17 Jul 1742
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 17, 1742
Page
1
Fragmented notices discuss 17th century maritime treaties, forbidding privateers from both sides to arm or prize ships, with penalties for British and Dutch subjects, plus a local tale of a robbery near Peterborough and a Barbados hurricane report detailing ship damage and slave casualties.
Irish report from Kinnegad notes oats prospects while a night-time highway robbery targets the Lord Bishop of Clogher and his coach near Peterborough in Monaghan. The trio demanded 2001, fired on the coach, damaged trunks, and escaped with loot amid a tense rural threatening episode.
Deal July 13 Most outward-bound ships sailed westward this morning. Remains in the Downs his Majesty's Sloop Shark. Dover July 15 The Persuasion from Lynn to Oporto and the Harman from Dublin to Rotterdam arrived. Gravesend Fury passed by the Samuel and Mary from Cape Fare and the Success from Dublin.
The Gazette records the Duke of Bolton's restoration to several offices including Lord Lieutenant of Southampton and Isle of Wight, plus other positions. A Russian ambassador's banquet at the Hay-market celebrates the Russian coronation. Clergy and civic appointments are noted, with dispensations, presentations, and a bridge lands perpetuity granted to crown appointees.
Financial summary shows fluctuating prices in government and corporate securities. Entries include New South Sea Annuities 104 Pink ye ay 8th bank circulations 15s and India 193 Ft to 173 with varied per cent rates and premou, South Sea stock quoted yesterday at 10g x qr. Royal exchange Assurance and London ditto listed with no price.
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