Guernsey Prize and Atlantic Rumors Reach Ireland
A confused mix of naval reports and society notices describes shipping movements from Gibraltar to Guadalupe, Marseille and Hamburg. It cites ships from Philadelphia, Sugar cargos, and officers named Lady Rawden and Bourke, with local disasters and deaths including a public execution victim at Finchley-Common and a Moorfields watchmaker death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
Dupont
Gibraltar
Guadalupe
PortGmouth
Belleisle
Marseilles
Franklin
Newfoundland
Ainbux
Hamburgh
Philadelphia
Elbeg
Fee
Mleof
Syria
sonis-Gor
Dublin
Leefon
Rusboruagh
Bourke
Berrisf
Ysone
Madameselle le Gonde
Waldenraye
Brooks
Hertford
London
Page
Moor
Clement
Fleet-street
M‘carty
Talbot
Finchley-Common
Wanted Land Steward to a Nobleman in Flatcreet
An advertisement seeks Ay Petlon a principal steward with strong integrity and security. The role requires accounting ability and knowledge of value and court keeping. Salary and perquisites are substantial. Residence is in the Hour of Neighbourhood. Inquiries via Mr. Charles Bathurst Bookseller Flatcreet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Petlon
Chargster
Charles Bathurst
Flatcreet
Mourning Relaxed for King’s Birthday in June
The King orders mourning to end on his birth day in June and forbids the nobility and privy council from wearing or displaying mourning. Duke of Rutland arrives to administer oaths to Commons in the Court of Wards. The Countess of Yarmouth moves to a new house in Dover Street. The Lord Mayor will lay the first stone of a new Blackfriars bridge with inscriptions praising Mr. Pitt. A marriage at St Bartholomew’s linked John Daniel Lucadou to Mary Duval. Obituaries note the deaths of Christopher Aber and Henry Dixon, and a report from St Eustatius recounts an August earthquake and hurricane damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hias
Duke of Rutland
Houthold
House of Commons
Yarmouth
Do- Ver-street
Black Friars
Pitt
Mansion House
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Royal Exchange
John Daniel Lucadou
Mary Duval
Hammersmith
Christopher Aber
St. Mary’s Church
Reading
Sarum
Friday
Bath
Henry Dixon
Charity School
Poplar
James Gordon
Ely
Holland
Thas
St. Eustatia
Treaty between Petersburgh and Vienna ends fear in Prussia
Letters from Paris report the French king agreeing to a peace accord between Petersburgh and Vienna that would guarantee Prussia’s sovereignty to Russia. Meanwhile Cadiz notes a South Sea Ship returning May 9 1759 with two million pieces of eight value and half a million in debts recovered. News from Switzerland cites Bern regiments and a Sardinian troop readiness to seize Placentia per Aix la Chapelle. Además, pestilence in Smyrna ceases and trade resumes. A Plymouth collision injures a 74 gun man of war. several ships are lost and crew saved. John Cranwell is imprisoned for desertion after prior pardons. The Campen action is described with Hereditary Prince Brunwick pushing a night maneuver against Castries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Petersburgh
Vienna
House of Austria
Prusis
Cadiz
Prince
Lima
Brotehr
Truxillo
Quinto
Guiaquil
Europe
Switzerland
Bern
Finburgh
Chamberry
Nicholas Tilad
Plymouth
Jacob Albreght
Dantzick
Amsterdam
Pargen Pietersen
England
France
Isaac Giedda
Stockholm
Cockrill
Farrington
Sutton
John Green
Gottenbourg
Addison
Arbroath
Naze
d’Ayen
John Duchenes
Boulogne
John Cranwell
High Wycomb
Aylesbury
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Oxford
Eletton
James Dash Wood
Bar
Cornwall
Bodmin
John Morisworth
Ostar
Boscawen
James Buller
Dugnam
Sam
Baby Vane
Durham
Ing
Raby’ Castle
Frederick Vane
Sheniten
Scatford
Little Alton
Peter Petit
Andrew Hackers
Marxhall
Warwick
Mr Homer
Sutton Colfield
Stretham
Isle of Ely
County of Cambridge
Seretham
Che Ferry
Alfo
John Walker
Mr. Hodgson
Tus Chambers
Gray’s Inng
Thomas Gorobed
Charles Martindale
Act Law
acCambridge
Nature
Providence
A. Millar
Audtore Elia Palairet
Joassi
J. Nourse
Catherine Screet
Port News
Falmouth
King George
Oak
Lisbon
Fox Packet
Corunna
Bonetta
Garland
Streights
Plymuth
Goodwill
Mercer
Deal
Downs
Nottingham
Rodney
Piercy Breit
St. George
Lion
Rippon
Hague
Campen
de Bock
Waldegrave
Howard
Rhine
Rhynberg
Offenberg
M. de Castries
Bock
Pitcher
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