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Shipping News and Notices From London and Abroad
Reports from the Admiralty include the Pearl from the West Indies missing at Nore, and a sailor leaping from Lambeth Tower. Customs confirms twenty ships from Barbados and Jamaica arrived with sugar while tobacco lags. Protests in Hungary are discussed, and Saltzburgh emigrants retreat to safer lands as Catholic Boers depart. The Royal Caroline cargo ship readies for Vera Cruz, and the Duke de Rios Perda’s pest lies with Moroccan letters. The King’s yachts receive supplies and Royal progress follows, including the Prince of Wales viewing the city from the Monument. Jamaica notes Kingston fading as Port Royal shifts to Port Antonio, and provisioning moves toward a prosperous Windward trade hub.
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Charteris
Morcy
Scotland
Admiralty
Peark
West Indies
Re Nore
Lambeth Tower
Ireland
Somerset House
Wade
Thomas Shielders
J.george’s
Duke of Balton
Blue Guards
Northampton
Cancerbury
England
Barbadoes
Jamaica
South Sea Company
Royal Caroline
Lyes
Woolwich
la Vera Crez
Plymouth
Cadiz
John Thomson
Charitable Corporation
Edinburgh
Dublin
Spain
Holland
Portugal
Seville
de Rios Perda
Jacob van Dicen
Bosch
Morocco
Europe
Ceuta
Mason
Deptford
Greeswich
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Juie
Kingston