02 Jun 1840
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 02, 1840
Page
1
May reports from Madrid and Paris describe negotiations over ceremonial conduct with the Portuguese ambassador and the Dutch envoy’s movements. de Chavigny leaves Madrid on May 8, while Dutch and Courland troop concerns, naval arrivals, and colonial matters in Pondichery and Bengal are noted.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention ships and names including Ginter Da OB Cane, Crawford, Finch, Elizabeth, and Lifton. The garbled text appears to reference naval subjects or shipping entries with scattered proper nouns and places like Newcastle and Wind NF, but lacks coherent event details.
The text recounts scattered items from May 1740 including political intrigues and prospects for peace with the Ox, noble titles and distant voyages, public fires in Whitechapel, losses from theft and ship crew payments, plus financial market updates like South Sea stock, Bank rates, and Exchequer actions. It weaves social notices with court lists and shipping news in dense, period phrasing.
Fee Committee for Letting the City's Lands gives notice of intended lease of a sea coal meter place now leased to Mr Abraham Symonds. The committee will meet at the Guildhall Council Chamber in London on Wednesday next the 5th of this month at four o'clock to receive proposals for the same. Further details available at the Comptroller's Office in the Guildhall.
East-India House issues notice that a Quarterly General Court will be held at Leidenhall Street on Wednesday the 18th at eleven in the forenoon. Transfer books will be shut from the sixth of the month until two. Dividend warrants due at midsummer will be ready for delivery on Tuesday the 29th of July.
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