Fragmented Historical Dispatches and Local Notices
Reports recount naval actions and bombardment tactics with lines about a ship assignment to batteries and enemy embrasures. Hamburgh letters hint at a potential Danish Russian war. Local marriages and thefts are noted alongside exports, ship movements, and naval rendezvous in the Downs with wind conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s Church
Thompson
Leicesterfields
Leigh
Burycourt
St. Mary Ax
Robinson
Guadalupe
Deal
Proserpine
Downs
St. George
Moore
Rainbow
Endeavour
Ann
Elizabeth
Prices and Stocks in the Bank and Trade Ledger
A dense list of stock prices, bonds, and commodities including India stock, bank annuities, government bills, and various goods such as sugar, rum, pepper, molasses, and spices. Entries note price quotes, terms like per cent, and specific items like Navy Bills, Long Ann bonds, and various imports from Jamaica Antigua and Guadaloupe. The tone mirrors a mid-18th century mercantile ledger with detailed numeric quotations and commodity mentions.
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Bank Consol
India
Navy
York
Ditro
St. Domingo
Souchong
Jamaica
Guadaloupe
Ordin
Favourites and Kings: English history warns of court influence
The Monitor recalls episodes from English history showing how favourites corrupt governance. It cites Ethelred and his bishops Swithun and Alftan, Edred with Dunstan, and Stephen with William D'Ypres, arguing rulers gain ruin when personal favourites eclipse public duty and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TAHE
Monitor
Ifar
England
Ethelwood
Swithun
Winchester
Alftan
Sherburn
Peterpeace
Alttan
Egbert
Ethelwolph
Rapin
Lairy
Rome
Ethelbald
Wessex
Edred
Dunstan
Glifton
Edgar
Prince Edward
Eldred
Stephen
Maud
William D
Ypres
Early Warns Against Favoritism Undermining Nation
The passage argues that early favoritism can destabilize a nation and that virtues in the sovereign do not shield from manipulation. It contends that devotion and religion have often motivated ambitious men to deceive a blameless prince, citing English history for striking examples across successive reigns.
Britain and Canada War Policy in The Briton Letter
A BRITON article argues that Britain’s wartime policy harms commerce and debt, condemns mismanagement of a costly war, and urges restraint. It claims Canada Acadia and Cape Breton are conquered while Louisiana remains to be secured, warns of French actions and Native alliances, and criticizes ministerial decisions. The piece accuses the government of sacrificing British interests to German allies and questions financing and strategy.
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Earl of B
Great Britain
Anne
Germany
Lewis XIV
North America
Canada
Acadia
Cape Breton
Louisiana
America
Missisippi
Mobile
New Orleans
Bur
Ney
Foundland
Africa
West Indies
K—g
P—te
Becaus
Grr
Hill
Budwin
Paternofter-Row
Sackony
St. James’s Street
Bootle
Faye
Edinburgh
London
Nowhoever
Perio
Racumaecum
Periodical Note Omits Final Auditor Caution
The piece explains readers should excuse missing portions of the publication due to imprudent avoidance of completing all filings.
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Cup
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Price Bank
R-Hat India
Bank Redu
Bcbafole
Bank
Une
Currans
Sylvester
Bologna
Port
Naples
al &S
Pearl Ashes
Brazil
Peru
Billapatum
Borneo
C. Sugar Nevis
Harbados
Glad
Sr. Domingo
H Honey
Jb. Indico 2d
Carolina
Honduras
Cape de Verde
Canary
Red Saunders
C. Oporta Gse
Th Monitor
Munster
Churchwardens
Ane Holmes
W. Lowther
M.D
Army House
Harton-Garden
Mr. Croft
Bardana
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