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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 04, 1761
Page
1
A long mixed text from London May 1761 includes a letter exchange praising virtue and economy, instructions on public decorum, a tale about Eliza and Beth Eyebright, and a proposal for rapid troop movement by mixing dragoons infantry and hussars, followed by advertisements on lace cleaning and volumes.
Yesterday arrived the Mail from Flanders. Marquis de Squillace has just arrived from Madrid. Two men of war have entered the port from Carthagena and will be followed by more ships to convoy four thousand land forces to the bay of Honduras. Pink ships arrived from the Levant report arms at Constantinople improving. Additional dispatches note Hanoverian regiments marching, Hussars and dragoons moving, Guar’s town near Dormand nearly ashes, and English forces at Belleisle repulsed after landing three divisions under Saint Croix.
From Whitthall Map 1 of the London Gazette a list notes oaths by three Lord Lieutenants, appointments of bishops, and several new Consuls General including Henry Grenville to Lisbon and Stanhope Aspinwall to Algiers with multiple other consular postings in Europe and North Africa. The King also consents to a Congé d Elizé for Winchester Cathedral electing a Bishop. The document mentions Benjamin Hoadly’s death and the Bishop of Salisbury succession.
Report from Dover notes the Charles Kelly from Jamaica bound for Hamburgh arrived with Syren and Valeur frigates plus Bien Amie a French prize. Kelly engaged a 14 gun privateer near Land’s End and forced her to strike after casualties. He spoke with Cerbe and Tus man of war with a captured French prize en route Jamaica. A Hull corn ship was taken to Lisbon by a French privateer. Letter from Bristol dated April 30. A four carriage and eight swivel gun privateer was captured and sent in.
Wind W. Sailed His Majesty's ship Arethusa to cruise remain in the Downs with Newark Arrogant Minerva Warwick Syren Valeur Dispatch Tagus Allen Happy Return for Lisbon Britannia for Virginia Wareham Pompadour Collingwood John and Elizabeth Seahorse Chinchen Neptune Lander for Poole Elizabeth Mills Amity's Admonition Cappleman Essex Drewett William Finch transports May 2 Wind S. Sailed Dispatch for Sheerness Came down Tavistock Darling for Piscataqua James Henrietta Portgate transport Catherina for Lisbon remain with ships as lat
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