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Proclamations urge seamen to join Royal Navy service
The issue outlines penalties for entering foreign service without licence and promotes enlistment in his Majesty's ships. It notes allowances of six months' pay for volunteers, a policy to recruit 11 extra guards per company, and 10 per marching regiment. Other items report royal visits, charity acts, obituaries, ship movements, and stock prices.
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Prince
Princess of Wales
Guildford
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Darder
Trinity House
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John Norris
Knt
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Pentack’s
Whetstore
John Johnson
Havering
Essex
Thomas Philips
Royal Regiment of Dragoons
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Thomas Nobbs
New Exchange
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Heron
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Thomas Marriott
Lincoln’s Inn
Rebecca
Richard Beresford
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Morrison
Winchester College
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England
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Bay of Honduras
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