Ship News and Arrivals Across Ports in June
Debut weekly shipping update lists numerous vessels arriving and sailing. Ships include Duchess of Manchester, Lord Camden, Amity's Experiment, Vulture, and Loyal Briton. arrivals at Nevis, Granades, Virginia, Dover, Cowes, Virginia, Calais, Dublin, Rosario, and Bilbao noted with captains and origins. Wind west southwest drives movements as noted by port and destination entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Duchess of Manchester
Casey
Lisbon
Deptford
India
Lord Camden
Johnson
Virginia
Hamas
Shores
Granades
Amity’s Experiment
Duffield
Vulture
Hall
Young
Iran
St. Kirr’s
Nevis
Thames
Watt
London
the Granades
Trecothick, Moore
Ditto
Maryland
Nancy
Coulson
Dover
Harriet, Hatch
St. Vincent's
Cowes
Charles Town
Morrison
South Carolina
Jenny, Woodford
Ann and
Elizabeth
Magness
Calais
Maria Louisa
Pieters
Valencia
Dublin
J Ohn
Mad dog death and notable deaths in Bath and Devizes
John Hleaton of near Penn's Mill died after his dog went mad following a bite he ignored. Capt John Baldwin of Salisbury died in lodgings in Milsom Street. The Honorable and Rev Mr Howe, rector of Wishford Magna, died at hishouse in the Close. A horse dealer named Guest was killed in a fray at Devizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Birmingham
Fune
John Hleaton
Penn’s Mill
Bath
Milsom-street
John Baldwin
Salisoury
Yeterday
Mr. Howe
Lord Chedworth
Wishford- Magna
Devizes
Proclamations and naval notes from March to June 1770
Gov Trelawny calls assembly for April. French ambassador departs for Paris. Appointments announced in Scotland and Massachusetts. Port Egmont reported Spanish demands to quit island. British letters discuss ministerial rifts and disannulling New York act. London schedules set before Trinity Term 1770. Ship reports from China note safe arrivals to Downs and St Helena. France debates reform of religious order discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondton
Trelawny
Jamaica
Count Chatelet Lomont
Paris
Andrew Stuart
Scotland
Lockhart Gordon
Massachusetts-bay
William Ducane
Plymouth
S'amer Sloop of War
Florida
Port Egmont
Buenos Ayres
Garifon
Lord Chatham
Court of
Madrid
House of Lords
Assembly of New- York
Duke of Bedford
Duke of Grafton
Rigby
London
Middlesex
John Hardley Wilmot
His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas
Westminster
Downs
China
Capt
Jackson
India House
Triton
Elphinston
Hector
Williams
Nottingham
Stoakes
Granby
St. Helena
Earl of Lincoln
France
Elisee
Hyacinthe
Toulouse
Arrest of Strecker and a series of near capitol crimes in Boulogne
A lengthy report details the capture of Fotin Strecker, alias clerk to Messrs Warner and Johnson of Austin Friars, who fled with a large sum. In Boulogne the magistracy recovered most funds, Strecker fainted at the sight of his master, and returned the remaining money and notes. Additional items note two men committed for murder, rope thefts on the highway, a stagecoach robbery near Enfield, and various social notices and stock prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fotin Strecker
Meifrs
Warner
Boulogne
Kingdom of France
Michael Richardson
Peter Conaway
Newgate
Bow Street
William Venables
John Rogers
Richard Lee
Dickins
Spitalfields
Vauxhall
Newington
Lambeth
Lincoln and Peterborough
Nine Mile
Enfield Wath
S Marriep
St. James’s Church
Sir John Wrotterley, Bart
Duchess of Grafton
Miss Courtenay
Mr. Eades
Shadwell
Miss Bowles
Bowles
Cornhill
Cambray
Daniel Boone
Princess Dowager of Wales
Althorpe
Northamptonshire
Andrew. Abbey
St. Alban’s-street
Pall Mall
Duke-street
Westminster
Hindes
Long Acre
William Holmes
Thomas Chesterton
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
Remonstrance Strance and London Traders Arrive at St. Pares
Ship news from May 30 1770 reports Captain Beckford with over 100 London Traders arriving at St. Pares Port aboard the Remonstrance Strance. The report recounts prior voyages, storms named Wilkes's Fun, and legends of wrecks and native violence near Temple Flats and Sun Tavern Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pares
Remon_Strance
Beckford
London
Temple-Bar
Harley
Wilkes
Temple Flats
Sun Tavern Creek
Vna
St. James
P. S
Ikes
New Edition of The Whole Duty of Man For Sale
By the King s authority this day published a new edition in octavo of The Whole Duty of Man detailing faith and practice for the present age with devotions and guidance for reading the Holy Scriptures. Printed for John Hinton near Warwick Lane and sold by booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland. Prices listed for large and small octavos. Aimed at aiding the welfare of the poor and uninstructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wicksteed
John Hinton
France
George Kearfly
Ludgate-street
R. Davis
Sackville-street
Piccadilly
H. Parker
Birchin-lane
Cornhill
Philip Thickness
Monthly Review
Jina
Translation of Plutarch's Lives in Langhorne Edition
An extended excerpt discusses the publication history of Plutarch's Lives in English. It covers Amiot's French text, the Dacier translation, and Dryden's sixfold English version, noting flaws, translator diversity, and the evolution toward a more coherent English rendering, with critique of moralizing notes and editorial patchwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wale
Grignion
Wlutarch
Plutarch
John Langhorne
D. D
William Langhorne A.M
C. Dil
Bellozane
Henry the Second
Queen Elizabeth
Amiot
Rome
Plutardh
Xenophon
Aristophanes
Paris
Dacier
London
Europe
Amilot
Philosphy
Dryden
Translatos
Greece
Butte
Boliaf
Babel
Translation aims improve Plutarch’s Lives with care
The excerpt discusses a 18th century revision of Plutarch’s Lives. It explains the translators’ aim to correct errors, preserve English purity, and avoid prejudicing the author’s style. It notes two new lives, general fidelity, and the addition of notes tables and an index to aid readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plutarch
Plucard
Fluarch
Cranflacors
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