Siege and surrender at Fort interrupted by flags of truce
Reports describe a brisk engagement at the fort with 183 cannon and heavy losses on both sides. Capt. Latham received keys after capitulation, while Col. Clive led troops, with 500 Europeans and 700 Africans among the garrison. Several officers wounded, including Capt. Speke’s son, and major ships sunk or captured. Admiralty notices follow of a ship engagement near Brest, with Capt. Gilchrist defeating the Emeraude after a 35 minute fight. casualties on both vessels. Also listed are bankruptcies for Samuel Haae and Matthew Burton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latham
Clive
Kent
Samuel Perreau
Pocock
Speke
Rawlins Hey
Stanton
Calcutta
Hughley
Admiralty Offce
Gilchrist
Southampton
Brest
Falmouth
Samuel Haae
St. James’s Market
Liberty of Westminster
Middlesex
Chapman
Matthew Burton
Acomb
City of York
Notice to ships for six hundred twenty tons shipping to Annamaboe
Tower of London September 20 1737 Lieutenant General and principal Officers of his Majesty's Ordnance announce plans to treat with ship owners or masters for about six hundred twenty tons of shipping bound for Annamaboe. Proposals in writing sealed may be left at the Office of Ordnance in the Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower of London
His Majesty’s Ordnance
Annamaboe
Office of Ordnance
Tower
Tallow-Chandler Mr Lucas Dead, Business Continued
The will pass to his son in law and partner Francis Flower to carry on the shop for the Prince of Wales and Princess Dowager of Wales, with a request for continued favors from the Nobility and Gentry to keep the business as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lucas
Prince of Wales
Princess Dowager of Wales
Francis Flower
Stockholms plot alarms Senate recall troops in Pomerania
From Hamburg and Duffel dorp reports reach Stockholm of a new plot in favor of the King and his friends. Orders are said to have been issued recalling part of the troops in Pomerania. In Wesel news arrives that Vienna has received 200,000 crowns from La Marche and Cleves. Paris notes the King’s May letters patent confirm laws and usages in Minorca and create twoAffestors for criminal and civil affairs at local tribunals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hey
Stockholm
Pomerania
Duffeldorp
Wesel
Vienna
la Marche
Cleves
Paris
Minorca
Faid
Deaths and odd berry madness near Cockpen
SCOTLAND Edinburgh Sept 15. Lady Stewart of Castlemilk dies after a period of illness. Sir John Foulis Bart. dies suddenly last week. Last Monday four women a man and a child ate blackberries near Cockpen and soon suffered a madness like swelling. Physicians attended and they were partly recovered though two remain feverish with uncertain outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Gurock
Stewart of
Castlemilk
John Foulis
Cockpen
Giant Shark Draws Crowd In Tweed Then Digs Sand Hole
News from Newcastle reports a six-foot green shark caught in the Tweed near Berwick. Fishermen feared a hawk of salmon until the net dragged it in. A clasped penknife was found in its belly. Chester le Street reports two brothers burnt in a coal pit explosion at Lampton Colliery. Militia balloted at Alnwick, a sharp money scam occurred. Gloucester and Salisbury notices follow with weddings and social events including an Edinburgh marriage under Scottish law and Dragoons disbanding. Mushroom poisoning episode in Amesbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Tweed
Berwick
Indies
Forth
Chester le Street
George Lax
Newark Lax
Lampton
Alnwick
Gloucester
Upton St. Leonard’s
Edinburgh
Scotland
Grant
Salisoury
Charles Tarrant
Sarum
Upper Tidworth
Miss Keene
Morgan Keene
Lord Ancram
Kirk
Amesbury
Mr. Kirk
Port News Summary of Sept Down Channel Ship Arrivals
Maritime notices record wind directions and sailing from Deal incl outward-bound ships. Arrivals list vessels docking at Whitehaven, Barbadoes, Leith, Amsterdam, Liverpool, Glasgow, Weymouth, Cowes, Ilfracombe, Portsmouth, Penzance, Pool, Stromness, Antigua, Newfoundland and Tingmouth with captains and origins such as Philadelphia, New York, Virginia, Antigua, Boston, and Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Downs
Union
Intrepid
Isis
Norwich
Mary
Valley
Virginia
Whitehaven
the Woods
Holyday
Plymouth
Barbadoes
Dunbar
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Leith
Nancy
Reid
Riga
Amsterdam
Eagle
Walker
New York
Liverpool
Perfect
Langford
Glasgow
Caledonia
Warden
Robert
Watson
Hunter
Weymouth
Denant
Allison
Antigua
Cowes
Eleanor
Darville
Sally
Betty
Lindsey
William
Ann
Spicer
Nevis
Ilfracombe
Montferrat
Penzance
Greyhound
Cowley
Boston
Pool
Lucretia
Marchant
Amphitrite
Blackitos
Lisbon
Speedwell
Blackiton
Cork
Militia Act Clauses on Private Multia Men Attendance
The Member of Parliament will consider sections of the Militia Act concerning attendance obedience and behavior of the private Multia men and related provisions in the bill during the current session.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William Wright
Samuel Wilson
Denbigh
Welch
Thomas Price
N. B
Dr. Hill
Finnaus
R. Baldwin
Kole
Paternofter Rew
Parliament Street
Gruanel
Portland Street
Oxford Marker
Old Michaelmas
Bull and Dolphin
Huntingdon
Thomas Armstrong
Richard Warburton
Wheatsheaf
Alronbury Hill
Thomas Thong
Huntingdo
Huntingdon and
Lincoln
George Inn
Frome
Somerset
Thursay
Thomas Pritchard
Bridgwater
Mackleane
John Mees
Henry King
Messrs. Benn
Pudding-Lane
London
William Green
I Frome
MeHing
Lune
Hornby
Lancaster
Kirkby-Lonsdale
Kendal
Settle
Thomas Craven
Deceas
Che
Craven
Feilden
Manchester
Blackburn
John Shaw
Japan
Sti. Foun
Melchborn
Bedfordshire
Higham Ferry
Wellingborough
Northampton
Kettering
Oundle
Thrambston
Kimbolton
St. Neots
Cambridge
Bedford
Biggles
Hamburgh
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