Paris Tries for War Readiness Amid Allied Tensions
Paris orders cannon mounting in batteries and mobilizes two royal ships as summer fleet duties end. Lord Torrington informs the Austrian Pays Bas that Britain will not back France in an allied dispute, pledging readiness for naval and land force action while aiming for peace if France agrees to equitable terms. An express from YY mentions further details.
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Paris
Brusseus
Lord Torrington
Pays Bas
France
Europe
Appointment of John Cayley as Consul General in Russia's dominions
London dispatches report royal appointment of John Cayley, Esq. as His Majesty's Consul general succeeding Walter Sharp, Esq. deceased. Windsor marks Princess Royal's birthday with tea, pall, and concert. Princess Elizabeth fully recovered and danced at Windsor Ball with the Duke of Cumberland. Lord Cornwallis orders India service to resign upon leaving half pay, and preparations for defense and mobilization are shown in a tense European balance of power. Reports from Paris and the Hague describe French arming, potential hostilities, and Dutch defenses amid Prussian advances against Amsterdam.
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Duke of Cumberland
Lord Cornwallis
India
Europe
Fats
Paris
Grenville
Conway
Jersey
Guernsey
Francs
Rufsian
Mediterranean
Ruffia
Peterbourgh
Roworth
Secretary of State
Whitehall
Hague
James Harris
Duke of Brunswick
Amsterdam
Stadthouse
France
Holland
Great Britain
Ersons
Prussia
War support and naval dispatches amid 18th century turmoil
The report notes ongoing armament efforts and naval assignments under Admiral Pigot, naming Barrington Hotham Gower Jervis and Douglas as Flag Offers. It records insurance policies reacting to hostilities, a New York mail arrival, French ships seen in Boston, bankrupt notices for several merchants, and the death of James Park and a devout charity-minded widow, Mrs Goodman.
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Brunswick
Pigot
Barrington
Hotham
Gower
John Jervis
Charles Douglas
England
France
City
New-York
Falmouth
Grantham Packet
Boston
West- Indies
le Patriate
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Cleopatra
Badine
Ballett
le Seine
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Tower-street
Guildhall
James Frances Vacher de la Cour
Southampton
Yncer Broomsbury
Conrad
John Heaven
Ortate
Great-Ruiffel Fied
Bloombury
M.A. Bennett and Co
Samuel Parsons
Woitcombe-street
Upholder
Thomas White
Birmingham
Button
Castle Inn
Highstreet
James Park
Casle Inn
Brentford
Goodman
Bowd
Devizes
Peace or war undecided as garrisons to be strengthened
London reports no dispatches from Paris and no peace decision. Ordnance orders full war establishment for garrisons on northern and western coasts before winter. Cabinet vacancies loom with health as cause. Gibraltar and West Indies appointments noted. Ships listed for a mission, public accounts scrutinized at Portsmouth, and regiments assigned to foreign service including the West Indies. Mutinies at Wokingham and a fatal fall in Berkeley Square accompany broader war-time tensions.
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Cumberland
M’bride
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la Nymph
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West Indies
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Plymouth
Jersey
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St. Domingo
Monsieur de la Luzerne
King’s Bench
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Jurgeril
Petersburgh
Cronstradt
Russia
97Th
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Compter
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Marquis of Land
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Matthews
Twag
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Elgim Prince’s Street
J. Bonbonous
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Eles
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County of
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Lela
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Ascorney
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Bioker
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Glovester
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Ann Sweet
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Thomas Woop- Ward
Harry Erperton
Harry Elderton
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