Against voluntary gifts to the Queen of Hungary
A reader from March 24 argues against Britain making free gifts to support the Queen of Hungary. The writer warns such aid could provoke French war, threaten liberties, and strain taxes and trade. He asserts Britain must not fund Hungary without clear treaty obligation or necessity, urging a cautious stance or a formal war declaration if needed. He concludes by offering to prove the expediency of any such scheme and signs as a humble servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Austria
Hungary
Count Kevenhuller
Great Britain
Europe
Austria
France
Vienna
Sudha
Port News March 31 Sailings and Arrivals
Shipping news reports several Royal Navy vessels and merchant ships entering and leaving ports. Dover, Westmorland, and Dover operations are noted with destinations to Leghorn and Georgia while ships such as Amsterdam Trader and Johanna arrive or depart for Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Additional vessels including the Habella, Duke Demar, and Spence Sloop are listed along the Nore and Spithead routes with various sailings to Madeira Jamaica and Virginia.
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Port News
Deal
Dover
Westmorland
Shanks
Tor Leghorn
Anne
Pike
Thompson
Gibraltar
Wind E.N.E
Amsterdam
Davey
Toptham
Whiteway
Dartmouth
Rotterdam
Fly
Gravesend
Habella
Redick
Jamaica
Duke Demar
Judson
Bologne
Portsmouth
Spithead
Rapahanock
Wilcocks
Madeira
Virginia
Betsey
Burchley
Majzity
Lancaster
Warren
Nore
Spence
Downs
Poll adjournment dispute in Surrey election unfolds
The Sheriff of Surrey ruled for Lord Baltimore as candidate Woodroffe pressed for an adjournment to inspect the poll. Navy Board heard proposals from shipowners for transporting forces to Flanders but left disappointed. Tea seized from smugglers was brought to the Excise Office. Several individuals were committed to Bridewell for hawking stamped newspapers. Sir John Strange reported on condemned malefactors, eight ordered for execution.
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London
Surrey
Guildford
Lord Baltimore
Navy Board
Flanders
Excise Office
Bow
Stratford
Excise
Elizabeth Curtis
Elizabeth Mitchell
Samuel Brisco
William Hinton
Edmund Tomlin
Jane Ball
Bridewell
Juttice Jones
Anne James
Francis Carver
Justice Frazier
John Strange
Newgate
18th Century Court Teems With Robbery and Miscellaneous Notices
A list of convictable offenses from a January Sessions includes Stephen Jenkins for a highway robbery and Jesse Walden for burglary. Others named face theft, pocket-picking, forgery, and conscription schemes in a mid‑18th century context. The document also notes ship arrivals, a plan to export goods, and stock prices, followed by a March 1741 fire insurance trustees meeting notice and an East India Company director election appeal dated March 29 1742 including Edward Stephenson Charles Colborne and others.
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Stephen Jenkins
Jesse Walden
Christopher ‘Jordan
Mr. Colt
Alexander Afflick
John Lowden
William Page
William Plummer
Robert Lloyd
Rob Mefits
Simpson and Ward
Holland
Antigua
Portugal
Hambourg
West Indies
Royal Exchange
London
Craig's Court
Charing-Crofs
Great Britain
East-India Company
Edward Stephenson
Charles Colborne
Charles Cutts
Peter Thomas
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the Daily Poor
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
James Figgins
Wimbledon
Kingston
Croydon
Thomas Rowsell
James Hopkins
Craven House
Witch-Street
Thomas Bambridge
Thomas Jones
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