05 Nov 1742
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1742
Page
1
A letter addresses the Gazetteer and parliament telling how readers fear London instructions threaten European liberty. It argues for evidence of national unease, urges addressing home grievances, and warns that unity abroad must not hide domestic abuses or threaten Britain’s liberties.
Capt Brown arrived from Jamaica with word that Col Cope, governor of Piacentia and Lt Col of the American Regiment in the West Indies, died there on July 11 and his funeral was observed six days later with pomp. He confirms three Men of War sent by the Admiral to take Barracoa on the north side of Cuba, while the remainder of the forces stayed in Jamaica.
Remain in the Downs his Majesty's Ships the Hastings and the Royal Escape and the Granada Bomb, outward-bound as per last. Genoa Gully Gray moved for Mahone. Three Brothers Hebden from Newcastle to Portsmouth. Exeter Merchant Hunt and Newt Pratt from London to Exon Gravesend. Three Brothers Rhode from Barbadoes Hill Gally German from Antigua Industry Bond Plamner Duncomb Salisbury Hancock from Faro.
In Dudley the Worcester County MP Edmund Potts was greeted by many gentlemen who entertained him at the town hall. They urged measures to redress abuses, oppose corruption, and ensure a return to a strong constitution. Potts pledged constant attendance and to defend liberty against creeping placemen. Also noted are ship captures, a Wiltshire wedding to Miss Laura Scroggs, a noblewoman's illness, a Miss Meyrick death, and local excise seizures.
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