London Election and Naval Dispatches Highlighted in Mixed News
Fragmented reports from London detail the Guildhall poll results for Parliament with Sir Robert Ladbroke leading and Sir Richard Glyn praised, while naval movements list ships at Spithead and sails for Germany. Additional items include Oxford and Paris letters, arrests, trials, marriages, deaths, and advertisements amid a broad 1761-era miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
Robert Ladbroke
Richard Glyn
A Gentleman seeks partners for Seat in Kingdom or Ireland
A gentleman invites interested parties to obtain a seat in the Kingdom or Ireland. The Enquirer, a principal with real estate in both realms, promises honor and secrecy. Principals may send lines to B C at the New Coffee House for confidential discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coln
Exchequer
Oatlands
Surry
Earl of Sussex
New Bondstreet
Lord Egmont
King-street
St. James’s
Bridgewater
Somersetshire
Earl Temple
Privy Seal
Pall Mall
Stowe
Ireland
B.C
Duke’s Court
Auction of London Bridge materials in two lots 1761
The Committee to sell by auction on April 7 1761 at Guildhall the materials of fifteen houses on the north west end and five on the southeast end of London Bridge. Bids start high with deposits, and purchasers must remove materials by June 1761 while keeping bridge passage clear and protecting adjacent works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwicke
John Berwicke
Chancel Row
Westminster
Newland Martin
His Majesty
Board of Green Cloth
Canterbury
Holcombe
George Clemison
Ulverstone
Lancashire
Patrick Anderson
Cluer
Kendale
London Bridge
Guildhall
London
London-Bridge
Cotton
Denh
Ward, Foster and
Thorpe
Watkins
Howard
Peter Roberts
St. Olave's Street
Flint
Dire&t
Thames
City of London
Chamber of London
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Spithead
Royal George
Royal Sovereign
Union
Prince
Marlborough
Antelope
Assistance
Namur
Mercury
Plymouth
Prince Frederick
Juno
Andover
John Griffin
George Delaval
Bridgnorth
John Gray
Whitmore
Barnstaple
George Amyand
Denny Rolle
Bewdley
Edward Winnington
Caftl
Peregrine Cult
Francis Child
Castle Rifng
Thomas Howard
Charles Boone
Clifton
Dartmouth Hardness
Devon
John
Alexander Hume
Stamford
John Chaplin
G. Brudenell
Retford
John White
John Sheley
Rippon
William Arflabie
William Lawrence
Rye
Philip Gibbon
John Bentinck
Weinch
Lea
Earl of Thomond
Orby Hunter
Wigan
Fletcher Norton
Simon Lutte- Tell
Hohl
Tichfeld
H. F. Thynney
Hinckefer
Harry Pawlett
Henry Penton
Whitchurch
George Jennings
Thomas Townshend
Wiltspire
Sir Robert Long
Edward Popham
Wootton Bafert
St. John
T. Estcourt Creswell
Joseph Mawbey
Elgrs
Southwark
Germany
Bland
Gravesend
Earl of Bute
South Audley Street
Earl of Lin
Paris
Lower Rhine
Sardinia
Spain
K Rg
Warsaw
Ratisbon
Brunswick
Ferdinand
Rhine
Versailles
House of Austria
Geneva
Voltaire
Fernay
Gaix
Hampshire
New Jersey
East India Company
Po Ltry Compter
Old Bailey
Thomas Davis
Manger
Altenby
James Stocker
Theodore Gardelle
Jamaica
Coniac
Charles Wenman
Royal Exchange
Punch House
Arthur Studart
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
UO AE
Forton
Gosport
Boyne
Royal Run
Articles of Provisions,Inc
Jaid
Eddowes
Portwouth
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