Mail from Flanders and Antwerp May 13 reports military, court and colonial news
News items include the arrival of registers to the new king in Paris and the king's reply, a Neapolitan seeking admission to the Austrian army after letters of recommendation, and an anecdote of his breach at Vienna with General Lafey gaining him a lieutenancy. Also covered are legislative actions in Parliament, Westmoreland Shire Hall repairs, enclosure protests, insolvent debtors relief, and royal assent on coin regulation. Additional dispatches describe St Vincent's Charibb peace enforcement, a governor's removal of Caribbean lands, local memorials, and a lottery crowd at the Bank with surprising turnout.
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Flanders
Paris
Antwerp
Topo
Folficit
Vienna
Firs
Lafcy
Brussels
Lafey
Isemet
Aimelf
St. Vincent
St. Vincent's
Island of
Wintram Lzysorne
Ler- Borne
Charibbee Islands
Charibbs
Mnuch
Rochford
Orders of the House seal royal assent on multiple bills
The House of Commons received a royal message from the King via Sir Francis Molyneux and, after the Speaker and members returned, learned the King had granted assent to several bills. These include measures for impartial justice in Massachusetts Bay, civil government reforms in Massachusetts Bay and Quebec, officers’ qualification extensions, private mad houses, life insurance restrictions, prisoner health, Jamaica free ports, hat and textile manufacture frauds, and a canal from Bude to the Tamar. The session then moved to private business, approving the Bookfellers bill and proceeding to Supply and Ways and Means with funds requested.
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House of Commons
Carcely
Francis
Molyneux
Black Rod
House of Peers
Massachusets Bay
Quebec
A&t
Jamaica
Bude
Stratton
Cornwall
Tamer
F—Ide
R. W—worth
Violent storm sinks warship fleet off Madagascar shores
Reports describe a violent storm near Madagascar that overwhelmed a fleet of land fordés on boards off the island. all hands aboard perished. Amsterdam merchants resolve to abstain from advancing loans to foreign powers for three years. An Earl marries at Marybone church, and MP John Tempest sets out for Wynnard. An accident at Spalding burns a servant to death, while a Westminster tradesman fatally wounds his father-in-law. Hawke the highwayman story recounts Davis aiding the thiefs, then getting refunded. State Lottery tickets for 1774 are on sale in London offices. death of Leicester innkeeper Ascough noted.
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Madagascar
Amsterdam
Marybone Church
Earl of Clanbraffil
Mifé Foley
Thomas Foley
Hereford
John Tempest
Durham
Wimpole-street
Caven
Wyniard
Stock
Ton Upon Tees
Thig
Devonshire
Spalding
Westminster
Hawke
Old Bailey
Davis
Arcu
Arpeson and
Gooptuer
State Lottery
Bank New
Cornhill
Mews
Charing-cross
Leicester
Ascough
High Water Notes and Stock Prices From London Listings
The item records tides at London Bridge with times and mentions stock prices and securities. It lists Bank Stock and various per cents, India bonds, Navy bills, and lottery tickets with scattered figures, dates, and valuations in a compact market report style.
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London Bridge
India Ann
Banke Ann
Golad India
Navy
Bank Long
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Postscript
P——ney
R. Fler
J—Stone
James Luther
Lee
Popham
Beverley Road
Lower Assembly
Air and Calder Navigation
House of Lords
Lord Harrington
Parliament
Bank An
St. Leonora’s
Bridgnorth
Philip Parsons
Eastwell
Kent
J. Johnson
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Simmons and Co
Canterbury
Edmond Jenings
T Cadell
Strand
Vanierii
Ruite
J. Murray
Nowg2
Fleet-street
C. Dilly
W. Creech
Edinburgh
J. FR. Neveau
Dauphin
France
J. Bew
Paternofter Row
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