John
Elizabeth
Barry
Newcastle
de Stadt
Bougce
Ostend
Maidstone
Drury Lane Tre
Fabionable Lever
Nave Weston
Dover
France
Mariffort
Thomas Wood
Woodlitree
Tilington
All Lowry
James Dedson
Sarah Carey
Greenwich
Suda
Randall
Eig
Upper Brook Sreet
Shhannah Burton
Moun Freer
Grofye
Square
Gabriel Lowy
Pountney
Yarmouth
Fienny
Piley
Bart
Bristol
Price
St. James's
Wm. Harrison
Gravesend
St. James’s Square
Wm, Maynard
Gre K-Street
Soho
Samuel Noble
Army
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Horne
Poultry Compter
Harrow
Watson
Clough
Chichester
George Bayley
Eagle-street
Red Lion-square
John Taylor
Tokenhouse Yard
James Skinner
Montrose
North Britain
James Fort
Africa
London Evening Post
City of London
Hamble
John Wilkes
Vollind
Flanders
NEWS
Deal
Seaford
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