27 Apr 1742
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 27, 1742
Page
1
Reports from various posts describe tentative peace moves with the Grand Signor and military maneuvers around Erzerum and Trebizond. Troops under Ali-Bashaw and Ali-Rafhaw clash with Persians. Prussia augments militia. Ottoman and Austrian fronts shift with sieges and capitulations noted across Europe.
In Edinburgh area the Gentlemen and Farmers report sheep stolen by soldiers quartered in Canongate. Several soldiers detained, a soldier’s wife was taken to prison amid clashes with officers and the magistrate. Some prisoners await punishment. An incendiary letter alarming a farmer prompts a reward for its discovery. Also reports the death of Hon. John Lamy of Dunkennie, colonel in the Dutch service.
In the Downs the Arabian, Pullain for Turky, and the Woolwich Transport for Portsmouth, with a ship from Carolina for Holland. Dover notes the Anne from Rotterdam to Dublin, and Scipio arriving from the Westward. Gravesend reports the Lady Jane from Rotterdam passing by.
London reports a dawn fire in a little frequented area near Kingsland Hospital where two cartloads of books and papers were said to have been moved to the Common behind the hospital and burned with long poles to keep contents within. The cause remains uncertain. The king will review regiments on Blackheath for Embarkation to the Low Countries with transports at Deptford and shore embarkation plans. Trinity Hall Cambridge receives a royal licence to grant benedictions encouraging Civil Law study.
A sea monster washes ashore near Rumley River Glamorganshire and is seized by a fisherman. Reports note Spanish privateers capturing several English ships including The Friend's Adventure and Pearcy from Carolina. York River arrivals detail the Duke of Argyle voyage, ship battles with a Spanish Snow, and London theatre and market updates along with coin, stock, and bond movements.
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