01 Sep 1738
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 01, 1738
Page
1
Naples reports indicate M Simonetti plans a public entry with Romans bringing fine coaches. Kings and nobles engage in hunts and hearings while two Barbary galliots chase Neapolitan barks. peasant grievances prompt royal relief. A sermon of court appointments, embassies, and a forthcoming voyage to Sicily are noted amid city festivities and a hangings for murder.
PORT NEWS. Deal Aug 30 His Majesty's Snips of War fill remain. Wind S 5 W Gravesend Aug 30 Pass'd by the London Hoare from Jamaica the William and Sarah Simmons from St Kitts the Rebecca Roberts from Newfoundland the Page Ashby from Rotterdam the Success Giddes from Guinea the Montferrat Merchant Cooper from Montferrat the Betty Budden from Antigua.
Long dispatch from Ratisbon discusses the Right of Solid Possession for Juliers and Bergne, arguing Brandenbourg holds the Dutchies in mind and reiterating legal claims over Cleves and Ravensberg. Paris letters note Ottoman mediation failure and continued war aims. Reports from Havenstein recount peasant uprisings. Argyle arrives at Sudbrook. multiple obituaries and social notices accompany.
Yesterday's price readings include South Sea Stock at 101 3 quarters and 102, South Sea Annuities at 112, New South Sea Annuities at Bank 143 gqrs, Bank Circulation 3 17s 6d, Premium India 171 3 qrs, and Three per Cent Annuities at 18th. Royal Exchange Assurance 107, London ditto 145 8ths, African 14, English Copper 3 5s, South Sea Bonds 21 4s, Prem. India ditto 6], 11s, ditto. Sale Tallies half 16 2 x half ditto. Mine Adventure Shares 61, Seven per Cent Exchequer Loan mio 1 qr, Five per Cent ditto 100 1 qr, Three and a half per Cent Exchequer Orders half per Cent. Prem. Three per Cent ditto x per Cent ditto
The General Post Office reports a London to Enfield mail was robbed this morning between three and four by a single man on foot near Kingsland. A reward of 200 pounds plus Parliament rewards is offered for the robber or an accomplice who reveals the culprit and earns a pardon. The suspect is described as a medium-sized man in a coat with close sleeves, a light wig, and a paper mask, who carried five bags and seized most letters from several towns. Two other men were believed to be involved at a distance.
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