English Demands at Brindisi Raise European Alarm
From Venice to Paris and beyond, dispatches report English cruiser demands at Brindisi to use the Port with artillery on board, a threat to destroy the town if refused, while Brindisi and Apulia mobilize militia under Council of State. News also covers Austrian siege developments near Prague, French operations in Bohemia, and Spanish movements from Nice toward Barcelonetta.
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Brindz
Lowing
Britannick
Adriatick
Brindisi
Duke de Montemar
Council of State
Brindifi
Apulia
Lestock
Amrose
Venice
Ferrara
Romagnia
Rimini
Ratifoon
Prague
Wightshae
Marshal Brogle
Marshal Brogle Had Hang’d Up Four Burghess
M.de Seyrchelles
Martha J .Broglio
Vienna
Aginbourg
Petersbourg
Revel
Riga
Friedericksham
Kymen
Romanzow
Weybourg
Lowenhaupt
M. Nalcken
Duffeldorp
Maug
Marsial Maillebois
Bohemia
Paris
Lake d’Harcourt
Kevenhuller
Grafle
Provence
Barcelonetta
Prague Fall and French Surrender Reported in Austria War
Newcastle dispatch reports from Hambourg that Prague fell to Austrian forces on the 76th instant with heavy French and Bavarian losses. Marshal Broglio and 17,000 men were captured, Belle-Tie escaped, and negotiations with Prince Charles failed over terms of withdrawal and ransom demands related to the Queen of Hungary. Privateer actions near Ipswich and a Durham horse race closure are also noted. Grasshoppers threaten crops in Bristol and America, with cattle grazing disrupted.
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Newcastle
Blagdon
Clark
Hambourg
Prague
Marshal Broglio
Marshal Belle- Tie
Prince Charlies
France
Prince Charles
Hungary
Ipswich
Blakeston
Narva
London
Dunkirk
Berwick Upon Tweed
Samuel Kettilby
His Majesty
Bares
Durham
Thomas Arcough
Bristol
Faly
America
Port News Buoyant Sailing From Falmouth Harbor
Port News notes sailings from Falmouth on July 29 including Blewet for Lisbon Revival Bail for Carolina and Bonetta Chamberlain for Oporto. Woolwich and convoy sail to Gibraltar. Mary Read bound for Maryland. Several ships depart Gravesend and pass by arrivals from Amsterdam Norway Narva Stockholm Amsterdam Antigua Dunkirk and Stockholm with various captains and ships listed.
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Port
Falmouth
King George
Blewet
Lisbon
Carolina
Bonetta
Chamberlain
Oporto
Deal
Woolwich
Gibraltar
Portsmouth
Mary
Maryland
Galga
Gravesend
Lady Catherine
Albert
Frieland
Adventure
Hall
Amsterdam
Betty
Warten
Ditto
Blefsing
Rutten
Norway
Strickland
Hill
Narva
St. Agnater
Oliver
Stockholm
Three Brothers
Younger
Samuel
James
Goodridge
Doraburnia
West
Antigua
Friendship
Delange
Dunkirk
London
Parimour
Fubbs
Ciar
Arrivals at Ports From Barbadoes to London
A list of ships reaching various ports. John and Betty Rain, Grace Campbell, and Fanny Tyrer arrive at Liverpool from Barbadoes. Queen Elizabeth Rewan from North Carolina. Dover welcomes Swallow Hutchenson from North Carolina. Antigua hosts Dantzick Merchant Jefferies from London. Lancaster records Happy Newton from Barbadoes. Portsmouth notes Friends Increase Deer Upner Castle Moon from Riga. Hull reports Cecil and Mary Taylor from Stockholm. John and Jane Chapman from Rotterdam. London Graves from London.
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Lotte Yatchts
Ostend
St. Clement
Strathoon
Dorador
Ditto
Liverpool
John
Betty
Rain
Grace
Campbell
Fanny
Tyrer
Barbadoes
Queen Elizabeth
Rewan
North Carolina
Dover
Swallow
Hutchenson
Antigua
Dantzick
Lancaster
Happy
Newton
Portsmouth
Friends Increase
Deer
Upner
Moon
Riga
Hull
Cecil and Mary
Taylor
Stockholm
John and Jane
Chapman
Rotterdam
London
Graves
Appointment of Rev Dr Whaley as Regius Professor of Divinity
London reports the king appoints Rev Dr Whaley, Chaplain in Ordinary and Master of St Peter's College Cambridge, to be Regius Professor of Divinity in Cambridge, replacing the late Dr Bentley. Also noted are military movements from Deptford to Flanders and Mediterranean, ship convoys, victualling contracts, ships captured or driven to Gottenburg, a murder in Edinburgh, a fatal accident in Poultry, a burglary and killing in Fetterlane, goods imported and exported including cambric, cochineal, whalefins, sugar, wheat meal, pewter, gold, and iron, plus stock prices, bank notes, and public funds updates.
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London
Whaley
St. Peter’s College
Cambridge
Regius
Richard Bentley
Deceas
Deptford
Woolwich
Flanders
Mediterranean
Liverpool
His Majesty
de Stat
Harlem
St. Ubes
Dorothy
Lister
Petersbourg
Gottenbourg
Adventure
Spy
Antigua
Jamaica
Edinburgh
James Steven
Court of Exchequer
Scotland
Holland
St. Kitt’s
Gibraltar
The
Sound
Dunkirk
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Yeterday
Naples
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Milling Bank
Royal Exchange Assurance
Prem
Farringdon Without
Samuel Cranmer
St. Dunstan
Henry Holloway
St. Dunstan’s Church
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