Petition and political attack on Excise in London newspaper
Letter from ANTIBATAVUS criticizing general Excise and government corruption. Sidney defends liberty urging mercy to the poor, condemns excise abuses by officers, cites cocoa penalties and extortion, claims Dutch treachery, and warns of French alliance risks to Britain.
Dutch naval growth sparks fear of breach with England
A London Evening Post fragment reports Dutch naval expansion near to war footing while asserting no breach of peace with England is intended. It notes Dutch hostility links to France, mentions Walpole’s 1711 expulsion over a forage bribery case, and cites various European dispatches on fleets, tariffs, and political moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
England
London
St. James’s
Parliament House
Robert Walpole
House of Commons
Scotland
Duke of Marlborough
Utrecht
Walpole
Lynn-Regis
Commons
Robert “ Walpole
Tower of London
Lynn
Mies
Duke of Ormond
Lord Bolingbroke
Earl of Oxford
Pitt
Prussia
Cleve
Amelia
Abels
Quedlinburg
Berlin
Achmet Effendi
Weiffensee
Count de Finkenstein
Strasburgh
France
the Hague
Nev
Surinam
Auka
Saramaca
Mauricius
Spain
Havannah
East- Indies
N. W
East-Indies
Java
Amsterdam
Price list from India stocks and bonds report
A fragmented stock table shows prices for Indian stocks and bonds with entries such as India Bonds at 8s 19s 3d and various ditto lines. The legible items reference South Sea stock like South Sea Stack, New Ann and Vid Ann, with partial figures and dates, indicating a historical financial ledger entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Evening Post
Coe
Lanswerk
Fex
William Whittler
Meanwell
Tom
Sidney
Great Britain
Amboyna
C. Antibatayvus
The
North Seas
Terviere
Firth of
Forth
Thames
St. Anne’s
Soho
Merrick
Earl Deloraine
Knight
Mr. Knight
Earl of Luxborough
Yarmouth
Ditcham
Lynch
Conduit-street
Lee
Kent
York
Bithopsgate-street
Bedlam
George
Hooper
Rotterdam
Thomas and
Jane
Chapman
Hopewell
Webster
Dram
Fortune
Clausen
Flying Mercury
Brunswick
Hamburgh
Christian
Evert
Stockholm
Dublin
Quebec
West Indies
Oporto
Straits
Cadiz
Portugal
Germany
Dunkirk
Jamaica
New-York
Deal
Diana
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Comus
Migs
London-bridge
Perence
Hite
Baldwit
Jackson
Wookfell
James’s Street
Wilfo
Bellamor