Atlantic shipping news and London society notes
Reports from Plymouth, Dover, Antigua, Newfoundland and Gibraltar recount merchantmen and men‑of‑war prizes, convoy movements, and arrivals. A dozen ships from Virginia, Poole, Dartmouth, and Hamburg reach ports. royal court protocol at Guildhall is detailed, with knighthoods, banquets, and the City’s reception of the King and Queen. Also recorded are political dispatches from Dresden, French agricultural plans, and notices of public offices and prisoners of war.
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Antigua
Betsey
Barrow
Virginia
Hawke
Pike
Phoenix
Bailey
Poole
Joyce
Leigh
Dartmouth
Newfoundland
Hoop
Sprong
Hamburgh
Canaries
Fly
Connel
Bolton
Gibraltar
Leghorn
England
Malaga
Charming Betty
Talbot
London
Waterford
Hammond
Hull
Lyon
Wilson
St. Kitts
Dover
Plymouth
Peggy
Sound
Ocean
Essex
Mars
Burford
Winchester
Torrington
Cormorant
Brune
Flora
Escort
King’s Fisher
Catwater
East India Company
Wells’s Dock
Marter
Mr. Stanton
Hand-in-Hand Fire Office Directors Notice
The directors give notice of a general meeting of the society to be held at their office in Angel Court Snow Hill. Election of directors for the ensuing year will be by ballot on the day, from nine in the morning to twelve, and from three to six in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Dresden
Henry
Seidlitz
Schlettau
Torgau
Brusutls
Theaid Gazette
London
O&t
Corsica
Iland
Cologn
Prince de Soubire
Westphalia
France
Paris
Tours
Lyons
Limoges
Orleans
Auvergne
Rouen
Soisiers
Marquis Grimaldi
Count of
Atois
Brench
Trant
Leadenhall Market
Peter Burrell
Beckenham
Kent
Scott
Long Reach
John Cope
Bristol
Shanks
Capt
Talbot
Worcester-street
Old Gravel-lane
Wapping
Daniel Looney
Perrott
Newport Pagnell
County of Bucks
Sandby
Magdalen College
Cambridge
Plumptre
Queen’s College
Orford
St. John’s College
Harrison
Sackville Street
George
Charlotte
James Caldwell
Conduit Street
James Hilliard
Swallow-street
Mills Polly Wilcox
Hanover-Square
St. James’s Place
Felton Harvey
Fisher
Westminster
Latt Friday
Tittlington
Northumberland
Roger Pearson
Earl of Tankerville
Lali Friday
Durham
Reed
Mr. Holding
White Swan
Temple Lane
White Friars
Round Court
Strand
Henry Smallman
Shropshire
Latt
Knightsbridge
James Frasier
John Eden
Thomas Robinson
Barts
Robert Robinson
John Ingleby
Plymouth
Feffery
Angel-Court
Snow- Hill
N. B
Sale of unserviceable Navy stores at Portsmouth yard
Navy office reports a sale on the 24th of Inflari at 6 o clock morning in which Commissioner Hughes will offer for purchase old canvas rope and related items in paper and other discarded materials. A deposit of 25 percent or proportion is required. buyers may view during yard hours and must remove purchased stores within forty days or forfeit the deposit to the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
Hughes
His
Paortmouth
Crown
Teaching method promises legible writing and shorthand skills
An advertisement offers lessons in writing, arithmetic, bookkeeping, navigation, geography and map use, with emphasis on rapid improvement for ages ten to sixty. It promotes a new easy method to cure bad handwriting, plus shorthand training modeled after Dr. Biram, available through T. B. at Williams’s shop, Fleet Street, with evening sessions around five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B
Coal Heavers Seek Parliament Action Against Unfair Unloading
A petition from coal heavers, backed by many workers, urges Parliament to amend the 1758 Act aiding unloaders on the Thames. They complain of new basket unloading schemes and profiteering by coal undertakers buyers and ship owners, harming workers and consumers. The case aims to restore provisions for sick, widows, and old coal heavers and to curb price manipulation.
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House of Commons
Thames
London
A&ét
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Buffy
Caroline
George II
George I
Princess of Wales
Somerset-house
Richmond-house
Richmond Old Park
Guilshall
St. James’s
Samuel Bludger
Duke of York
Guildhall
Nathaniel Nath
John Cartwright
Thomas Fludger
Temple
Sir John Curt, Bart
Vatican
Mr. Strange
Raphael
Hampton Court
Norfolk
Chatham
Black Friars
Anson
Bengal
Co. Handkerch
Pgr.l Peniatcoes
Parti- Romals
Co.Barnagore
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