Pressing Seamen and Naval Honour in Public Debate
A reader objects to a Daily Post report on a merchant pressed into Royal service by a Navy officer. He argues Admiralty action should heed liberty and due process, condemns press gangs as necessary evils, and defends merchant liberty. The letter critiques the Merchant’s standing, calls for pardon if wrong, and questions punitive measures against naval officers and merchants amid the press controversy.
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Admiralty
Board of Admiralty
Erlands
London Evening Post
Evening Post
News from Europe and Jamaica Patchwork of War and Trade
Yesterday's mail from Flanders reports royal plans to form two camps in the kingdom with Gaeta and Capial as arms posts. Rome warns cities to ban provisions to sustain four armies, while Spain and Naples fund limited treasury. Across Genoa and Vienna reports of troop movements, British expedition aims, and Jamaica’s sickly force prompt provisioning. Also notes marriages, a murder, and assorted commercial imports and exports.
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Gaeta
Capial
Rome
Naples
Sardinia
Genoa
Don Philip
Graff
Digne
Turin
Villafranca
Matthews
Sicily
Vienna
Ments
Triers
Bohemia
Kevenhuller
London
Flanders
Ireland
Oder
Seaton
Hague
Jamaica
England
Victualling Office
Martin Sandys
Samuel Sandys
Worcester
Kent
Sussex
Essex
Worcestershire
John Ravenhill
Foley
Paul Foley
Newport
Hereford
Henry Hoare
Sourhead
City of London
Streathalm
Collins
Macclesfeld
Cheshire
Stony
Fenny Stratford
Buckinghamshire
Holland
Dunkirk
Hambourg
Dunkirh
C. Wrough
Carolina
Philadelphia
New-York
General Officers Keep Sharp Lookout for Enemy Heels
The passage urges commanding officers to maintain vigilance and pursue the enemy closely, pressing troops to stay on the march and watchful for any sign of pursuit or counterattack. It emphasizes rapid responsiveness and disciplined advance against opposing forces.
Port News Arrivals and Transports at Gravesend and Ports
Deal Aug 25 This Morning failed mortar bomb for the river and the defence Bonham for Guinea. Tichfield Campbell from Cas ro lina last from Cowes Westmorland Shank from Leghorn Cleve Rice from Falmouth Rediain the Ana Firehip Neptune Tender Leven Leach Murray for Jamaica Ruff Cunningham for Gibraltar. Twenty eight sail of transports up at Gravesend ready for embarkation. Arrivals at Dover Jamaica Sarah Anne from Cape Verds.
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Port News
Deal
Bonham
Guiney
Arriv
Tichfield
Campbell
Cas Rolina
Cowes
Westmorland
Shank
Leghorn
Cleve
Rice
Falmouth
Rediain
Ana
Neptune
Leven
Leach
Murray
Jamaica
Cunningham
Gibraltar
Gravesend
Duke Dehemar
Judgsen
Bologna
Fantyne
Read
Montferrat
Vernon
Emmett
Cape Fere
Peter
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Th Daily Post
London Bridge
South Sea
New South
Dover
Salem
Calley
New-England
Sarah and Anne
Appleton
Cape de Verds
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