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London News of Crown and War Pressures amid Markets and Voyages
Reports in a London paper discuss the possible Abdication of the Crown due to ill health, rising duties on malt and sugar to fund war debt, and hopes for cheaper bread. It notes hoarded corn losses, export restrictions, and import allowances. Admiralty updates describe routes to the West, a French privateer threat near Dunkirk, and a missing Spanish ship presumed sunk. Shipping and naval happenings include privateer activity off Humber and vessels stranded or captured. Government appointments and legal notices are also listed, including postmasters, governors, and serjeants-at-law.
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Mel
Slmost
England
Admiralty Office
Admiral Saunders
Haslar
Plymouth
Hussar
Elfior
Arriv’d
Hamburgh
St. Christo de Praya
Antonio Francisco Madina
Fayal
Cromer
London
Sr. Trabel
Pasqual Marino
Sr. Lucar
Dublin
Great Britain
Oporto
Portsmouth
Scarborough
Hull
Dunkirk
Filley Bay
Merkin
Maidstone
Humber
Anne
Walker
Corke
Bristol
Milford
Henry Grenville
Everard Fawkner
Francis Vernon
Sling
Bethell
Christ’s Hospital
George Bellas
Robert Ladbrooke
John Elliot
Alderman Nash
Deputy Ennis
George Bryan
Daniel Webb
Nicholas Webb
John Lockwood
Thomas Darby
Thomas Hardwick
Thomas Wilkinson
Samuel Bridgman
James Roffiter
Robert Henthaw
Nares
Whitaker
Coldicas
Mail
Price
Thomas Townby
Tidcombe
Lincoln
Samuel Abson
St. John’s College, Cambridge
John Duke ‘of
Rutland
Eckting