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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Jonge Juffrouw Anna, Ids Baarends Kuyk, master.James Verco, commander of the private ship of war the fox, - - - appellant. Richard Pentreath, commander of the private ship of war the success, - respondent. Further case on behalf of the respondent.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1785]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Chinsurah, and its dependencies. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England, on behalf of Thomas Morton, Esq.The said Thomas Morton, Esq. syndic of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, - - - - appellants; against Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, Knight of the Bath, late commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the East Indies; the officers and crew of His Majesty's sloop of war the Nymph, one of the said squadron, pretended captors of all and singular the treasure, goods, wares, merchandizes, and effects, taken and seized at Chinsurah; and James Heseltine, Esq. Procurator-General for Our Sovereign Lord the King, - - - respondents. Appeal on behalf of Sir Edward Hughes, and others. The said Sir Edward Hughes, and the officers and crew of His Majesty's said sloop of war the Nymph, and the said James Heseltine, Esquire, - appellants, against the said Thomas Morton, Esquire, syndic of the said United Company, - - - respondents. Appendix to the case on behalf of Thomas Morton, Esq.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Chinsurah and its dependencies. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. On appeal of Thomas Morton Esquire. The said Thomas Morton Esq. syndic of the United Company of Merchants of England, trading to the East Indies, - - - - appellant. Against Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, Knight of the Bath, late commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the East Indies, the officers and crews of His Majesty's sloop Nymph, one of the said squadron, pretended captors of all and singular the treasure, goods, wares, merchandizes, and essects, taken and seized at Chinsurah, and James Heseltine Esq. procurator-general of Our Sovereign Lord the King, - respondents. Appeal of Sir Edward Hughes. The said Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and the officers and crew of said sloop Nymph, and the said James Heseltine Esq. - - appellants. Against the said Thomas Morton Esq. syndic of the said East India Company, - - - respondent. Case on behalf Thomas Morton, Esq.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1792]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius and its dependencies. Samuel Dyson, Sampson Dickenson, Quinton Dick, S. Langston and Joseph Smith, the assignees of the estate of John Hawkins, of London, merchant, a subject of Our Sovereign Lord the King, a bankrupt, the claimant of sundry goods, wares, and merchandizes, seized and taken as prize on the surrender of the said island of St. Eustatius and its dependencies, to His Majesty's sea and land forces, under the command of the Right Hon. Lord Rodney, and Major General John Vaughan, with costs and damages, - - - - - - - appellants. Against the said Right Honourable Lord Rodney, and Major General John Vaughan, the captors, - - - - - - - respondents. Case on behalf of the appellants.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Chinsurah, and its dependencies. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England, on behalf of Thomas Morton, Esq. The said Thomas Morton, Esq. syndic of the United Company of merchants of England trading to the East Indies, - - - - appellants; against Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, Knight of the Bath, late commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the East Indies; the officers and crew of His Majesty's sloop of war the Nymph, one of the said squadron, pretended captors of all and singular the treasure, goods, wares, merchandizes, and effects, taken and seized at Chinsurah; and James Heseltine, Esq. procurator-general for Our Sovereign Lord the King, - - - respondents. Appeal on behalf of Sir Edward Hughes, and others. The said Sir Edward Hughes, and the officers and crew of His Majesty's said sloop of war the Nymph, and the said James Heseltine, Esquire, appellants, against the said Thomas Morton, Esquire, syndic of the said United Company, - - - respondents. Appendix to the case on behalf of Sir Edward Hughes, and others.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1792?]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. The Waas Munster, Andries Feigel, master. John Cologan, of London, merchant, a subject of Our Sovereign Lord the King, the claimant of fifty bales of cocoa, laden in the above ship at the time of the capture and seizure thereof, appellant. Against Charles Hotchkys, Esq;commander of His Majesty's ship the Hydra, the captor of the said ship and cargo, - - - - - respondent. Case on behalf of John Cologan, one of the appellants.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1785?]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. An appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. Saint Jago Apostol, alias el Aquiles, Don Manuel Calbo master. Sir Andrew Snape Douglas commander of His Majesty's frigate of war the Phaeton, on behalf of himself, his officers and crew, and the rest of a squadron of His majesty's ships under the command of rear-admiral gell, captors of the said ship Saint Jago and cargo, and James Heseltine Esquire, His Majesty's procrator-general, - - - - appellants. Against Don Manuel Calbo the master, and Don Manuel de las Heras agent and consul-general of His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain, claimants of the said ship and cargo, - - - - respondents. Case on behalf of the appellants.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1794]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. De Vrouw Margaretha, Gerard Detleff Winser, master. Jean Rourcin, a burgher and inhabitant of the city of Ostend, and a subject of the Emperor of Germany, the late supercargo and claimant of the said ship and her general cargo, on Behalf of Messrs. Mametz and Fois[l]ey the Son, of the said city of Ostend, merchants and copartners, also subjects of the Emperor of Germany, the sole owners thereof; also claiant of the remainder of the cargo, on behalf of himself and others, neutral subjects, the sole owners thereof appellant,Charles Maurice Pole, Esquire, commander of His Majesty's ship the Success, the captor, and James Heseltine, Esquire, His Majesty's procurator general, - - - - - - - - respondents. On an appeal from the Court of Vice-Admiralty for the Island of Jamaica. Appellant's case.
