Privateer seizures and prize updates from the Atlantic
The Narfo'k Bremer arriv ed to Belleisle in a Marshal Noailles privateer of 12 guns and 110 men. Other ships including Eleanor Rachford and Reparation were driven to Morlaix. Notes report ships captured and ransoms paid, plus political items and prizes list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
London
Belleisle
Marshal Noailles
Morlaix
Eleanor
Rachford
Jamaica
Mackrell
Viana
Pope
Molaix
Garrio
Miss Knox Tragedy and a Dublin elopement tale
This paper recalls the life and death of Miss Mary Anne Knox of Derry Ireland, and the doomed pursuit by Mr M Knaton who sought to win her with concealment and passion. A Dublin journey to wed ends in violence as Knox shoots the coach and a pistol bolts ending in Miss Knox’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulat
Chester
R. Pitt
Knox
Mary Anne Knox
Andrew Knox
Derry
Ireland
Ballance
Dublin
Commons
Comtat
M‘knaton
Binoy
Fred
Knaton
Telie
London
Stamford
Leader Lane
Holborn
Bigzlefivade
North Road
S. Smith
R. Payne
Barnet
J. Norminton
Welwyn
T. Holder
Eaton
E. King
Norman Cross
Repeal of Compulsive Clause and City News From Fleet Street
The item notes the repeal of the Compulsive Clause from Nov 16 1761 with penalties for pre Nov 9 offenders. It reports Rev Whitefield selling his Tottenham Court Road chapel for 4cool and the Secretary at War’s improving health. It covers police actions against disorderly houses in Fleet Lane Apollo Court and Gough Square, a broken thigh from a Guildhall beam, and several obituaries and marriages. It also includes social notices from Antigallicans and a coffee-house auction and foreign cordial warehouse adverts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield
Tottenham Court Road
House of Commons
Fleetlane
Apollo-court
Gough-square
Bridewell
Blagdon
Guildhall
Temple
John Mason
Winch Holdsworth
St Peter’s Chalfont
Bucks
Clifford-street
Burlington Gardens
Baron Hop
The
Dutch Republic
Lord Charles Manners
56Th Regiment of Foot
Mr. Pardoe
Holbourn
Elfinear
David Fenwick
Cambridge
Barlingbourn
Ship Tavern
Ratclif Croft
S&s. J. Register
Clarke
Royal Exchange
EL Cearre
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty
Anderson
Virginia
Clyde
Argyle
Morrison
Princess Sophia
Magdalena
Aleven
Hamburgh
Cadiz
Custe
Exeter
Genoa
Nevis
Archangel
Sligo
Kelly
Liverpoole
Elizabeth
Grant
Norway
Lynn
John Hewlett
Newfoundland
Poole
Vry Grift
Mae Willems
Amsterdam
Holland
Goodwin Sands
Piercy Brett
Sir Charles Saunders
Gibraltar
Henry Townshend
Eye
Suffolk
Cornwallis
Durham
Plymouth
Charles Townshend
Scol
Tara
Nyu
Iedo
Jonathan’s
Riaig
Dairy Regisne
Gordial
Europe
Eau de Viperes Ciconelle Maraschino
Jacomionoedi
Flora Granata
Rae SA
Chambery
Neuilly de
Neuilly
Amour de
Luneville
Eau Cordial
Geneve
Thomas Richardson
Cumberland Wharf
Warffe
Jamaica Coffee-house
Water-lane
Thames-street
Jerusalem Tavern
Clerkenwell Na Green
Aylesbury Street
Clerkenwell Green
Hart
Old Palace Yard
Westminster
Pansons
Old Palace Yare
John Cox
Statford
Essex
High Road
Maryland Point
Chitch
Capt. Law
Earl Tilney
Wheele
Merl. Whiteside
LE Breton
Houta
England
Beafé
Robert Fhipp
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