War Council Orders Mass Movement to Low Countries
In Vienna on July 12 the council of war met and continued till daybreak. By July 6 encampments were countermanded and twenty regiments including four cavalry were ordered to march to the Low Countries. Six artillery companies departed on July 9. The force at the Netherlands is said to be 60,000 men. Paris July 19 the Rouen parliament forbids grain export on pain of death as bread runs short in Normandy.
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Britain prorogues parliament to October amid Dutch distress
The London Gazette reports His Majesty in Council orders the current parliament prorogued to October 16. News from Holland shows rising unrest and embargoes, while ships reach Bengal and Cornwallis governs with liberal style. The Pegasus dispute ends with Prince William Henry arresting his First Lieutenant over a shipboard order. The Greenland whale fishery is highlighted for its global importance and seafaring prowess.
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Ship registry clause and strange cures on the coast
A reprint notes the 17th century ship registry clause from George II and explains its precise wording. It also reports a remarkable recovery in St Andrews workhouse where an elderly woman blinded for seven years regained sight after daily eye washes with urine. A fatal fall near Brighthelmston follows a wind gust displacing a man’s hat. Horse thefts are tied to Montgomery and neighboring counties, with 163 horses reported stolen in two years.
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