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Murders and Fire and Stock News from London March 22
Seizure of Count Horn and another for murder in a tavern leads to execution by wheel after notes worth 60000 Livres are taken. London reports appointing Philip York MP for Lewis, Strafford’s arrival at Calais, new cathedral singers, and a fatal fire at Mr Parton’s Brewhouse with massive loss. Stock quotes show South Sea and Bank movements amid extensive advertisements for medical and religious works.
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Horn
Philip York
Lewis
Joseph Jekyll
Rolls
Majzity
William Thomson
Earl of Strafford
Calais
Paris
Mr. Bell
Bristol
Daniel Williams
S. James's
Mr. Parton
Sir John
Burr-street
Wapping