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Ghent Subsidy Debates amid Ghent Amnesty Controversy
Reports from Ostend recount a privateer carrying off a half-gally near Newport, while Ghent deputies press magistrates to authorize a subsidy for the garrison and other costs. Baron de Nockeren urges sending two deputies to Brussels to revoke the general amnesty, threatening action to Britain if refused, as murmurs grow over past pardons and past looting.
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