Merchants urged to quit Trade for Navy and Churches
A London letter urges merchants to sell ships and join a grand maritime enterprise at Spithead, arguing for diverting from Exchange to prayer and naval preparations. It attacks Continental schemes, defends Britain’s balance of power, promotes national sacrifice for liberty in Europe, and criticizes reliance on delicate alliances while praising naval strength and domestic industry.
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Europe
Spithead
Crown
Liod
Lombard-Street
King- Stairs
Rotherhithe
West-Indies
Flanders
Bath
Turky
Persia
the Two Sicilies
Italy
Madrid
Prussia
Silesia
Philip
Parma
Placentia
Tuscany
Don Theodogy
Copsica
France
Marseilles
Moscow
Burt
Archdeacon Carey Marries Miss Derring in Dublin
In Dublin on Saturday Archdeacon Henry Carey son of the Bishop of Killala married Miss Derring a young fortune heiress. By Sunday morning he died of consumption at his Bride Street home following a note in the Consistory Court in Dublin.
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Ireland
Dublin
Henry Carey
Killalla
Derring
Bride Street
Edward Sale
Port News Update on Ships in the Downs
Deal February 20 arrivals include the Industry and Dispatch Tenders from a cruise. The George and Eleanor Withall sails for Toptham. Haellingfield Holden sails for East India and Parham Club Barton for Antigua. In the Downs with Granada and Terror Bombs. Gravesend reports Union Clinkert Mary from Amsterdam Greenwich Gilby from Genoa Portland Man of War Hawke from Barbadoes Hyam Wood from Dunkirk Britannia Barnes Black River Quick Richmond Elis from Jamaica. Arrivals at several ports include Margaret Myre from Hambourg and Falcon Magne from Maryland at Biddeford.
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Deal
Arriv
George
Eleanor
Withall
Toptham
Haellingfield
Holden
East India
Parham Club
Barton
Antigua
Downs
Granada
Gravesend
Union
Clinkert
Mary
Barnes
Amsterdam
Greenwich
Gilby
Genoa
Portland
Capt
Hawke
Barbadoes
Hyam
Wood
Dunkirk
Britannia
Black River
Quick
Richmond
Birthday of Mary Princess of Hesse at St James's Palace
London reports mark the birthday of Mary Princess of Hesse as she enters her 22nd year with royal compliments at St James's Palace. Brigadier General Wentworth elected MP for Whitchurch in Hampshire replacing Charles Clarke Ey recently named Baron of the Exchequer. he attended the House of Commons yesterday. East India Company directors appoint Max May and Mr Stringfield as cargoes officers aboard the Colchester bound for Benjar and Bencoolen.
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Mary Princess of Hesse
St. James’s
Wentworth
Whitchurch
Hampshire
Charles Clarke
House of Commons
The
East India Company
Max. May
Mr. Stringfield
Colchester
Benjar
Bencoolen
Obituary notices and crime reports from Drury Lane and City
A selection notes the deaths of Sir John Rochead Bart in Edinburgh and other figures including Mr Thomas Hornage and Rev Dr James Hall. Also recorded are burglaries, a seized hackney coach load of tea, a gambler scam near Lambeth, and a Privateer action with Capt Whitaker. Theatre listings for The Weppine Day and The Merry Wives of Windsor are given.
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Edinburgh
John Rochead
Robert
Royal Navy
Islington
Thomas Hornage
Breadstreet
Cheapside
James Hall
Bashington
Shropshire
Church of England
Jaft
Battersea
John Willcox
Highgate
James Box
West Smithfield
Mortis
Artillery Lane
Bishopgate Street
Royal Exchange
Shad- Thames
Joseph Taylor
Kidewell
Clerkenwell-Bridewell
Lambeth
Bulliss
Whitaker
Carracca
Constantine
Whitchurch
Gibraltar
Venice
London
Theatre Royal
Drury - Lane
Covent-Garden
High Water at London Bridge Morning Rates
London financial notes show prices and yields for South Sea Stock and Annuities, Bank shares, Indian securities, and imperial loans. The column lists figures such as 169 for South Sea Stock, 114 for South Sea Annuities, and various percentages on government and bank securities. Market prices and exchange related terms appear, indicating a snapshot of banking and investment activity from the day.
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South Sea
New South Sea
Tor
Ss. India
Royal Eixchange Assurance
London
India
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the Daily Post
Great Britain
Port News
Margaret
Myre
Hambourg
Biddeford
Falcon
Magne
Maryland
London Bridge
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