10 Apr 1742
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 10, 1742
Page
1
In Berlin on April 3 the Prince Regnant of Anhalt Deffs departed for Silesia to head a flying camp and observe Hungarian troop movements. Several regiments march from Brandenburg toward Silesia while a court whisper suggests Europe may seek a method to ease differences between his majesty and the Queen of Hungary.
Dublin reports the Lady of the Right Hon the Lord Viscount Molesworth has died Lat Thursday. Two Regiments of Foot will be raised in the Kingdom with Lt Col Rich bell and Lt Col Battereau as Colonels. Troops are to prepare for embarkation by the 23d instant. Regiments ordered to march include Ligonier's Hamilton's Bland's Bligh's Dragoons Ponsonby's Bragg's and Johnson's Foot.
Port News from April reports several Royal Navy ships sailing to the Windward and Hastings prize, with multiple arrivals from Jamaica Carolina Virginia Barbadoes and Oporto. Vessels named include the Anne Ver sons the Ansley Long the Amelia Walker the Heysham Swift Friendship George Mary Richmond Vernon Duke and others arriving or sailing for Plymouth Gravesend and Dunkirk.
The London freeholders of the County of Montgomery elect Rosert Williams as their representative urging support for constitutional reforms. They press for repeal of the Septennial Act and excluding placemen and pensioners from voting, praising the late Denbigh Knight for defending electoral rights and urging vigilant Parliamentarian independence and civil liberties.
The excerpt thanks a minister for steadfast service representing Carmarthen in Parliament and pledges lasting gratitude for his protection of liberties. It notes parliamentary gains against corruption, plus naval movements as Augusta and Green wich reach Jamaica. It reports ships, prizes, deaths of East and Fransham, pay-off movements, imports and exports, theatre listings, and high water at London Bridge.
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