Smuggling, Taxes and Enemies Threaten English Trade
Honest Tuws Vir warns that smuggling Tea and Brandy from France floods inland markets, drains wealth to Paris, and props up a corrupt system of smugglers and toll officers. He argues to depose failing officials, burn boats, and execute smugglers to prevent national ruin and loss of liberty. He laments monopolies and inoculation cheats as social evils alongside ongoing fiscal hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Cornwall
France
Lamberhurst
Kent
Runnin
Cornwal Boroughs Prospect of John Squandley
SR John Squandley offers his compliments to the Boroughs of Cornwal and seeks representation at the next General Election. He notes luck has failed at Arthurs, cannot travel beyond a cool thousand, and promises on his honour to support the right candidate if favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwal
John Squandley
Arthur's
Sam
Writings and Clergy Note in Local Paper Distaste
A fragment notes that a borough may back Pesci with broad support to advance elector interests, while the writer concedes obligation to Northamptoniensis and laments the dilaked state of such writings in the paper. Pro Clero is cited as received and promised insertion at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northamptoniensis
Obituary and World Notes From Julys Across Europe
A long European notice contains obituaries and state news from Peterborough Warsaw Stockholm Vienna Berlin Cologne Genoa Cadiz Madrid Compiegne and Paris. It reports the death of De Herman de Lestock, privy councillor, born 1692. royal audiences and confederate deliberations. fires at Alt Carleby. royal weddings in Berlin. papal nuncios and treaty chatter about peace versus truce. and various ceremonial visits and dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Flanders
Peterbourgh
de Herman de Lestock
Elizabeth
Charles VII
Holy Roman Empire
Warsaw
Radom
Mloczin
Poland
Stockholm
Baron d'Anruhe
Deuty
Confederacy of Thorn
Copenhagen
Finland
Alt-Carleby
Vienna
Charles-Nicolas-Octavius de Sintzendorff
Holy Empire
Order of St. John of Jersalem
Klein-Oelfe
Michelupp
Berlin
Charlottenburgh
Prince
Anhalt-Deffau
Louisa-Henrietta Wilhelmina
M. Sack
Cologn
Bruhl
Cap
Corsica
Cadiz
Tetuan
George Juan
Spain
Morocco
Count de Breugnon
France
Madrid
Marquess de Lucini
Rith
Cardinal Pallavicini
Rome
Compiegne
Duke of York
Paris
Exiled d Estrades Marries Count de St Briffon
d Estrades, former Court retiree, wed the Count de St Briffon Captain of Horse and secured from the King a pension arrangement allowing half of her pension to revert to her young sponsor. A Bourbonneois woman bore an extraordinary child with an extremely small head a turkeys neck crest and minimal facial features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
d’Estrades
d‘Argenifon
Armes
de St. Briffon
Lorme
Bourbonnois
London News and Society Notes from August 7
London dispatches report on naval movements from the Cape to Holland, political intrigues about high offices and viceroyalty, society levées, carriage of foreign dignitaries, and anticipated changes in the law. Updates include a provincial science debate on money happiness, corn prices, naval commissions at Chatham and Sheerness, and maritime arrivals at Milford Haven. Also items on races at Knutsford and Lincoln, a Smithfield accident, a found body near Kensington, a shopkeeper fined for underweight chops, and local gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Clive
Cape of Good Hope
Lord Holland
Ireland
Francis Andrews
Trinity College
Dublin
Life
Lord Bowes
Coppende
Great
Suffolk-street
Doubelet
Spain
Holland
Countess of
Holderness
Count de Lerant
France
Earl of
Earl of Harrington
St. James's
Earl of Anglesey
Lord Lyttleton
Curzon-street
Mayfair
Sunninghill
Berkshire
Duke of Northumberland
Levant
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Sons of Liberty
Bear Key
Chatham
Shetmness
Coesas
Milford-Haven
Pembrokeshire
Newcastle
Holand
Forbay
St. Gregory's
Foxclo
Littke Carrer- Jane
Miss Smith
Amsterdam
Mynheer van de Windt
St. Eustatia
West-Indies
Clerkenwell-Close
Tomlinson
Knutsford
Mr. Pane
Juliet
Grosvenor
Julia
Mr. White
Mr. Serjeant
Diang
Peter Leicester
Nice
W. Dalfton
H. Batchelor
J. B. Dalfton
H. Adoption
Caldecot
Wentworth
Ld. Geo. Sutton
C. Viper
Mr. Webb
Wathingborough
Richmond
Smithfield
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Kensington
Fleet-market
Southwark
St. George’s Fields
Deal
Downs
Collin
High Water at London Bridge and Stock Prices
High Water at London Bridge figures for tomorrow morning and afternoon show varying tides. The text lists numerous bonds and stock prices including Bank stock 145 3 quarters, South Sea 102 1 quarter, Old An 87 1/8, India Ann 86 1/8, and Navy 1763 4 per cent, with references to exchange bills and long-run notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Bk Re
Assignees to Meet for Lease and Goods Sale at Inn
The assignees of the estate and effects of George Robinson late of the King's Head Inn Chertsey Surrey intend to meet at the Inn on Wednesday next at twelve noon to treat with parties wishing to become purchasers of the lease and the goods and other effects belonging to the bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robinson
King’s Head Inn
Chertsey
Surry
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Chelsea
R. Reid
Reid
Pall-Mall
Paradise Row
Chelseat
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