To the Author of the Daily Post on War and Credit
A letter argues extreme measures risk ruin to British commerce and debt if France wins. It challenges public credulity about revenue, praises Franco‑British privateering, critiques pamphleteers and the Gazetteer, and urges unity, frugality, and stronger measures to ruin France’s allies while warning against unwarranted optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Queen Anne
Spain
Royal Navy
House of Austria
Great Britain
Europe
Britain
Rome
Addison
P. S
Paris to Prague News and Royal Orders Update
The Paris A la main reports a clash near Prague between French and Hungarians with arguable losses and a retreat. Capt. Osborne becomes Hawk sloop commander. Burford readied for sea. ordnance shipping more carriages to Ostend. Duke of Argyll possibly first Regiment of Foot Guards. Greenwich title to be retired. Financial market quotes follow with varied South Sea and Bank figures. Independent electors of Westminster call a meeting on Tuesday the 17th to seek redress for election rights amid misapplied measures.
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France
Paris A-la-main
Prague
Haffas
Marshal Broglio
Queen of Hungary
Admiralty
Osborne
Burford
Woolwich
Hawl
Ordnance Office
Ustend
Duke of Argyll
Duke of
Greenwich
City and Liberty of
Westminster
Crown
Ancho
Strand
Moxey
Maritime and civic notices from a London quarter session
A compact summary of holdings and appointments with transport arrivals for Ostend, bank and treasury news, executions, and local policing notes. It lists naval orders, ships Charlotte Yacht and Fubbs at Gravesend awaiting transports, condemnations at the Custom-house, Bank of England clerk appointment, deaths of Churchill and Bright, a sheriff’s journey to Kingston, prison transfers, and upcoming cricket at Moorfields. It mentions imports and exports, and a Royal appointment as Lord High Admiral with a commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
England
Admiralty
Charlotte Yatcht
Honeywood
Fubbs
Earl of Dunmore
Gravesend
Ostend
Geneva
Bank of England
John Harvey
Crouch
Deceas
Orchard Street
Westminster
Churchill
Custom-House
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
Yetterday
Bright
Thames-street
Thomas Bevois
Surrey
Kingston
Southwark
Susannah Hind
Newgate
Alderman Hankey
Woodroffe
Thomas Griffith
Alderman Pennant
Judith Haswell
William Rugby
John King
Lisbon
Holland
Africa
West Indies
Carolina
New-York
Antigua
Artillery Ground
Moorfields
Kent
Croydon
Stenden
Sussex
London
Master of the SpRING-GARDENS Entertainments Schedule
Notice from the Master of the Spring Gardens at Vaux-Hart that starting Monday, entertainment hours will run from five to nine each evening due to shortened days, until the season closes on Saturday night for the first infants.
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Vaux-Hart
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