Ships seized and storms lash coast with fires and births
Reports recount a French privateer capture of the Raphael Maria and the Akermah, both prizes, plus two ships foundering in a Suffolk coastal storm. Stranded brigantine Fanny rescued crew. several deaths and drownings. Naval officer appointments, Crown plans for military crews, and commercial imports and exports detailed. Society notices include births, marriages, deaths, a fire at Bennet's Biscuit, and a holdup incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael Maria
Peret
London
Streights
Minorcas
Akermah
Peter Dirks
Topsham
Hamburgh
Dunkirk
Lynn
Whitby
North Shields
Suffolk
Aldborough
Orford
Daniel Maclane
Senegal
Portland Beach
Peter Dennis
Woolwich
Campbell
Dorsetshire
Portsmouth
Cape Daniel
Germany
Baron de Derenthal
Baron Wintzingerode
Prince Ferdinand
Riga
Livonia
Russia
Great-Britain
Naples
Sicily
Charlotte Viliers Hide
Earl of Essex
Berry-street
St. James’s
John Darby
Diss
Norfolk
Warren
Kenton
Laft
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Robert Symer
Eleonora Ols
Stonor
Oxfordshire
Thomas Stonor
Greenwich
John Peter Blaquiere
Sheen
Richmond
Surrey
Benjamin Lethieullier
Thomas Bennet
Coale’s
Shadwell Dock
Kingsland Road
Albemarle-Row
Postscript London argues distillers cloud truth with words
The author rebuts distortion by malt distillers who claim public benefit from reallowing distilling while asserting higher sugar prices prove prohibition’s fault. He argues the rise will occur regardless and warns against appeals to revenue farmers and tradesmen to sway opinion.
Debates on Corn Surplus Use and Distillery Policy
A discussion argues for a rule to measure national corn surplus by market price, opposing distillation until price drops and export need arises. It suggests restrictions and duties to curb malt distilleries, aiming to keep bread affordable, farmers profitable, and moral harms limited, with a price ceiling around five shillings per bushel.
Price and stock notes from Jamaica and Barbadoes trade
A dated listing details stocks from PRIC Bank and South Sea, with prices for Old An and New An, Consols, and Indian An, plus ship names serving Jamaica, St Kitts, Guadalupe, Barbadoes, Maryland, and Guinea. Also includes Corn Exchange prices for GOC JS, Wheat, Barley, Rye, Outs, Malt, and bank and bond references with vintage years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pric Bank
India
Bkce
Ruby
Losty
Mellam
Swainton
Besry
Carr
Harmony
Everton
Jamaica
Tyson
Stubbs
Galloway
Smith
Mary
Wilson
St. Kitts
Trueman
Cummin
Neptune
Guadalupe
Prince of Wales
Jabbar
Layton
Lee
Barbadoes
Jane
Garner
Maryland
Edmund
Kelly
Guinea
W. N.W
GOC JS
Corn Exchange
Bank
Navy
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Postscript
London Evening-Postt
Candidus
Thomas Walpole
Old Bedlam
Bridewell
Fielding
Portmouth
Spithead
Downs
Duke of Richmond
Godfrey
Bonham
Lord Mansfield
M’cloud
South-Sea Castle
John and Mary
Wolf
Fara
Norwich
Vestal
Hopewell
Masterman
New-York
Deptford
John and
Thomas Roach
Lisbon
Plymouth
Mary Roycraft
Boston
Deal
Harman
Leghorny
Mallaga
Newcastle-Houssy
Middlex
Avy
Lambe’s Hoafe
Pall- Mall
Virtualling Office
Virtualling Hhis Majesty’s Navy
Afr. Lowndes
Admiralty Office
England
Furtce Hall
Pa. Stephens
Whitcehall
Great Britain
Lords
Post- Bay
Kensington
Geo. Shelvocke
Bec
N. B
A. Parsons