Maritime Log Entry Sailed and Arrived Ships
Saturday January 22 ship news lists outward bound vessels Jupiter Steg and Amazon Scarmone Batt Indiaman and remaining ships Dromedary Buffalo Warwick Fairy Ostrich and Swallow sloops. Arrivals include Dartmuth Carboris Bihop Two Brothers from Newfoundland and various port calls from Losdr Agatha Skeman Yarmouth Endustry Hastings Newry Venice Buca Compagnia Lombardo Pilate Veneto Claudio from Lendor Cove Hurter from onion and other ships with captains and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Wind N. Blowshard
Jupiter
Steg
Amazon
Dromedary
Buffalo
Warwick
Fairy
Swallow
Resolution
Expedition
Friendship
Cornwall
Hse
Losdr
Agatha
Skeman
Yarmouth
Endustry
Hastings
Newry
Venice
Buca Compagnia
Lombardo
Pilate
Veneto
Claudio
Lendor
Ac Datin
Cove
Hurter
Onion
A. Ortent
Grand Messenger
Opts
London
Nomination of M de Carmer as Great Chancellor
The Gazette reports the King has appointed M. John Henry de Carmer to the dignity of Great Chancellor and Chief Justice in all dominions. The appointment honors his faithful services in legal reform and his zeal, sagacity, and love of justice toward His Majesty and the royal house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Berlin
M. de Carmer
John Henry de Carmer
Surrey meeting at Epsom appoints committee to pursue petition
A large assembly of nobility, gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders at Epsom ratified a Yorkshire-like petition. Sir Francis Vincent to chair. a sixty-strong committee to report back, with resolutions adjournment to April 18 and thanks to the Sheriff and patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Epsom
Francis Vincent
Budgen
Yorkshire
Richard Hotham
Robert Clayton
Trecothick
County Petitions Move in Large Majority
The motion faced opposition from Lords Sandw ich, Brownlow, Hin chinbroke, Sir George Wombwell, and Mr Browne Barritter. A prodigious majority supported the petition on holding up bands. Lord Sand wich tried to divide the company but failed as the majority dominated. Petitions were signed by friends of the petition and a protest by Sand which followed. Petitions now agreed among Yorkshire, Huntingdon, Middlesex, Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex, Cheshire, Dorie Hertfordshire, Cumberland, Essex, Bedford, Gloucester, Somerset, Wiltshire, Norfolk, Berkshire, Brecon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Vincent
Earl of Effingham
Yorkshire
Sir Francis Vincent
York
Huntingdon
Mr. Reynolds
Duke of Manchester
Earl Fitzwilliam
Earl Ludlow
George Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Sir Robert Bernard
James Townsend
Ruf
Elgis
Bruxelles
Aldgate Ward
Aldgate
America
Orher
Lord Sandwicich
Lord Brownlow
Lord Hinchinbroke
George Wombwell
Browne
Barritter
Launcelot Browne
Lord Sandwich
Lord Sandwhich
Middlesex
Surrey
Hampshire
Sussex
Cheshire
Dorie
Hertfordshire
Cumberland
Essex
Bedford
Gloucester
Somerset
Wiltshire
Norfolk
Berkshire
Brecon
Admiral Rodney Captures Spanish Fleet Off Finisterre
An express reports Admiral Rodney steering from Cape Finisterre with a 64 gun ship, 36 gun frigates, and 16 transports from Bilbao to Cadiz and Havana. The Pearl aids, escorting a 64 gun ship and five frigates bound for England. Aboard the Pearl convoyed by a Spanish prize, the scene follows a prior encounter in lat 42 g 12 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty Ofice
Admiral Rodney
Cape Finisterre
Bilboa
Cadiiz
Havannah
Jones
Plymouth
George Rodney
Cadig
Gorge
England
Mr. Jones
Sir George
Mrr. Jones
Gsh
Sussex County Petition Against Finances and Crown Power
A large Lewes meeting of Sussex residents resolves to petition Parliament for economy reform. A committee drafts a detailed petition criticizing government finance, pensions, and crown influence, urging reduced expenditures, abolition of sinecures, and no new taxes until grievances are redressed. The assembly directs county members to present the petition locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frankland
Big
Hoare of Commons
Godfrey Webster
Steph, Lushington
D’oyley
Tripp William Smith
Bayley
Wm. Green
Fins
Mill Leeves
Don
George Thomas
Geo. Thomas
Bart
John Aldridge
Lewes
Thomas Kemp
John Sergeant
Harry Peckham
Commons
Great Britain
Sussex
Sheweth
France
Spain
Nis County
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Lon Dorn
Parlia
Ieeting Do
Sir Joseph Mawbey
James Scawen
Efgis
F. Vincene, Bart
Ruofe
Earl of
Pertlemen
Mr. H. Gill
Keare
J. Bourdieu
F.haurst
J. Scott
Hudson
Ruth
Hayes
Garthwaite
Cooper
G. Allen
Nichols
Rowed
Hamond
Hayling
Thomas
Lomax
Pettiward
T. Faffett
C. Green
Wilkinson
Wigfell
Earl of Suffolk
George Warren
King
Lord Middleton
Scawen
Lord Bulkeley
Wodd
Robert Smyth
Trechittick
Francie Vincent
Clutton
Joseph Mawbey
Mr. Bellas
Sheriff Pugh
Ironmongers Hall
Fenchurch Street
William Lee
William Burcett
Deputy Partridge
Alderman Lee
Common Council
Lu Erm
Abla
Lee
Admiralty
Cook
Jenny
Douglas
Dundee
Cork
West Indies
Bishop
Royal Exchange
Grantham
White
Falmouth
Parker
Proserpine
St. Kitt’s
Shropshire
Fleurefs
Martinico
Clapham Common
Surry Road
John Macnamara, Esq
Lincoln’s Inn
Miss Jones
Kensington
Arthur Jones
Colonel Gordon
Miss Bamfylde
Richard Bamfylde
Paltimore
Fort Mahie
Blick Saunders Bate
Braithwaite
Mzdrass
Wapping
Shomas Dilworth
Liffun-Gréan
Paddington
Hemans
Hawker and Pedlars
Gray’s Inn
Gascoine
Majesty
Lord Gerplaine
John Walkers Fen
Banhill
Morden Parker
East India, Company
Thomas Humberton
Beaconsfield
Smith
Queen’s Arms
St. Paul’s Church
L. M. Stretch
Academy
Twickenham
C Dilly
Bricith Plutarch
Henney
Geo
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