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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 15, 1760
Page
2
Reports from the Channel and Atlantic theatres detail British and allied vessels, privateers, conquerors, and convoys. Notable arrivals include ships from London and Amsterdam with cargoes and passengers while quarantine and captures affect ships like the True Briton and La Maitre. The piece also notes diplomatic arrivals, courtly notices, lottery actions, and various local incidents at sea and on shore.
Halifax reports new militia detachments raised within fourteen days marching to Clayton-Bedge. Major Burton Capt Farrand led reviews with Sir George Savile approving their drill and conduct. Inhabitants rode with music as King George III proclaimed loyalty amid cheers, and Joseph Belton provided the populace with a gift at the inn reception.
The Admiralty directs several men who were with the Marlborough and were ordered to join the Temeraire but have not yet arrived to repair immediately aboard His Majesty's Ship Temeraire at Portsmouth. Their leave has expired and they face forfeiture of due wages. They may be seized by the Marshal of the Admiralty and tried at a court martial as deserters.
A dated November 14, 1760 petition from Thomas Chance, long time liveryman of the Distillers Company, begging the London liverymen to substitute him for a vacant bridge-master post. He declines Blackwell Hall duties and cites distress from losses in the distilling trade, requesting the assistance of friends who supported him in prior elections.
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