Antelope and Commodore Boys Remain in Downs
The Antelope and Commodore Boys remain in the Downs with his Majesty's Ship Aquilon. Sailed yesterday under convoy for outward-bound, after arrival from a cruise with the Stag Tartar and Beaver sloops. Leopard Peel came down for Guadaloupe as the wind shifts north east.
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Commodore Boys
N. Deal
His Majesty
Downs
Boys
Guadaloupe
Salisbury
Mr. Keck
Genus
Conselt
Mr. Gorge
Juniper
Genius
Junier
Vidkor
Anhony Keck
Efy
Babraham
Victor
Orvonko
Samford
Turk
Childers
Becumaris
Anglefey
Llanerchymedd
Lewis
John Jones
Ainlweh
Mary Jones
Jones
Llaneihan
Rietbeirin
Coed-Anna
Anglesey
Cad Ciochdd
Detwydd
Dwedan
Mohan
Wretgan
Norfolk
Mile
Gellsmith
Richard Little On
Ath
John Boldero Ey
Lombdard-Street
Constantinople
Sultan Ixalga
Chan
Crim Tartary
Variars
Volga
Black Sea
Astracan
Roo
Portsmouth
Chesterfield
Spithead
Success
Plymouth
Thomas and Richard
Campion
Happy Recovery
Brown
Amelia
Candler
Rigaladen
Charming Polly
Kirkman
Bristol
Speford
Norwich
Achilles
Vestal
Juno
Aquillon Alan
Holbourn
Deal
Leopard
Poole
Star
Majfly
Jamaica
Evans
Dieppe
Friendship
Hunter
Havre
Liverpool
Beckford
Bridge at Black Fryars Threatened by Nobility Power
A letter from aboard His Majesty's ship describes naval strength off Brest under Hawke and Geary, with hopes to sail by midmonth. Reports say Dutch and French ships, privateers, and conveys of war materiel are active. London society notes a Thames bridge plan and a wedding, plus a sharp-town sharpers tale and a house damage incident at Black's Fields.
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Lon Odon
Black Fryars
Strand
Thames
Covent-Garden
Brest
Edward Hawke
Geary
Hardy
Spain
Usham
Ostend
Havre de Grace
Rodney
Portsmouth
Commodore Moore
Barrington
Martinico
Marseilles
Constantinople
Hawke
Wilson
Malta
Robert Johnson
Londonderry
Donald
Peterhead
Peter Stevenson
Yarmouth
Gottenburgh
Hobereau
Bonvarlet
Calais
Christiansand
Maurepas
Stephen Hughes
Liverpool
Stockholm
Ellen
Rigg
Peter Allemes
Dunkirk
Lefioe
Cattégate
Thames-Ditton
Surrey
Sir William Twifdin
Miss Jarvis
George: Jarvis
Snow-Hill
Loaft
Tawx
India Company
Trickery in a City Market and a Bridewell Sentence
A Hoffer and a Johnson scheme to commit theft by swapping goods and false claims. The Hoffer suspects the cheat when the plot unravels and the public is warned. A woman is jailed for stealing children, and a condemned prisoner linked to a street robbery nears execution after a pretended pregnancy.
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Cloysters
Johnson
Hoffer
Southwark
Bridewell
William Clarke
Kent Street
Mary Bulger
Bouger
Richard Spencer
Postscript on Militia and Policy Critics in London
Postscript addresses modern politics with a call for a national militia as a remedy to invasions and misgovernment. It critiques fear of action, praises decisive measures against enemy ships, and rails at political folly while noting public tax, expeditions, and a famed Jamaica episode.
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Landgrave
Hesfe
Jamaica
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