12 Sep 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 12, 1741
Page
1
A letter criticizes public spirit in England and praises Mr Webber for proposing schemes to curb British wool exports. It claims his plan would raise a million pounds yearly from foreigners, ease taxes, and fund defenses, while warning against projections and political decay. The writer signs as your humble servant.
Port News from Falmouth to Gravesend lists arrivals from Newcastle Liverpool Barbadoes and Jamaica with ships such as the Mary Farrant Deptford Prize Cape Coast and St George. Observes a hurricane damage at St Ives spire falls and local deaths Browning and Bonner. Reports wind conditions and financial market quotes and public notices.
London dispatch from Biddeford reports two privateers fitted for trade protection the Royal Ranger commanded by Capt Thomas Goodman of Barnstaple with 22 guns and 76 men and the Friendly Society commanded by Capt Thomas Tucker with 18 guns and 470 men convoying Capt Pearl 30 leagues off shore to ward off Spanish privateers. The arms delivery to three guard regiments proceeds, and Excise appoints Wingfield as principal examiner.
Notice of John Waite a Bank of England cashier missing since May 13. He is about 5 feet 8 inches, fair complexioned with light brows and lashes, grey eyes, and is believed to have taken away East India Bonds of substantial value. A reward of 500 pounds offered for his apprehension and delivery to authorities.
An 18th century notice lists legal texts for ecclesiastical courts and civil law. It promotes Prerogatives on priuralities and dispensations, Hawkins Pleas of the Crown, a new abridgment of the law, select cases in Chancery, equity treatise, and a statute law table all in folio or octavo formats with prices and publishers in Ave Mary Lane and Temple area.
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