Public ardent debate on taxes and liberty in port notices
The letter laments taxes on coal and proposes duties on imports to ease beer prices and maintain quality. It argues native buyers should pay the land’s product price, questions foreigners’ cheaper access, and urges public good over private gain to strengthen loyalty to the Crown. Port news lists arrivals and sailings at Spithead and references ships and origins from Georgia to Maryland and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Tam
Sir
A. Z
Hon William Pitt visits Tauaron and local tidings
Sherbarde Sept 30 report tops the page with Hon William Pitt visiting Tauaron where locals and first-rank gentlemen dined at the Fountain tavern. Exeter names John Buffel mayor and Robert Dodge receiver for the coming year, with others appointed stewards. A resident Mary John died in her 128th year at nearby Lantwit Major. A man in Exeter has five wives and thirty-one children, several still living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherbarde
William, Pitt
Tauaron
Han
Fountain Tavern
John Buffel
Exeter
Robert Dodge
John Lake
John Bennet
David-Gauy
Baker
Mary John
Lisbon
South America
Brazil
Sumro
Monro
East Indies
Kid
Excise
Camplete
Aberdeen
Red-head
Scotland
Montrose
Newcastle
Fatfield
St. Matthew’s
Bethnal-green
John Everard
Past-India Company
Fenchurch-street
Elizabeth Dickerdine
Joseph Dickerdine
Jamaica
Beady
Oxford-road
North Britain
Garrick
Drury-lane House
Turbot
Newgate
Drury-lane Theatre
Spon
Geneva
Beaufort
London
James Rowley
St. Paul’s
London Society Notes and Royal Court Movements
A London chronicle reviews a busy afternoon at St James's with the king, Privy Council, and foreign emissaries including Count de Seilern. It notes the Duke of Newcastle’s visit, the Princess of Wales purchasing Carlton House plots, and a Norfolk/Greenwich title hint. Also reported are ship launches, naval patrols, market prices, legal notices, deaths, marriages, and a mixed batch of local gossip and weathered events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rand
Privy Council
Richman
Duke of Newcastle
Clarepoint
Earl Powis
France
Duke of
Lord Rockingham
Bay Malton
Lord Bolingbroke
Gimcrack
Mr. Oxley
Bedford Bury
Stanmore
Bagnigge Wells
Marybone Gardens
Montreal
Honiton
Barnard Gregory
George Unwin
Timothy Coggs
Beadle
John Lakes
St. Andrew’s Church
Holbourn
Henry Lewis
Bedford Rew
Henrietta Maria
Old-street
Georgealley
Fleet-market
St. James’s
Barlow
Dulwich
Marklate
Windfar-castle
Wilkes
Petersburgh
Russia
Dunkirk
Paris
MERCATOR on colonies and trade in postscript letter
In this postscript a MERCATOR letter argues that Britain's naval power and wealth depend on the colonies through trade and plantations. It urges cherishing colonies, protecting merchant interests, and notes the need to publish grievances to obtain redress. It calls for wealthy patriots to fund a public list of grievances and rewards for substantial submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown
Great Britain
Sam
London
Mr. Meres
Society For Promoting Arts, &c
Church of England
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Port News
South
Hhe
Claire
Mahe
Don de Dieu
Benoit Mahe
Spéie
Vances
Bristol
Cooper
Portsmouth
Nelly
Hannah
Norman
Georgia
Spithead
Deal
Eagle
Man
Carolina
Justicia
Somerset
Virginia
Payne
Lee
St. Kite’s
Kirby-hall
Warten
Elizabeth
Hunter
New- York
Industry
Forbes
Oporto
Mary Ann
St Barbe
Moor
Quebec
Pitt
Richardson
Maryland
County of
Leicester
Syffae
Puogastia
Cratzal
Tour Miost
Joan Palmer
The
ANGEL
Car Barnet
Richard Norris
Castle Yard
Key
Mr. Kay
Baker's
Bal
Budgie Hill
Deares
Misa
Postscript
London Evening Pol
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