Excerpt on Dutch justice and French legal practices
A correspondent praises Holland’s Court of Justice for its impartiality and modest fees, cites English law as complex, and contrasts French practice where influence and recommendations sway outcomes. The piece also notes recent British social items, including noble births, military appointments, and multiple legal cases and trials alongside stock-market updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
M. Slicher
Court of Justice of
Holland and West Friesland
United Princes
England
Holland
France
Foroye
Westminster Hall
Court of Justice
Peaking
Europe
United Provinces
Paris
Asoon
Marshal de
Duke
Madam de
Ballance
Rome
Great Britain
Port News arrives with a list of ships at Portland and outward-bound
Weymouth and Fan stiffen port news report ships in Portland Road six vessels from Amsterdam and London. The Young Elizabeth from Amsterdam Har man bound for Leghorn and the Fleece from London for Oporto sail. Incoming ships include Enas Smythard from Alderney and Guernsey lanes Francis and Mary from Southampton for St Vallery and Polly from Bilboa. Outbound ships keep the same routes with Happy Diana for Oporto Fleece for Plymouth Diamond for Malaga and Providence for Lisbon. Arrivals at Gravesend include Embleton from St Thomas's West from Dun kirk and Cambridge from New England and Lofal Jane from Dunkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Fan
Portland Road
St. de Ferneg
Amsterdam
Audsick
Elizabeth
Harman
Leghorn
London
Mackan
Newhaven
Oporto
Southampton
Enas
Smythard
Alderney
Guernsey
Pitton
Francis and Mary
Elman
Ireland
St. Vallery
Pool
Polly
Abbot
Bilboa
Deal
Collins
Wood
Plymouth
Warren
Malaga
Wear
Providence
Comby
Lisbon
Tobin
S. W. Gravesend
Barker
St. Thomas’s
West
Brown
Dunkirk
Cambridge
Morris
New England
Jane
Mappels
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East Grinstead
John Smyth
Acton-Burnel
Onight
Wells
Somerset
Charles Hughes
Fort St. George
East Indies
Jamaica
Speedwell
Cahone
Glasgow
Grand Camanis
County of Surrey
Margaret’s Hill
Southwark
Joseph Herbert
Hove
Bow- Church
Cheapside
Lord
Sc. Asaph
Societies For Reformation of Manners
King’s Theatre
Hay-Market
Theatre-Royal
Drury-Lane
Damascus
Theatre Royal
Covent -Garden
Arminius
South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Jos
Empéroir
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