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[Be]fore the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Noord Stiernen, Herman Samsing, of Turnberg in Norway, a subject of His Majesty the King of Denmark, master of the said Danish ship noord stiernen, and the claimant of the said ship, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, for and on behalf of the widow Karen Anker and sons, of Christiana, in Norway aforesaid, merchants, also subjects of His Danish Majesty, the sole owners thereof, and also claimant of the cargo, and his the said master's private adventure on board the said ship at the capture, - - appellant. Richard Hudson, commander of the private ship of war venom, the captor, - - respondent. On an appeal from Barbadoes. The appellant's case.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1784]- Books
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The crisis, or an alarm to Britannia's true Protestant sons. In two parts, with an appendix to each of them. Containing. Among a Variety of other Things, An Address to King George. -To the Unbelieving Jews. -To our reverend Fathers the Bishops. -To our worthy Representatives. - To the licentious Writers of the public Papers. With a Prefatory Address to the two respectable Bodies, the Citizens and Merchants of London. By a disinterested, independent, and truly Protestant Briton.
Briton.Date: [1754]- Books
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A rhapsody on the present system of French politics; on the projected invasion, and the means to defeat it. Illustrated with plans, on three copper plates. By - , a Chelsea pensioner.
Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.Date: M,DCC,LXX,IX. [1779]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. General Van Huth, Jan Meinert Meinertz master. Jan Meinert Meinertz, the master and claimant of the ship, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, for and on behalf of Hendrick Dultz of Altona, merchant, a subject of His Majesty the King of Denmark, the sole owner thereof; and also claimant of all and singular the goods, wares, and merchandizes, laden on board the said ship, on behalf and as the property of Jacob de chapeaurouge, a burgher, merchant, and inhabitant of the free imperial city of Hamburgh, - - - - - appellent. George Davis, commander of the armed cutter the Nancy; James Nash, commander of the armed cutter the Dorset; William Nowell Esquire, commander of His Majesty's sloop of war the Ferret; James Heseltine Esquire, His Majesty's procurator general; and George Gostling Esquire, His Majesty's procurator general in his office of Admiralty, - - - - - - - respondents. The appellant's case. (On an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty.)
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Noord Stiernen, Herman Samsing, master. The said herman samsing, the master and claimant of the said Danish ship, noord stiernen, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, for and on behalf of the widow Karen Ancher and sons, of christiana in Norway, merchants, subjects of His Majesty the King of Denmark, the sole owners thereof, and also claimant of the cargo, and his the said master's private adventure on board the said ship at the said capture, - appellant. Richard Hudson, commander of the private ship of war venom, the captor, - - respondent. On an appeal from Barbadoes. The appellant's case, on further proof as to the property of the ship.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. St. Eustatius and its dependencies. our sovereign lord the King, against the goods, wares, and merchandizes, arms, stores, and ammunition, taken on the island of St. Eustatius and its dependencies, on the surrender there-of to His Majesty's sea and land forces, under the command of the Right Honourable Lord Rodney (formerly Sir George Brydges Rodney, Baronet,) and Major General John Vaughan, appellants. Against Elias Lindo, of London, merchant, the claimant of sundry goods, wares, and merchandizes, seized and taken as prize by the said two commanders in chief, at the time of the aforesaid surrender of the said island, - - - respondent. Case on behalf of Elias Lindo, the respondent.
