Thanksgiving for late Suchefs and royal gratuity grants
London reports a general Thanksgiving on the 79th of November for the late Suchefs of his Majesty's Arms. A gratuity of five hundred pounds is awarded to Sir James Douglas and to Colonel Hale for the Quebec capture. Militia movements, naval expeditions, ship arrivals, and parish appointments fill the town news, with notes on Hawke's fleet and upcoming expeditions.
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London
James Douglas
Alcide
Hale
Quebec
Suffolk
Peterborough
Northamptonshire
Norfolk
Surrey
Warwickshire
Portsmouth
Brussels
Duke of Wirtemberg
Prince
France
Hawke
Peircy Brett
Rebecca
Boyd
Liverpool
Senegal
England
Sally
Briscoe
Bulwary
Close
Mildred
Millar
Keppel
Johnson
Goree
Packer
Kerr
Margaretta Gally
St. Eustatia
Amsterdam
Charles Hay
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Lincoln’s Inn
Seven Years Transport for Two Thefts at Old Bailey Trials
Sessions at the Old Bailey heard multiple cases. John Baker and Christopher Speight were transported seven years for stealing a leaden gutter and trough. Squires Makepeace Neale were convicted of manslaughter in the murder of a pressed man, with execution of the hand. John Green convicted of defrauding a woman by pretended marriage and sentenced to seven years transport. Other defendants faced transportation, whipping, or death as noted.
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John Baker
Francis Jambert
Christopher Speight
Joshua Squire
Matthew Makepeace
John Neale
Phenix
Thomas Nogan
Squire
Makepeace
Neale
John Green
Hicks’s Hall
Green
Postscript Conquest of Quebec Exults Over British Victory
The account praises British troops for overcoming harsh terrain and enemy defenses in Quebec, citing officers’ example and the nation’s justice as the motive. It notes wheat exports to the Mediterranean, Sir Piercy Brett aboard Isis in the Downs, and Prussia reinforcing Saxony amid Russian retreat.
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London
Quebec
St. Lawrence
America
Mediterranean
Piercy Brett
Isis
Berlin
Prussia
Oder
Prince Henry
Saxony
Francfort
Moutier
Fire at Tallow Chandler’s in Strand and Death of Silversmith Cheffon
A London item notes a blaze at a Tallow Chandler’s near Exeter Exchange in the Strand destroying the shop and adjacent houses. It records the death of Thomas Cheffon, a prominent silversmith and member of the Common Council for Farringdon Without. Also mentions military movements and arrivals, including French forces near Hanau and ships in the Downs with wind reported as northeast.
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Hanau
Francfort
Guetfen
Thomas Cheffon
Ludgate-Hill
Farringdon Without
Exeter-Exchange
Strand
Deal
Marchionell, Morgan
Jamaica
Downs
Wind N. E
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East Indies
Robert Grant
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York
General Wolfe
Edward Thompson
Esg
Dolman
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Port News
Plymouth
Barfleuir
Portmouth
Wind S. W
Benjamin Burridge
Justice Hale
Marybon
Paddingon
Paddington
Jackson
Alington
Buckingham
Sarah Young
Owen
Gloucestershire
Thomas Allen
Kilmiston
Ghepron Mears
Somersetshire
Sotlury
Great Britain
George Ross
Conuuit Street
B-ferrers
King’s
Charing Cros
Korteback
Fundaily
Phil Lottery
Blaixs
Eastgate
Sranope
Durham
Leale
Broadlaw
R Bromshields
Lancefer
Biamas Davison
Dilgrim Street
Newcastle Upon Lyne
Anthony Tallanure
Westgate
Werdale
Eastyace
Brailasy 3
Broomshields
Bath
William Baylies
Royal College of Physicians
A. Miliar
Guinea
Ain
R. Mitchell
Brartisu
Freencw
North America
A. Millar
aFarching
Halra
J. Fuller
Newgate Street
Cheapside
Ireland
LSE Oui
Hackney
Chainen
Carmen
Pere Tere Ad Weene
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