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Weekly Register in London, Middlesex

22 Aug 1798

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Weekly Register

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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Aug 22, 1798

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5

Bread price raised as bakers win balance at Mansion House

London report notes Master Bakers and the Lord Mayor settled the bread price balance under an Act, raising the quartern loaf to 82d for a week. Other items include a public treaty article on the St Croix source, ship arrivals, executions, drownings, and crimes from Greenwich to Newcastle, with deaths and trials across the realm.

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Britain America St. Croix Isle of Wight Gibraltar East-Indies England Bowles Thorpas Curtis Whitechapel Mary Baker Guildhall Pincot Blackfriars-road Thames Nine Elms Mr. Large Bexley Hill Maidstone Large King-street Drury-lane Snaith Newcastle Kelso Tweed Durham Mary Nicholson John Atkinson Little Staynton Wells Naith Grofé
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Epidemic Fever Flows From Jamaica and Demerara

News notes a recurring epidemic fever spreading from Jamaica and Demerara affecting ships returning to port. The Thames frigate carried more than 50,000 as a voluntary donation from Jamaica. Arthur Paget, son of the Earl of Uxbridge, is named Ambassador to Munich. The Court-martial on Major Watson suspends him for 12 months and reprimands Lord Paget for the arrest method. Additional reports mention unrest linked to Lord St. Vincent.

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West Indies Jamaica Demerara Thames Arthur Paget Earl of Uxbridge Munich Watson Lord Paget Lord St. Vincents ‘Firet
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