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Browne's general law list; for the year 1787: being an Alphabetical Register of the Names and Residence of all the Judges Serjeants King's Council Counsellors Chancery Draftsmen Special Pleaders Conveyancers Attornies Public Notaries Middlesex Justices Officers of the Courts Masters in Chancery Commissioners of Bankrupts Country Town-Clerks Officers of Excise, Customs, and Stamp Duties Houses of Parliament Doctors, Proctors, Lord Mayor, Aldermen, City Companies Halls, Clerks and Beadles, Bankers Surveyors Auctioneers Brokers Town and Country Newspapers, Agents, &c. To which are added, A Complete List of the Common and Civil Law-Offices; Hours of Attendance, and Business done at each. - The English and Welch Circuits, Justices, Serjeants, and Council, pointing out the different Circuits they go, and the Towns where the Assizes are Held-Postage of Letters from all the Post-Towns to London. Also A correct List of Mail & Stage Coaches, with the Times and Places from whence they set out, and Rates of Hackney Coachmen from the Inns of Court or Places adjacent thereto, &c.
Date: [1787]- Books
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A new way of breeding canary birds. Without the trouble, that is in the common way of breeding. And, Will Breed As Many Canary Birds Again, as the Common Way of Breeding does. And, How Presently to Cure a Sick Bird. - Also, How to Keep a Canary (or Any Other) Bird in a Gage, for Singing Only, that they may not Die, as they Do. By a person, who has bred canary birds, several years, With Far Greater Success by this New Way, than Ever He Had Before, in the Common Old Troublesome Way of Breeding. Adorned With One, and Twenty Beautyful Neat Prints, Relating to the Breeding, and Keeping Canary (or Other) Birds, Finely Engraved.
Person, who has bred canary birds, several years.Date: [1742]- Books
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Kemmish's Annual-Harmonist; or, the British Apollo; being a complete lyric repository and banquet of amusement: containing the whims of the night and day: with all the monstrous good, and convivial songs catches, glees, duets, &c. sung this season, in the Prisoner, Just in time, Hartford bridge, Pirates, at Vauxhall, Bermondsey Spa, And various other polite Assemblies. Likewise, the president's companion; or, compleat toast-master. For the better encouragement of this work, W. K. offers for the best song, that comes to hand by September, 1793, a silver medal, Value 1d. 1s. - --Second Best, an Annual Harmonist bound in Morocco. - -- Third Best in Calf.
Date: [1793]- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Appeal from the High Court of Admiralty of England. The Rachael Mobareck, otherwise Tatty Mumbarick, Jose Pereira de Souza, master. The Right Honourable William Murray, commonly called Lord William Murray, the claimant, as agent for and on behalf of Ephraim Cohen, of the city of Cochin, in the dominions of the Rajah of Old Cochin, and a subject of the said King or Rajah, the real, true, lawful, and sole owner and proprietor of the said ship, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, and of the several goods, wares and merchandizes hereinafter mentioned, laden and on board the said ship at the time of the capture and seizure thereof, in the month of July 1781, in the road of Cudalore, in the East Indies, by a party of seapoys, or seamen, under the command of the Right Honourable Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, Knight of the Most Honourable order of the Bath, commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships and vessels in teh East Indies, - - - - - - appellant. Against the said Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, and James Heseltine, Esquire, His Majesty's procurator-general - respondents, Appendix to the appellant's case.
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Helvetia, Jacob Janz Rowaan, master. Emanuel Philip Bize, of London, merchant, a subject of Our Sovereign Lord the King, the claimant of sundry goods, wares, and merchandizes, laden in the said ship, with costs and damages, appellant, against the Right Honourable Lord Rodney, and the commanders, officers, and seamen, on board His Majesty's ship of war the Torbay, and the rest of the fleet under the command of the said Lord Rodney, the captors of the said ship and goods, - respondents. Further case on behalf of Emanuel Philip Bize, the claimant and appellant.
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Constantine Phipps, Esq; - - - appellant. The Right Honourable Richard Earl of Anglesey, Dame Mary Levinge, otherwise Annesley, Charles Coote, Esq; an infant, by Prudence Coote, widow, his mother and guardian, and Mark White, gent. respondents. The appellant's case. ...
Mulgrave, Constantine Phipps, Baron, 1722-1775.Date: 1751]- Archives and manuscripts
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Yorkshire, (to wit) The delivery of the goal of our sovereign lord the King, of his County of York, held at the Castle of York, in and for the said County, on Monday the Seventh Day of March, in the Twenty first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, now King of Great Britain, &c. - Before Sir William Lee, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's-Bench, and Sir Thomas Abney, Knight, one of his Majesty's Justices of his Court of Common-Pleas, Justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to deliver his Goal there of the Prisoners therein being, &c.
