Britain Seeks Portugal Trade Rift Over French Alliance
Debates center on rejecting closer ties with France and preserving Portugal as an ally. Speakers warn that the Family Compact and French ambitions threaten British interests, with concerns over woollens exports and naval strength, while tensions rise over party lines and parliamentary conduct.
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France
Cherbourg
Paris
Portugal
Great Britain
Portugail
Mons. de Vergennes
Spain
Two Sicilies
Lord Carmarthen
Lord Carlisle
Lord Hawkesbury
Lord Delaval
Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Manchester
London measures move on treaties and rum duty
Reports from London reveal orders to prepare a precise abstract of all treaties with the Republic of Holland and lay it before the King. Planters and merchants press for reduced rum duty, with a memorial to the Minister. A petition seeks a governor’s recall, and discussions on customs reform promise large public savings while funding the national debt. Beastington seen near Henni Ar.
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London
Republic of Holland
House of Commons
Leeward Islands
Falmouth
St. Kitt’s
Buffara
Flanders
Madras
Earl Cornwallis
India
Knights of the Garter
Windsor
Beastington
Village chase ends with enigmatic rider found in cottage
In Lincolnshire a hunter hunted hounded a man named Barrington, presumed to be a rider, after a robbery in Essex. He denied accusations at first but admitted later. The hunt party dispersed to a pub while authorities were alerted. Earlier, at Old Bailey, Sophia Pringle faced execution by firing squad after a forgery conviction, carried out with her ill health evident.
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Sampson Wright
Old Bailey
Sophia Pringle
Bristol
Barin
Grace
Duke of Argyle
H. South
Wan. Green
Wallon
Mill
Heed
John Caldwell
Col. Hunter
Stone
Walder
My. Faber
C. Cametn Stncrour
Tly
James
Jones
Dublin
Priends
Doyle
Liverpool
Nautilis
Walker
Lisbon
St. Vincent's
Mary
Inglis
Grenada
Louisa
Thomas
Portola
Mastin
Giamiley
Liverepool
Jofe
Draper
Tripe
Hence
Extea'p Cor
Molly
Pyne
Rouen
St. John’s
Sorey
Joanna
Knott
Newfoundland
M-Cunn
Westford
Dunnigan
Corks
Endeavour
Campell
Tinagrick
Britetal
Santee
Gibbs
Maryland
Courtons
Giffids
Belfait
Warren
Hocgton
Lendon
Linr
Brd’s
Ireland
Filey
St. Peter's
Lucker
Stepnen’s
Cheplow
Kedward
Beachley-Passage-house
Abergavenny
John Jones
Tenner
Richard Webb
Ely
Grocester
Harvard
St. Auegustine
Exchange Coffee
Brats Battery, Wit, and Copper Company of
Brite
Rack
Bath Agriculture Society
Collinton
Somerset
William Matthews
Bath
Agriculture Society
Guildhall
Axminster
Newegate
Wm. Ledyatt
Rich Anderson
Benj. Lawrence
Wm. Maxte
Newgate
Benefit Lottery Tickets and Prize List
The notice lists prizes for a benefit lottery across multiple days with many ticket numbers and prize amounts. It states a twenty thousand pound prize drawn on Monday belongs to Mr. Kent, an apothecary in the Borough, and a 10,0001 prize is the property of Mr. Delatre, a dancing-master.
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Kent
Delatre
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Owens
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Floor
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Celia Mats Wright
Aucrey Miss Cleland
Phebs Miss Summers
Rosalind
Mats Stanton
Matter
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Wall
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Frotick
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Wordsworth
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Rejeea
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Osborne
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James Harris
Fool
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Phomus Syines
Stowey
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