Stormy Atlantic Passage and mutinous fleet events
The voyage describes violent storms near Ireland and Derry, ships forced off course, provisions tight, and mutinous threats. Troops land on Isla after a perilous voyage, with heavy losses aboard La Begon and Marante. The narrative notes aid and resistance, and mentions petitions against distilleries and kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottenburph
Bergen
Norway
Scotland
Ireland
Derry
M. Thurer
le Blond
M. Thurot
France
Thurot
Isla
Carrickfergus
Poor Laws and Workhouses Urged to Help the Unemployed
Postscript from London lamentsstreet hardships for the poor and urges stronger laws to curb vagrancy and gypsy bands. Proposes national workhouses for men women and children and uses press to press Parliament for action to spare the country from misery. Also notes naval movements and arrivals at Gravesend and St Helens with ships and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Convoy Movements From Plymouth and Nearby Waters
Ships sail and plan for East Indies and Atlantic routes as Admiral Holbourne raises flag aboard Royal Sovereign. Vessels include Montagu and Royal George under Captains Rowley and Campbell, with the Fox under Capt. Hume and others sailing from Plymouth. Warnings note additional arrivals and cargos for New York Gibraltar Oporto Lisbon Exeter and Plymouth with various captains listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thitle
Torrington
Jason
Plymouth
Fox
Hume
de Haivke
Drake
Boscawen
Braund
East Indies
Montagu
Rowley
Royal George
Campbell
Admiral Holbourne
Royal Sovereign
Prince
Newark
Spithead
Deal
St. al
Bats
Sneights
William
Brows
General Quarterly Meeting of the Trifles in London Asks Fire Loss Claims
Notice from March 13 1760 stating the General Quarterly Meeting will be held April 9 at 10 in the forenoon at the office behind the Royal Exchange London. Promptly claim losses by fire to seek compensation. Attendants advised at Craig's Court Charing Cross for fire insurance services throughout Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Errington
Paul Vaillant
Elgis
London
Westminster
House of Commons
Cayne
Royal Exchange
Battersea
Aulius Collins
Eng
Tripoly
Syria
Levan
Selta
PaleRine
Holy Land
Ripoly
Phenicia
She
Beshulia
Holoferes
Judith
Woolwich
Chateham
George Sackville
New Sarum
Wilts
Richard Lloyd
Frances Warts
Westbury
Robert Carpenter
Richard Biggs
Thomas King
Henry Rawlins
Wilton
Great Bedwin
Biggs
King
Rawlins
Worcest
Thomas Bowers
Horton
Mr. Hoult
Chaddesley-Corbet
Northamptony
John Simmons
Charingoge
Great Britain
London-Hospital
Mile-End Road
Merchant-Taylors Hall
Threadneedle- Street
James Hibbins
Richard Newman
John Swayne
Andrew Thomson
George Unwin
Strand
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and‘Commerce
Beaufort Buik
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gco
Begon
Marante
Essex
Joan Conn
Isaac Barker
Hannah Reed
Thomas’ Mead
John Gibbon
Brixton-Caufey
Chaife
James Colebrook
Bart
Soho Square
Coscman’s Box, &Co
Birtwise
Westminster French Charity School
Hoglane
Soho
Windmill Street
Tottenham-Court-Road
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Ptochophilus
Paris
Versailless
Gravesend
Embden
Prince of Orange
Hughes
French
Downs
Leghorn
Great Basin
Dabney
Islington
Tryal
Earl F
Broderick
St. Alban’s
Dolphin
Gibraltar
Bank An
India
S. Prerii
Chapel Royal
Tottie
Whitehall
Moss
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Br. Booth
St. Botolph Aldgate
Fayting
St. Alban Wood Street
Laurence
St. Dunstan
St. George Bloomsbury
Willis
St.Saviour’s Southwark
Pinnel
St. James Clerk
Pricgnor Bank
South Sea
Usuae
Teves Cokayne
John Coe
Edward Coldham
Richard Coope
Corporation of the Governors
Stigsi
W. B
Mr. Jackson
Litchtell
Sid Peron
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