Court of Proprietors vote to permit Paterson return to Bombay
A split East India Company vote approved Mr George Paterson returning to Bombay with his rank. Meanwhile a Royal Navy ship, 44 guns, in Admiral Rainier's squadron, blew up after a lightning strike with heavy loss of life. Other items note court judgments for libel on the Earl of Clare and local city notices.
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France
Toussaint
General Court of Proprietors of the East India Company
Indian House
George Paterson
Bombay
Admiral Rainier
East Indies
Elsworth
Yarmouth
Bord Minto
Vienna
Grenadiers
Firt
d’Oiley
Southampton
Paris
Merlin
Lepeaux
Europé
Lewis Bayly Esq
Ivelchester
Re. Clayton, Bart
Wailer
Times
King’s Bench
Earl Cowper
Parry
Courier
Earl of Clare
Fufeli
Barry
Royal Académy
Rome
Guildhall
Charles Flower
John Haines
Blackfriars-bridge
Concord
Thompson
China
Philadelphia
Isle of Frances Frigate Taken by Deedalus
Isle of Frances the frigate was captured the following day by a Deedalus and carried into the Cape of Good Hope. The Mary and Elizabeth, Culley, from Lisbon to London, is captured by a Spanish privateer and carried into Pontovaredo.
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Isle of Frances
Deedalus
Cape ‘of Good Hope
Mary
Elizabeth
Culley
Lisbon
London
Pontovaredo
Admiralty letters report privateers captured off Guernsey and Yarmouth Roads
In letters dated 1759, the Admiralty records capture of the French privateer La Vigie by William Le Lachieur at lat 43 16 N and long 16 W, and later the Anacreon privateer by Captain Hamond aboard HMS Champion at Yarmouth Roads. The documents note the vessels’ armament, crews, coppered hulls, and prize seizures, reflecting ongoing naval enforcement on the Northern coast.
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Beitife
Great
Britann Line
Sips
Downs
India Islands
Jamaica
America
New
Cape of Good Hope
E. Indies
Africa
Portugal
Gibral
Tar
Mediterranean
Pont
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Chatham - Z
Streetness
Admiralty Office
Fuly
William Lehacheur
Forpsfavar
Evan Nepean
Guernsey
Admiralty
Bourdeaux
Corunna
C. W. LE Lacheur
Graham Eden Hamand
Yarmouth Roads
the Admiralty
Lord Viscount Duncan
Champion
Zen Biatckeman
Dunkirk
Bankrupts in Several Towns Named with Dates
A list of bankrupts dated July 16 17 Aug 13 includes W Churchill late of Somerton Somersershire maltiteri D Jarvis Manchester cannon manufacturer E Barron Wellingborough cure tier R Potter J Gregory Mansionhouse Street London merchants L and R Potters Mansionhouse Street London linen drapers T Johnson Friday Street Cheapside London warehouseman J Batt Old Bond Street paper manufacturer J Donkin Wakefield dealer J Dalton Hackney grocer.
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W. Churchill
Somerton
Somersershire
Maltitéry
Red Lion Inn
D. Jarvis
Manchester
Lancashire
Star Inn
E. Barron
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
Swan-inn
R. Potter
J. Gregory
Tate
Mansionhouse-str
London
R. Potters Tate
Mansionhouse-street
T. Johnson
Friday-street
Cheapside
J. Batt
Old Bond-street
Middleséx
Lee
Feng
J.donkin
Wakefield
Yorkshire
J. Dalton
Hackney
Middlesex
Job Correspondents Farewell Note
Brief notice notes thanks for favors received from Blackburn P R B WT 5 Y Z and several other friends with best wishes for prompt appearance and continued support.
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Blackburn
R. B
Y. Z
Apggare
Corn Exchange Prices and Market Report
A historic market note from Smithfield describes scant wheat supply and rising prices. Fine barley and malt also gain. oats stay heavy with weak demand. Prices listed for wheat barley rye beans and various meats reflect a tight market and brisk trade in coals and livestock.
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Marcet
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
London Gazette
G.E. Hammond
Lord Duncan
T. Gillet
Crown Court
J. Low
Stamp-Office
Birmingham
J. Thompson
E.“Leslie
Dundee
Great Britain
Ts Chapman
Bookfiller
Fleet Street
Jo St. John
Strand
J. Bruce
City Road
JOB Correspondents
Smithfield
Moray
Bertis
Newcastle
Chaldron
Sunderland
Ebine “Pollard
Newgate
Learenhall
Farnham
Saturda St. James’s
Smithfield Whitechapel
Hay
Leadenhale
Ditta
Greenland
Bamburgh
Altona
Genoa
Naples
Oporto
Leghorn
Venice
Ain
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