28 May 1744
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1744
Page
1
Reports from Constantinople to Brussels describe ongoing hostilities with Persia, Turkish military executions, and fears of hidden accords. News from Petersbourg and Paris detail British and French diplomacy, Hessian subsidies, and front-line deployments to Poland, Germany, and Brabant amid a widening warfare pattern.
Vessels remain Hampton Court Dreadnought and Chester Men of War with outward-bound ships. From Newcastle arrive Peggy Thompson for Oporto New Recovery Tristram John and Jane Tenston Katharine Barton for Portsmouth. Friendship Pang for Liverpool Lao Johnson for Portsmouth. Wind 5. Deal May 26. Yesterday afternoon His Majesty’s Ships sailed westward including Hampton Court Dreadnought Chester and outward-bound ships. Oak Gisborough Matthew Lornne Eagle Kickerman arrive from Newcastle for Portsmouth. Wind east.
In London, Ambrose Gardiner is named identiveyor to customs at Yarmouth and Lynn replacing the deceased East. Capt John Nichols wed Sally Heath in Essex. Chrysostom Wilkins, former City Plaisterer, dies after resigning to his son-in-law. Several clerical livings pass with presentations, and deaths include Richard Cambey and Stewart Price Ely. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Spring Gardens. A customs seizure at Blackwall and a tea seizure in Southwark are reported, as is the Woolwich returning from Guinea with a captured Spanish register ship valued at 350,000 pounds. The Treasury appoints an officer to a new post.
Joh Lewis of Bermondsey Street Southwark Perukemaker and Victualler Samuel Stratton of Lawrence Lane London Merchant and Warehouseman William Crispe of Chelsea Middle sex wines and Chapman Bert Middleton of Gould Square London are listed as bankrupts in this notice.
Weather update notes high river levels near London and frigid noon conditions with slight pressure changes. Projections show continued moisture and moderate winds from the north as temperatures hover near freezing.
The entry lists South Sea stock at 105 3qr and New South Sea Annuities at 109 with fractions. Bank circulation 4, seven shillings sixpence, and various notes show exchange rates and prices for several financial instruments including Exchequer Orders and Lottery Tickers, with prices often unquoted or marked no price.
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