Englanders boast of ships while Lisbon letter mocks Navy
An English letter from Lisbon dated July 22 NS complains of widespread English losses and boasts, notes many ships at sea yet weak protection for channels and harbors. It criticizes Portugal for relying on a few small twenty gun ships, questions preparations for a secret expedition, and mentions cricket matches at Sevenoaks and London. It also lists weekly diseases, casualties, burials, and market rates in 1740 London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurl
Princessa
St. Joseph
St. Fago
Negle
Lisbon
N.S
Canaries
Streights
Horace
Sevenoaks Vine
Kent
Gentlemen of
London
Sevenoaks
Artillery
Moorfields
New South Sea
Bank
Auctioned Financial Items Note Odd Currency Payouts
A fragment lists varied securities and notes such as Million Bank 116 and Royal Exchange Assurance 92 with mixed currencies and terms. It mentions India Bonds, Exchequer Orders, Emperors Loan, and Per Gent shares, along with Per Cent rates and Lottery Tickets priced at 51.6d. The text reads as a dated financial market snippet with multiple fractional rates and half units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
India
I. Qs
Prem
Mine Adventure
Emperors Loan
Exchequer
Ife
Reading Races at Bulmarth Heath for Fifty Guineas
Auctions at Reading Berks outline multiple horse races on Bulmarth Heath with purses of fifty guineas each. Entries open at the Matre Tavern Reading on Turf day August 1 with fees of three to five guineas. Conditions require horses never winning certain events, weights by age, and three starters at minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Bulmarth Heath
Berks
Ifree
Readbeg
Winchester Races Offer King's Plate At Worthy Downs
Advertises a September race meeting near Winchester with a King’s Plate of one hundred guineas for horses, mares, or geldings carry twelve stone, over three heats. Includes entries, entrance fees, and judges appointed by Lord Viscount Saymangron. Also notes purses of fifty guineas for other classes and rules on eligibility and protests. printed with old political exhortation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fudges
Cates
Court of Chancery
Court of King’s Bench
William Peere Williams
Gray’s-Inn
William Peere Willams
Inner- Temple
Great Britain
T. Osborne
Gray's-Inn
Winchester
Isle of
Worthy Downs
Ymangron
George Brilges
Paulett St. Joan
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Worcester
H. Pakington
Essex
Chelmsford
Robert Abdy
Thomas BransTon
John Hopkins
Fleetstreet
Fleet-Bridge
Nick Lin
Browdow-street
Holbourn
Rypsa
West-Smishfheld
Thad
Guyer
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