Ventura frigate reaches Valparaiso rich cargo reported
London Gazette notes Eseurial report of the Ventura arriving off Valparaiso with a richly laden cargo. Castile to leave Vera Cruz in October valued at seven million in specie and three million in merchandise. Flora not ready until spring. Robert Pigot named keeper of the change and money at the Tower of London in place of the deceased William Whitmore.
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London Gazette
Valdeparaiso
Castile
Vera Cruz
St. Famers
Robert Pigot
London Election Results and Atlantic Dispatches
At Guildhall the poll closed with Nath 1509 Sawbridge 930 Crosby 835 Hallifax 503 Townsend 110 Bankes 27. Dispatches report Turkish appeals to France and Spain, Vienna court replies on Russia Porte, and Polish imperial politics. Also market prices, aldermen court actions, races at Northampton, accidents, promotions, marriages, deaths, and ships news from Deal and Portsmouth.
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Guildhall
Alderman Nath
Sawbridge
Crosby
Hallifax
Townsend
Bankes
France
Spain
Hague
Vienna
Hungary
Pest
Petersbourg
Russia
Porte
Moldavia
Valachia
Saxe Tefchen
Bear Key
Mark-lane
John Symonds
Robert Herring
Thomas Borwick
Esther Jones
St. Mararet’s
Westminster
Mary Treadaway
Frages
Middlesex
Emanuel Hospital
Evans
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Ducklane
Lord Northington
Northampton
Mr. Baily
Charming Molly
W. W. Wynne
Lord Pomfret
Mr. Green
Mr. Lenton
Capt. Digby
Gunpowder
Edward Bouverie
Moggy
Lucy Knightley
Elg
Sol
Mr. Zenton
Smithfield
Edmond Armstrong
76Th Regiment of Foot
James Stuart Cotes
James Forde
3D Regiment of Dragoon Guards
James Brooke
Brierly Hill
Alexander Raby
Bank Side
Miss Cox
John Cox
Cradely
Courtly dispute over Lord Mayor election in London 1771
A heated letter from Aug 1771 urges Lord North to reinforce forces in London to prevent Mr Naf from becoming mayor. It condemns the plan and mocks political maneuvering, cites Livery firmness, and warns of defeat if reinforcement is delayed. Notices follow for East India Company directors election and Moore's patent ploughs, lottery offerings, heraldry treatise, and other commercial notices.
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Guildhall
Nafo
London
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Naf
East-India House
United Company of Merchants of England
East- Indies
Beadenhall-streets
Hednesday
Coleman Street
London Wall
Lord Camden Visit At Country Seat Sparks Ministry Change Talk
The piece notes Lord Camden’s six week private country visit to the Duke of Grafton, with Mr Nuttall the Solicitor of the Treasury also there. It mentions imminent ministry changes fixed at that time and awaiting approbation by a great personage, not to take effect until just before Parliament's new session.
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Kezia Crouch
John Hawksby
Stepney
Snell
Ratcliff Highway
Nathaniel Hemmings
Curzin-street
May Fair
Elizabeth Clayton
Oxford-street
Versailles
Duchess de Villars
Christopher Tower
Huntsmore Lodge
County of Bucks
Mr. Holden
St. Dunstan’s
Malron
Yorkshire
Mark Andrew
Battersea
Peter Lane
Greenwich
Elizabeth Hughes
Portmouth
Royal Oak
Shuldam
Mars
Toby
Spithead
Deptford
R. T
Lord Camden
Duke of Grafton
Nuttal
Treasury
Bank prices fuel Duke of Grafton plot to unmake government
Hints from a meeting reveal the Duke of Grafton contemplates using the high price of Bank stock to undermine the government and Bank of England. Rumors say he aims to dissolve the current ministry and bank, despite legal constraints, while Bank officials weigh dividend increases to hedge against his possible actions. The exact plan remains undisclosed.
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Bank Steck
Duke of Grafton
Trea‘ur
Bank of England
Lottery and real estate notices from Sunderland and London
State Lottery brokers advertise a cheap wheel drawn lottery with shares, prizes, and rapid payouts across Europe, alongside an offer of land fronts in Sunderland with two main streets and water pump, plus advertisements for shoe blacking cakes and Molineux smelling medicine with testimonials from Elizabeth Atkinson Hannah Chirk and Joseth Greenwell.
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Cis
Corre
Europe
London
India
Sunderland
N.B
Mark Burleigh
Johnson
KLNG
Wy Bayley
A. Rothwell
New Bondir
Grosvenor
Angland Crown
Hollora
Francs Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
J. Price
Oppsite
India House
Leadenhall-street
Price
W. Nicol
St. Paul’s Church-yard
J. Paisden
England
Svesal
Elizabeth Akinson
Reebert Atkins
Panton-Canfy
Tyre
Molineux
Hannah Chirk
Newcastle
Joseth Greenwetl
Lord Ravensworth
Ravensworth
Cade
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Muler
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Diana
Cobb
Lisbon
Wind N. N. E
Whitechapel
Fat the
Loidon Evening Post
Lord North
P. S
Nicholson
Wells
Browning
Cornhill
Cheanside
Great Britain
Porny
Eron-Colexe
T, Carnan
F. Newbery
Matthew Holand
Flexny
Gray’s Inn Gate
Holkern
Richarrson
Urequhart
Royel Eachaisee
Durham
Boukfeliery
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