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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 21, 1747

Page

4

London News Aims for Twenty Million Livres in Lottery Lump

Advices from Paris suggest plans to raise twenty million livres for the Lottery are paused due to subscribers’ shortfall. Rotterdam reports privateers forming in Dutch ports and in Caratao and Surinam to target enemy trade if Aix-la-Chapelle talks falter. A drowning woman near St James's Park and a pistol attempt in Holborn are noted, plus naval movements from Bengal to Lisbon and France's East Indies rumors doubted for credibility.

London Paris Holland Vienna Marshal Bathiani Hungary Archduke. Some Fancy That Marshal Seckendorff Rhine Luxembourg Count Brown Traly Rotterdam States General Caratao Surinam Indies Aix-la- Chapelle St. James’s Park St. Marin’s Bonehouse Chelsea Hospital William Stanton St. Andrew’s Holborn Giorge Stanley Siffron-Hull Stanton Seiz Compter Newgaty John Richardson Sarah Burnles Clerkenwell-Bridewell Thomas Burdus New-Prison Montford Anslop Bengal Cheney Bencoollen Lisbon Portsmouth Downs Bedford Marlborough Smith Salisbury Burrows Britannia Sumner Cape Monford St. Paul de Loange Guinea Mo.j. Bourdonnaye Fort St. David’s Griffin Pondicherry France East- Indies

Privateering News From Lisbon to Cadiz and More

From the Lisbon mail arrives details of Admiral Blake and the Royal Family privateers securing prizes including the Reine Luc Mayone Matter, Romieu, and Francois. The Duke Privateer captures a Dutch ship bound for Cadiz laden with silver and cochineal. Other vessels like the Nympha and Agatha Gally arrive safely at Portsmouth under convoy. Dover brings in the John and Frederick Privateer of St Malo after a battle that costs lives and mast losses. Additional captures include the Radford, the North Carolina, and the Sheerwater encounter, plus a wreck at Dover. An extract from the London Gazette notes the Bridgewater taking a Jason privateer near Kinsale with heavy casualties. Bankruptcy notices and stock prices follow.

Lisbon N.S. Arriv Admiral Blake William Wainwright Reine Luc Mayone Matter Nantz St. Domingo Romieu Elie Leyffon Bourdeaux Martinico Francois Augustee Cezar le Gentill Duke Edward Dottin Portsmouth Dover Shirley Falmouth John and Frederick St. Malo Veal Radford Saunders Antigua North Carolina Everard Liverpool Havannah Sheerwater Tortola Highlake Henry Rial Newcastle Yarmouth Benjamin Menchelen Hambourg Cadiz

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