Transports fail from Gravesend as troops await reinforcements
Letters from Germany report General Eliot and Lord Pembroke with the Light Horse at Prince Ferdinand’s HQ. Major Erskine led the corps after a sudden engagement. A Taylor epitaph quips at military use of crafts. Dockside rowers prepare for Doggett’s Coat and Badge race. News recounts ships captured, fireships arriving, and imminent coastal operations with Hawke and York figures. Local tragedies include a man found hanged near the ramparts.
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Gravesend
Nore
Germany
Elliot
Lord Pembroke
Light Horse
Prince Ferdinand
Erskine
Taylors
Doggett
Old Swan
London Bridge
White Swan
Chelsea
Plymouth
Alarm
Quiberon Bay
Portmouth
Isle of Wight
Bell
Marlborough
St. Helen’s
Chatham
Firedrake
Furnace
Spithead
Mars
Sir Edward Hawke
Admiral Boscawen
Duke of York
Sir Edward
Durell
Charming Betty
Cullen
London
Malaga
Carthagenze
Anthony Fitzgerald
Cork
Audacieux
St. Malo
Cadiz
Lords of Appeal
Elft
Amsterdam
Statin
Clinton
Smith
Harcourt
Webber
Griffin
Dethick
Godolphin
Hutchenson
Bombay
Court of Directors
The
East India Company
Earl of Holderneffe
Brooke
Golden Lion
Thompson
Greenland
Liverpool
Cholmondley
Boston
New England
Paul Mascareen, Esq
Ova Scotia
Kensington Gravel
James Mitchie
Ely
Carolina
Blagden
Coleman-street
Aldrace
Inquest Verdict on Stillborn Infant at Castle Broad Street
Coroner's Inquest sat apart the body of the infant at the Castle in Broad Street and returned a verdict of stillborn. No mark of violence was found on the child. The mother is detained for a trial period.
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Broad-Street
Parliaments in England From Norman Times to Revolution
Postscript discusses how parliaments were held, tracing changes from annual to longer sessions. It notes Henry VIII’s extended sittings and Charles I’s long intermissions, then Restoration shifts, and the 1689 Bill of Rights commitment that parliaments be held frequently, with later Hanoverian concerns about prerogative and corruption.
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Henry the Eighth
Henry
Charles
Edward the
Marchy
iMereby
Charles the First
Charles the
Charles the Second
House of Commons
Commons
Prince of Orange
Storm and Race Results Mentioned in London Chronicle
The letter notes ongoing Allied French military moves and courtly declarations, while a storm from Namfoau to Deal reports hail damages around the town. Races at Durham and Canterbury record winners and weights with notable horses and owners. News includes deaths in Ludgate Street and Norfolk burial plans, plus weekly disease and burial tallies and stock prices.
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Saxenhausen
Corbach
Mulgreave
Ludgate Street
Bentley
Br. H. Yarrick
Robinson
Elfley
Elle+ ker
Hudson
Mr. Birker
Chef
Mulk-maid
Mr. Ingleby
Merryman
Mr. Cha. Wilson
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Cape
Tartarides
Mr. Burden
H. Jack
Mr. Hutton
H. Marius Anes
Brandting
Tate
H. Grey-Beard
Dormouse
Sir Edward Hale
Drudge
Mr. Tate
Mr. Johnson
Namfoau
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Postscript
London Evening Post
Ling
Britannicus
Price Bank
India
South Sea
Bank An
Bank Circus
Prem
Navy