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A catalogue for the year 1764, of the libraries of the Rev. Mr. Wood, of the Isle of Wight; the Rev. and learned Dr. Umfrevile; Peter Davall, Esq; late Accomptant-General; William Bussiere, Esq; Surgeon to King William and Queen Mary, Queen Anne, King George the First and Second, and many others, lately deceased; Containing above One Hundred Thousand Volumes, Of the most Scarce and Valuable Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Books of Prints, &c. In all Languages, Arts and Sciences, viz. The Histories, Antiquities, Laws and Customs of the various Nations of the known World, with the most eminent Voyages and Travels; A Capital Collection of Prints and Books of Prints, by the greatest Masters of the Italian, French and Flemish Schools; A Noble Collection of Antient Manuscripts on Vellum; The Pompous Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics, Lexicons and Critics. A Large Collection of Authors on Antiquity, Medals, Mathematicks, Physic, Surgery and Natural History; The Antient and Modern Authors of the Histories and Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland; Great Numbers of the Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers; Several Magnificent Bibles in Various Languages; With near a Complete Collection of Common Law. Several of the Books are on large Paper, in Morocco, and other rich Bindings. Which will begin to be sold (the lowest Prices printed in the Catalogue, without any Abatement, for ready Money only) at T. Osborne's, in Gray's Inn, this day, and, for the Conveniency of the Nobility and Gentry who live at a Distance, will continu daily selling to the 1st of January, 1765. Catalogues may be had at all the chief Cities and noted Towns in Europe, and at the Place of Sale; where may be had Money for any Library or Parcel of Books, Prints, Books of Prints and Manuscripts. As the Proprietor has been at great Expence in purchasing these several Libraries, which excels most Collections in the Value and Number of Volumes it contains, he hopes that it deserves a particular Regard from the Learned. - There are likewise to be disposed of, the Manuscript Sermons of the Rev. Mr. Harris of Hornchurch and Rumford, and some other eminent Divines.
Osborne, Thomas, -1767.Date: 1764]- Books
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The second part of [F]lin's sale catalogue of books, for the year 1764. At the Bible in Castle-Street. Consisting of a large collection of history natural, civil, and ecclesiastical, as well as antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland, also history of other nations with voyages and travels, and some curious classics, viz. Ashmole's order of the Garter. Illustrious heads, 2 vols. Burton's Leicestershire. Borlase's Cornwall. Coker's Dorsetshire. Clarendon's history Camden, by Gibson, 2 vols. ...bala, Drake's York. Dugdale's St. Paul. - monasticon, and supplement, 3 vols. Alderby's Wales. Miller's Worthies. Forbes's state papers. Winthrie's hist. of Eng. 3 vols. Gordon's iteneray. Benton's Petersborough. Dorsley's Brit. Romana. Harris's Kent. King's Chester. Bennet's and Rapin's histories. High's Lancashire. Clycester's antiq. of Gr. Britain. Grant's Colchester. Hatton's Northampton. Orthodox formul. Anglican. Utland's London. - Edinburgh. Morrison's Hist. of Ireland. Peck's Stanford. Plot's Oxfordshire and Staffordshire. Prince's Devon. Salmon's Hertfordshire and Essex. Sandford geneol. hist. Slezier's theatrum scoti.̆ Jone's and Webb's stone-henge. State tryals, 6 vols. Thurloe s state papers, 7 vols Tanner's Notitia Monast. Thoresby's Leeds. Whitlock's memorials. Wright's Rutlandshire. Wood's Oxford Writers, 2 vols. Winwood's memorials. Ware's antiquities of Ireland. Walsh's hist. of Irish Remonst. Bale's biograp. dictionary 5 vols body of gardening. Gibb's architecture. Harris's voyages, 2 vols best edit. Hooke's micrography. Purchase's pilgrims and pilgrimage, 5 vols. Patrick, Lowth, and Whitby on the Bible. 6 vols Stackhouse on the Bible, best edit. With many others equally good. [Whi]ch will begin selling on Wednesday, January 25th 1764, at Flin's Shop as above. ... lowest price for ready money marked in the catalogue. Flin gives most money for libraries or parcels of books sells by auction for those that please to employ him.
Flin, Laurence.Date: 1764]- Archives and manuscripts
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