Proposals sought for wartime transport vessels at Westminster
The Principal Officers of His Majesty’s Grace announce readiness to receive proposals from free persons on the 276th instant at St Margaret’s Street Westminster. They seek three vessels for transport between Spithead and Gun Wharf Portsmouth to carry wans and gunners flares. Two about 80 tons each, draught not more than 8.5 feet, four men each. hatchways 16 by 10 feet. One about 60 tons, 3 men, hatchways 15 by 10 inches, draft not exceed 3.5 feet. Proposals stop at 12 o’clock unless the principal or agent attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granance
St. Margaret’s Street
Westminster
Portsmrieth
Spithead
Aden
N.B
Imless
Prominent parliamentary candidates seek Lancaster and Cambridge seats
A collection of late 18th century notices shows candidates soliciting votes in Lancaster and Cambridge. Thomas Sister and Thomas Egerton pledge independent conduct and support for landed and mercantile interests. Canterbury figures Sam Gideon and Charles Ruxton announce candidacies, while Robert Manners and others request support, with Jamaica and Channel service updates, naval appointments, and local marriages and deaths interleaved.
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County Palatine of Lancaster
County of
Lancaster
Condomos
County of Lancaster
Thomas Egerton
London
Caution to the Public on Stolen Drafts at Lincoln
A public notice from Lincoln warns that drafts stolen from Mr Thomas Hanson’s pocket near Old Swanstairs London and Halifax during April are being traced. Payments halted, rewards offered for capturing the thief or thieves. Names bankers and firms involved are listed, with notices of surveillance and pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Tho. Hanson
X. Bradford
Wm. Bsoth
Pollard
Town
Watson
Messrs. Hardcastle
Catley and Co
Old Swanstairs
London
Halifax
Benj. Robinson
Richard Bracken
John Bracken
Bradford Bark
John Janatt
Rol
Leach
Hardcastle
Meslis
Mildred, Masterman
Walter
Bankers
Isaac Ambler
Sam
John Taylor, and Co
Robert Davis
Haymarket
Jonas Tafker
Edward Haigh
Mears
Mildred
Masterman
Walker
Fearnley
Bedford
Preston
Linco
Navy and Lottery Notices from Paris to London
May 8 edition reports Count d'Ensign preparing for Madrid and Cadiz command with 39 ships, plus seven Toulon ships. British East Indies fleet under Hughes and Vernon detailed. French naval strength near Cape of Good Hope and Brest. Lottery schemes in Irish State Lottery advertised with prize structure and payout guarantees.
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Count d
Madrid
Cadiz
Toulon
Count du Chaffault
Mont. de Bougainville
Count d’Ettsign
Brest
Great Britain
East Indies
Superbe
Alia
Belleisle
Burford
Eagle
Exeter
Rippan
Sabine
Coventry
Sea Horse
Nymph
Scena
Edward Hughes
Edward Vernon
Cape of Good Hope
Cruit
St. Helena
Windsor
Saummer
St. Helen's
Quebec
Plymouth
Becsey
Williams
Catherine
Ritchie
Argyle
Mathews
Wight
Grames
Newfoundland
Surinam
Friendship
Yarmouth
Baltic
Dunkirk
Messrs
Sharman
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John Boddington
City of
Canterbury
City of London
Half Moon
Cheapside
Oliver
Parlian
Nath
Newnham
Konda
Aargray and Co
Halla Guinea
Fouth
Benceit
Margray and Co
Thomas Sister
Cambridge
Sampson Gideon
St. James’square
1874
East Riding of Yorkshire
Christie
Ansell
Pall Mall
Dolman
Polkington
Fensious
Manson
Milles
Oteafun
House of Commons
Charles Ruxlinson
Marquis of
Granby
Robert Manners
Jamaica
Rainsford
Plancera
Mesirs
Smith, Payne
Smiths
Maflin-house
James Allen
Alexander Wood
Ranger
Channel
Sawyer
Boyne
Namur
Portsmouth
Barrington
Bengal
King George
St. Eustatia
America
New York
Bristol
King Road
Newgate
Old Bailey
John Fisher
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Prince Edward
Humphrey
Bennet College
Edward Oliver
Sidney College
Swanscombe
Kent
Finse
Wm. Alexander
Dunbar
Edinburgh
Richard Brooke
Norton
Cheshire
Mary Cunliffe
Robert Cunliffe
Robert Coker
Tottenham High Cross
Turner
Worcester
John Baker
North Down
Isle of Thanet
Elizabeh Barnell
Fleetstreet
James Evans
Royal Exchange
Afer
Hanfle
Leeds
Joshua Simpsin
Bourton On the Water
Gloucestershire
Vernon
Hanbury
Worcestershire
Oxford
Bath
Philip Hall
Woolwich
Warren
Lawson
Capt
The
Artillery
Richard Monasteney
Exchequer
Ireland
Kentish Town
Timothy Dawkins
Whalesale
Merlist’s Cave
Spa Field
Mr. Taylor
Strand
Newman Street
Sir Godfrey Webster
Bart
Battle Abbey
Sussex
William Scott
Greece
Macedon
Artaxerxes
Miltox
Elliot
T. Longman
Pater- Befter Row
Paris
WI Jules
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