Weekly Register in London, Middlesex

Death and turmoil amid late 18th century notices

OCR fragment recounts financial figures for land tax redemption, reports on Lord Hough Seymour’s illness and recovery from yellow fever at Surinam, and notes tranquil Cape of Good Hope conditions. It covers a Jamaica sailing squadron off Mauritius, a Dublin murder execution, a fatal bull incident in Essex, and widespread floods at Eton. Also mentions a merchant’s suicide, a bread price rise, and a public theft trial in Bow Street with porter pricing debates.