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Ship and Smuggling News From London and Downing Streets
London reports a French privateer captured Capt. Binny and crew to Porto Rico, while Holst and Van Weems were seized en route to Flushing. Norwich witnesses tea smuggling proceeds, a hostler's confession, and arrests of chief smugglers. Obituaries note several deaths. naval movements list ships bound for Lisbon, Leghorn, Dublin, Belfast and Falmouth. Financial quotes show stock moves and bonds with no notable changes.
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London
Abraham Binny
New England
Porto Rico
Norwich
Almot
Walter Dent
Bromley
Kent
Lydia Collington
Walthamstow
Broad-street
Carnaby Market
Charlotte le Bafs
Tunbridge- Wells
Islington
Ogbourne Churchill
Holmes
St. John’s College, Oxford