Naval Action Near La Hogue Reported by British Command
The London Gazette recounts a naval engagement where gun-boats and flats attacked near La Hogue. The vice admiralty record details orders to stand firm, a daylight bombardment with seventeen cannon, and the destruction of enemy craft, with casualties among Marines and seamen. It notes dispatches from Capt. Hotham and Lieut. Bourne, and other royal notices including a Privy Council change and the Duchy of Cornwall leasehold renewal.
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London Gazette
P. Brice
la Hogue
Mr. Moore
Gynal
S. W
Mall
Bouloene Marine
Bourne Tok
Wet Island
N. W
Westlands
Enfor
Maughan
Adamant
Henderson
Tam‘forry
Thomas Hall
Marine
Richard Dunn
Peter Williamson
Thomas Banks
Charles P. Price
Hotham
Bourne
C. J. Fox
Duchy of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
Stutgard
Stutgard, April 27. Her Royal Highness the ‘Duchess of Wirtemberg
Bankrupts and Dividends in Norfolk and London
A list of bankrupts includes TF Cook of Whitewell Norfolk at Lenwade Bridge Inn great Witchingham and many others such as Lewis Richards Coveritry street Cheesemonger at Guildhall J Forbes Laclane warehouseman and more with dates May 14 to June 23. Dividends are noted for May 30 including John Gould Coventry J Kron Newco Throgmorton street merchant and others with June dates. The report also covers naval news from Lord Bridport’s fleet returning to victual and actions near Cadiz and Cape Trafalgar with commentary on Ireland’s debt fund plans.
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TF. Cook
Whitewell
Norfolk
Angel
Sheil
Jordan
Shakpear’s Walk
Shadwell
Guildhall
Co Mic
Lovely
Honiton
Devonshire
Bristol
W. James
Birmingham
Mercer
Temple-row
Rob
Robson
Chorley
Lancath
Grocer
the Globe
John-street
Liverpool
J. Winton
Skinner-frost
Somers Town
Edw
Collier
Rithopsgate
John Gould
Coventry
J. Kron
Newco
Throgmorton-ftr
T. Pasfield
Bow
Middlesex
Carpenter
J. Jackson
Queen Ftt
Brompton
Apothecary
G. T. Thornton
Spaldon
Lincoln
W. Modds
Hatter
R. Smyth
Oxford-street
Marybone
Une
M. Waugh
J. Price
Leeds
Levi Holloway
Paddington
Sadler
John Kerrod
Hackney
P. F.denedonfel
James-ftr
Hanov Fq
Taylor
J. Southerden
Rye
Sussex
J. Bartletty
New Ormond-ftr
Midd.mariner
W. Steely
Selby
York
Tsaac Smith
Bridghorth
Safop
Haberdather
J. Thompson
Southwark
T. Skenfield
Lord Bridport
Cape of Good Hope
Lady Shore
South America
Major Semple
Lord St. Vincent
J. Orde
Port of London Imports Wheat At Duty And Three Encampments Ordered
On Tuesday May 1 the Port of London opened to wheat imports at 9s 9d per quarter and barley at 3s for three months while all other grain remains prohibited. Over four and a half million pounds were paid into the Bank for the New Loan. Three encampments were ordered at Harwich Danbury and on the Clatton shore. A Parker was examined at the Admiralty over impersonating a lieutenant and commanding a Terror Bomb and Lord Barington’s regiment. He was committed for further examination. English return ships from the Cape were to be joined by 17 others and arrive under convoy about six weeks after the White Eagle failure. The D of Buccleugh safety matter referenced in garbled text remains unclear.
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London
Harwich
Danbury
Clatton
Parker
Admiralty
Lord Barington
Cape
D. of Buccleugh
T. Telma
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Lifton- Green
C. E. de Coetogan
A.M
Gedstone
Surry
Thomas Scott
Lock
St. Mildred
St. Margaret-Moses
Bread-street
Mercator
Otaheite
Missionary Society
Samusy Greatheid
W. Faden
Charing-cross
T. Chapman
Fleet-street
Price
Skilling
GeenaAt Union
Bedford
Lamuzz Gaeatazro
Church of Christ
Fleet-Breet
T. Conder
Buckfersbury
W. Hutton
Paternofter-row
Ae Peel
China
N. Meredith
Js Mathews
Strand
Woodhouse
Lower Brook-street
Grosvenor-square
Murgatroyd
Chilwell-street
Mount Street
Wettminster-bridge
Trinitarans
Diffinters Magazine
Jesus Christ
Gospel Magazine
Britise Grille
S. Newell
Feversham
Kent
Cornhill
Ted
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