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South Sea Company and Court News From London
Reports from London detail appointments and trials including factors for the Affiento, a court at Westminster on a trespass case involving an Orphans Tax, and various legal actions. Notes on naval commands, a Dante at the Court of King's Bench, and disorderly night houses in Newport Market are included alongside stock quotes for South Sea and Bank securities and weekly meetings to curb such establishments.
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The
South Sea Company
Pearce
Buenos Ayres
Spackman
Ford
Francis Eyles
India Company
Chaloner Ogle
Royal Exchange
Taibor
Jamaica
Admiralty
Charles Wager
Namur
Dante
King’s Bench
Westminster
Theatret Royal
Drury Lane
Goodmans Fields
Charles Street
St. James's Square
Raymond
Guildhall
John Whitwham
James Fretwell
Reeves
Fazakerly
Moreeton
Committee of City Lands
Thames
Newport Market
Welffiman
Newport Alley
John Gonton
Railton
Meard
Bragny
Weishman
St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin’s Parish
City of London
Southwark
South Sea House
London
Michaelmas
Michaelmag
Court of Directors
WY. Smith