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Uniform attire for British sea officers ordered nationwide
London reports an order mandating uniform clothing for all naval ranks from Admiral to Midshipman with pattern coats and frocks stored at the Navy Office. A new order in council sets land and sea officer precedence, placing Admirals with Field Marshals and Captains with Colonels, among other rank alignments. News includes ship actions near Jamaica and Deal, a fire at Duke Street and other local incidents, plus editorials urging suppression of hawkers and pedlars to curb smuggling and support honest traders.
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London
Navy-Office
Lords of the Admiralty
Gwynn
Ambuscade
Kinsale
Portland
Charles Stevens
Nottingham
Robert Harland
Magnanime
Chevalier d’Albert
Brest
Cadiz
Alcide
L’arch En Ciel
Cumberland
Jamaica
Martinico
Stephen
John
Bergson
Philadelphia
Deal
Betty
Mathie
Sandown Castle
Pool
His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace
Covent-Garden
Romish Chapel
Duke-street
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Stephen Allwyn
Carhalton
Jane Carver
Lucas Carver
Mary Spackman
Spackman
Westminster
King Edward’s Stairs
Wapping
Arran
Oxfordshire
India
Britannicus
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