Naval and political dispatches reach London amid war advances
Letters from St Kits and Portsmouth report ships taken or chased by privateers, merchantmen lost or feared lost, and recoveries near Gibraltar. Updates note arrivals of ships from Guadalupe to Antigua, and a new beacon of political action with pensions for seamen, a royal monument program, trials at the Old Bailey, and stock market movements as wartime stress rises.
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M’millan
Hull
Gibraltar
St. Kit’s
Ruffel
Dover
Scilly
Anna Isabella
Eltes Tymons
Ostend
Bourdeaux
John Parke
St. Kits
Guadalupe
Antigua
Liverpool
Lyttleton
Lord Lyttleton
Hill Street
America
John Clevland
Plymouth
Marines
Maynard Guerin
Deceas
Madan
Mr. Clevland
Admiralty
Mr. Parker
Mr. Madan
Chelsea Hospital
Greenwich Hospital
Fleet-Ditch
Water Lane
Westminster Abbey
Queen Elizabeth
Wolfe
Wilton
Robert Lane
George Lane
York City
Bourchier
John Bourchier
Beningbrough
Boynton Langley
York
Molly Foulis
William Foulis
Ingleby, Barr
St. Martin’s Church
Backhouse
Bristol
Hebbes
Hernhill
Kent
Kensington
Windsor Forest
Temple Bar
Rome
Republick of
Genoa
Corsica
London
Packer
Peterborough
Edward Bigland
Trowleworth
Leicester
Biglands
Bigland
Lancashire
Defiance
Ireland
Dunkirk
Capt
Digby
Warfpight
Sir John Bearley
Bay
London Indiaman
Wanchester
St. Helens
Deal
Muay
Woolwich
Downs
Hopewell
Readford
Portsmouth
Iver
Randolph
Walker
Virginia
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Postscript on War and Remedies for a Troubled Nation
London notes that war is costly and recurring alarms prompt talk but not action. The author argues remedies may exist but nations must decide whether to apply them, otherwise burdens persist as in history. The piece reflects on collective endurance and the possibility of taking practical steps when ready.
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Newmarket
Spa
Aix la Chapelle
Matthew Smith
Frocester
Gloucester
Faylor
Frocetier
Ralph Bigland
College of Arms
St. Benner’s Hil
London
Margaret Smith
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