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London officers seize plate and estate assets in mid crisis
Reports detail a raid in which Beadle was wounded as officers seized rich plate, furniture, horses, and a chariot. Sirens of legal action follow with sheriffs halting transfers at the South Sea House, and seizures extend to the Duke of Wharton’s Wooborne manor and Chartres estates in Lancashire amid mortgage actions and appeals. Exports of woollens rise, with large shipments to Spain, Portugal, and Italy, while hopes for Civil Government in Gibraltar and Port Mahon are outlined. Obit notes Henrietta, Dutchess Dowager of Bolton, dies in Dover Street, with jointure passing to the Duke of Bolton. Further items include a protestant solicitor from the Palatinate, a Dublin duel conviction, river floods, and ship movements around Ireland and Bristol with timber, wine, and various cargoes.