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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 01, 1778
Page
2
The London Gazette notes the King, with Privy Council advice, orders general reprisals against French ships, goods, and subjects. It directs drafting commissions authorizing letters of marque and reprisal, empowering Admiralty officials to seize, judge, and condemn vessels and cargoes of France or its subjects within British dominions.
The London Gazette reports Captain Faulknor and the Vittory arriving at the Admiralty with a Keppert letter. It recounts the pursuit of a large French fleet under Vice Admiral Harland, detailing winds, engagement attempts, and near closings by the King’s ships in late July 1778.
An official report details the pursuit and engagement with the French fleet, describing near encounters, weather constraints, and the French withdrawal at night. It praises Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Harland and officers for their spirited conduct, notes casualties, and forwards the account with Captain Faulknor aboard the Victory to their Lords.
Fragments from a 17th or 18th century dramatic monologue on love marriage and gender roles. The speaker, a witty woman, questions male pretensions and offers stratagems to manage a rake. Advice ranges from calm persuasion to playful teases about courtship, jealousy, and the dangers of passion.
A person wishing to start in the wine liquor and matting business with capital of five thousand pounds may treat for the stock and trade of an old house in Fullerade with gold wine vaults granaries and all conveniences. Principals only to apply to P.B at John's Coffee house Capill London.
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