Liberty granted to Beftucheff in Petersbourg unrest
July dispatches report Beftucheff released from Fortress detention with permission to retire to his estate with his family, clearing himself of any ties to the Duke of Courland’s schemes. Madrid notes consider a general tax reform to ease levies, while Rome raises objections to uniting Seville and Toledo seesaw. Hussar exploits continue near Breslau. Prague reports on Hungary’s palatine propositions and the Queen’s coronation follows.
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Beftucheff
Duke of Courland
Madrid
M. Campillo
Imag
Rome
Seville
Toledo
Don Louis
Cardinal Acquaviva
Bublau
Silesia
Breslau
Vienna
Presbourg
Hungary
Count Pally
Arrival of Lord Tyrawley in Dublin from Lisbon
Ireland July 14 reports Lord Tyrawley, the King's ambassador to Portugal, arrived in Dublin after leaving Lisbon eleven days earlier. He traveled by packet boat with sixty armed men, joined at Cork by the Lynn Man of War, Captain Philpot, and arrived aboard the Lynn, accompanied by the Anne and Sarah from London bringing arms and half-pence.
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Ireland
Dublin
Viscount Tyrawley
Portugal
Lisbon
Cork
Lynn
Philpot
Anne
Sarah
London
Notable Bristol Physician Abdias Higgins Dies at Advanced Age
On the 16th instant Abdias Higgins a physician of Bristol was found dead in lis Bed. Supposed to have died of an apoplectic fit he was aged and reputably known for his steady life. His courage constancy and resolution marked him as distinguished in times of general frenzy and tumult.
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Country News
Bristol
Abdias Higgins
Port News From Liverpool and Gravesend Julys
Port reports from Liverpool and Gravesend list arrivals from Jamaica Virginia Antigua and Oporto with prizes and ketches, including the Flam borough Rye Man of War Mary Hill Industry Prince William Betty Mary Revis Rysbrack Preston Bennett Buckiton Adington and more. Vessels from Norway Rotterdam Stockholm Gottenburg and Mentez arrive with wind W by N and passings noted. The Men of War remain as per last.
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Liverpool
Fuly
Doddington
Thelfall
Valentine
Hamilton
Jamaica
Elien
Virginia
Pardoe
Willan
Antigua
Deal
His
New-York
Oporto
Mary
Hill
Industry
Knowler
Prince William
Fleming
Betty
Smith
Revis
Rysbrack
Durnford
Preston
Hallam
Bennett
Rider
Buckiton
Walmsley
Adington
Ketchman
Eagle
Long
Carolina
N. Gravesend
St. Johannis
Tyich
Jennet
Crookesiden
Norway
Gravesend
Hannah
Zipera
Cranwell
Rotterdam
Nesbit
Mackey
London Hope
Perriman
Stockholm
Hanover Alliance
Cromey
Gottenbourg
Cornwall
Ladd
Mentone
News from London and Jamaica a mixed sea and society update
An Account from Jamaica reports the Kent and Grafton with convoy under way and Admiral Vernon’s fleet preparing to sail from Cartagena. Virginia ships and the Patuxet sloop Shaw and the Argyle are captured by Spanish privateers off the Cape. Domestic deaths, marriages, and a theft case are noted alongside trade imports and exports, with high water at London Bridge listed.
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London
Jamaica
Kent
Grafton
Spithead
Admiral Vernon
Carthagena
Shaw
Argyle
M‘cunn
Glasgow
Virginia
Crawforth
Ford
Carolina
Ephraim Miller
Bendall
Henry Bendall
Antigua
Great Marlborough Street
Sir Charles Blackwell, Bart
William Clayton
Bart
St. James’s Church
Hampstead
John Jefferies
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
William Copper
Leicester
Col. de Veil
Samuel Brady
Portsmuth
James Garrard
Streights
Dunkirk
New England
Barbadoes
West Indies
South Sea Stock and Annuities Market Ledger
Historical note lists South Sea Stock at 3 halftars, South Sea Annuities at 112 4, 8th. Bank 142, Bank Circulation 51 and 125 shadowed by 6d. India 159 to 199 halftarsg. Three per Cent Annuities for half a million Bank 216, Royal Exchange Assurance 93, London ditto, African, English Copper 41 15s, India Bonds 41. 95. Sale Tallies xs Prem.
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South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Ditto
Mine Adventurers Shares Trust Bond Rates 31 108
Explains various share classes and coupon rates including Seven per Cent Exchequer Orders and Five per Cent discounts. Lists per cent rates and terms such as Three per Cent and other denominations, with references to imperial loan and exchequer orders in a compact securities notice.
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Emperor’s
Bank Clerk John Waite Missing With East India Bonds
Notice of the disappearance of John Waite from the Bank of England on May 13. He is described as about forty years old, five feet eight inches, with a fair complexion and grey eyes. Warrants are issued for his capture. a reward of five hundred pounds is offered for his apprehension and delivery to authorities. David Legros, Secretary.
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John Waite
England
Waite
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Davenport
Newton
Me Shawford
Carney
Rayner
Dugay
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Oriers
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Aary Stubbs
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Story’s Gate
Wetminster
Pullick
Mathen
Vaul’s Court
Wood- Street
Exchange Alley
James Hopkins
Lombard-Street
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
Norwich
Belladine
Bow-Lane
Cheapside
John Bell
Silla
Suefdik
A. Millar
St. Clement’s Church
Strand
Mei, Manpertnis
C. Trandlarsd
R. Simion
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