News brief from July 4 detailing naval movements
Tuesday July 4 news item notes a vessel named Haffr or Haffer arriving after port and remaining with the fleet. Mentions George and Molly tender Charming Sally Thorpson and Hannah Rounding victuallers. Wind SW yesterday, ships sailed and remained as before.
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Deal
Fuly
Wind S.W
His
George and Molly
Charming Sally
Thorpson
Fannah
Rounding
Victuallers
London News: French Squadron Sighted and Riot Letters Read
The Lioness aboard arrives with word of a French fleet near Belleisle pursued by Admiral Geary. Dispatches to the Lord Mayor report riots and the government urging legal measures. Privateer Escape taken by the French. new cannon ship to Charles Town. several Bills pass Royal Assent. African Company Directors elected. execution at Tyburn. Oxford Circuit dates. corn prices listed.
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Belleisle
Geary
Lionels
Wii
Cadiz
Brett
House of Commons
George Gordon
Jrsey
Dunkirk
Reyal
Woolwich
Charles Town
South Carolina
Deptford
East India Company
India
Greenland
Halifax
African Company
Scotch Yard
Cannon-ftreet
John Shoolbred
James Bogle French
Charles Cleland
Anthony Calvert
James Laird
James Johnson
Trials of rioters at the Old Bailey yesterday
Five prisoners were tried at the Old Bailey with three capital sentences. Edward Dennis, the former executioner, accused of firing and aiding the demolition of Edmund Boggie’s house in New Turnstile, faced threats during his defense. Enock Flening and John Morris were convicted for burglary and arson at Ferdinand Schamberg’s Woodstock Street home. Morris shown mercy as a teen. Henry Makall, apothecary in Oxford Road, charged with inciting the mob to destroy Lord Mansfield’s house, argued that presence in a riot could make one liable. witnesses described mob violence, fires, and attempts to control the crowd while the guards intervened.
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Old Bailey Yard
Dennis Reardon
Newgate
Ty‘bugn
Surgeons Hall
Pugh
Old Bailey
Edward Dennis
Edmund Boggie
Enoch Flening
John Morris
Ferdinand Schamberg
Woodstock-street
Oxford Road
Mercy
Henry John Maskall
William Earl of Mansfield
Wallace
Erskine
Bearcroft
Peckham
Lee
Darrell
Howarth
Norton
Markall
Greenall
Lord Mansfel
George the First
Richard Ingram
No. 1
Weymouthtreet
Oxford-road
Mr. Sparrow
Queen-square
Devonshire-street
Bloombury-square
Lord Mansfield
Devonthire-street
George Gordon
Mr. Markall
Marshall
Mashall
Clapp
Makkail
Ruffell-street
Bedford Wall
Buffel-street
Matkall
Peterborough
Bristol
Matkal
Devonshire
Peckham Cross
Ingram
Bloomsbury Square
Molloy
Ormond-Street
Tomas Mills
Lora Mansfield
Mafkall
Dstroyiig
Tothill-fields
William Groves
Mansfeld
Thomas Mills
Fudge Skinner
Elizabeth Evans
Makkill
Ruffel-street
Nicholas Nicholls
Wm Eilis
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Circuit
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Fin Ice Buller
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Oxforshire
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City of Worcester
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Hereford
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Shrewsbury
Staffordshire
Stafford
Bear Key
Mr. Maskall
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