Desperate voyage survivors reach Newport from Halifax
Yesterday Capt Deane arrived with the most unfortunate Richard Baron late commander of the sloop Dolphin bound Teneriff to New York. In a gale they abandoned sails and rigging and subsisted on barnacles and grass. One man was sacrificed by lot to sustain the others until Capt Bradshaw saved them. Also reports surrender of Guadaloupe and fears for Martinique, with prices for beef and flour high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plantation News
Newport
Rhode Iland
Deane
Halifax
Richard Baron
Dolphin
Teneriff
New-York
Bradshaw
Plymouth
St. Christopher’s
Guadaloupe
Monsieur Bompart
Bourdeaux
Sruiqua
Rowan Country
Rowan
North Carolina
Militia enrollment and county readiness across Gloucestershire
Gloucester reports deputies swore in many militiamen to form county divisions and lists of residents were turned in by wards. Newcastle notes county militia completion and Northumberland volunteers as Ballotings near. Appleby meeting with Lord Lieutenant and officers signals rapid completion. Charlton praises Thomas Fenwick for rent reductions and benevolence. A bowler accident near Durham leaves a man dead from a fractured skull.
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Gloucester
Gloucestershire
Newcastle
Northumberland
James Lowther
Westmorland
Appleby
Thomas Fenwick
of Lancaster
Nunriding
Durham
Port News Item on Arrivals and Departures at Downs
July 31 weather and ships remain in the Downs with arrivals and sails noted. The Richmond, Taylor, George, Howard from Liverpool and a ship from New York are recorded under wind W.
Prince Edward sails from Plymouth to join Hawke fleet
London reports Prince Edward sails on His Majesty's Ship Hero with a squadron including Venus Pallas Attwon Sapphire and Southampton Frigates to join Sir Edward Hawke. Dispatches say Brest channels blocked. Bremen letters claim Stade evacuation and planned stand near Verden to halt French advance. Prussia reinforcement expected.
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Royal
Prince Edward
Plymouth
Hero
Edgecambe
Venus
Pallas
Attwon
Sapphire
Southampton
Sir Edward Hawke
Sir Edward
Brest
Bremen
Stade
Ferdinand
Verden
Hanover
Prussia
Hamburgh
Rugen
Custrin
Preston
St. Helen’s
South-Sea Castle
Cumberland Fort
Night of the 16th Fire Devastates 78 Dwellings and More
Reports describe a large fire that destroyed 78 houses and 48 beds, with details of ships and maritime actions. French efforts to intercept East India outgoing ships are noted, along with Dutch and Greenland ice incidents. Additional items include horse racing results, charitable aid to French prisoners, and local civic notices.
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Holland
Greenland
John Strop
Rotterdam
Derfkin
Nancy
Athbrooke
Jamaica
Liverpool
Bristol
Huntingdon
Robert Shafiee
Esquire
Durham
Mr. Burton
Thomas Chapman
Guadaloupe
Armourers and Braziers Hall
Alsop
Winter
Charles Gough
Dogget
London Bridge
Chelsea
James Clarke
Blackfryars Stairs
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Hampshire
Lade
John Lade
Long Lane
Southwark
Joseph Twells
Surrey
Marthalsea
Postscript from London on theatre goers and high officials
The writer laments public reactions to stage attire and behavior and broadens to criticize Lords Lieutenants of counties for lacking conscience and defying public sentiment. He warns that Britain’s lives estates and liberties may be jeopardized by enemy plots and questions whether officials heed the country’s voice.
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Great Britain
Middlesex
Anglicus
Fire and horse entries and a memorial notice from 18th century paper
The issue lists horse entries at Reading on the 7th instant for multiple days with various owners and mounts. It includes a memorial notice for the late William Bodwell Ely, MP for Montgomery, praising his conduct, estate, bachelor status, and sister as heir. Further, reports from Hadersleben describe a large fire destroying hundreds of buildings, and Portsmouth letters note English ships capturing Dutch vessels and engagements at the harbour mouth. Also listed are military movements at South Sea Common, and weekly mortality and stock prices in a market column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horsk&s
Reading
Mr. Harman
Mr. Howe
Mr. Cross
Medlicots
Osbaldiston
Spotrman
Mr. Hawke
Mr. Concanon
Mr. Gibson
My. Fuller
Mr. Fell
Mr. Panton
George
Sir Simeon Stuart
Churchill
Cornwall
Crofper
Edward Ha‘e
Port
Llandwog
Carnarvon
William Bodwell
Ely
Montgomery
Germany
Hadersleben
Athes
Dunkirk
Holland
la Blond
Lockhart
Hellen
Bristol
St. Martin's
Portsmouth
South-Sea-Common
Porchester
Winchafter
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London
Postscript
London Evening-Postt
India
Bank An
Presh Seltzer
Bourn and Spa
Davis
St. Alban’s
St. Alban’s Street
Pallmall
Letitia Andrews
Petersfield
Leticia Andrews
Browne Langrish
John Earl of Westmoreanp
University of Oxford
St. Mary’s
Benjamin Buckler
All-Souls College
Oxford
Clarendon
J. Fletcher
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