War updates and European dispatches from August reports
The mail from Holland and Constantinople on June 20 describes shifts in the Divan toward peace with To the s. Kouli Khan plans to aid the Leights to prevent their ruin as Ioan funds them secretly. Moscow reports orders to attack the Swedish fleet and Helsingfors may fall. Naples notes English ships blocking Sicilian ports. Spain raids Rimini and surrounds provinces to starve foes. Genoa, Nice, and Venice cover Spanish moves in Provence and Savoy aims, while Montemar heads to Abruzzi. Berlin recounts a palace fire destroying Dorotheastadt and losses. Leipsic notes Prague’s fews-towne blaze. Paris mentions Voltaire leaving for Brussels and plot suspicions around Luxembourg. Vienna hints at peace talks with Count Bunau nearing, as Dutch fleets and Austrian troops prepare for a broader march. Amsterdam reports cannon deliveries to Flanders and Hanoverian troops en route to the Austrian Netherlands.
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Kouli Kan
Ioan
Porte
Asia
Moscow
Myrchenkov
Helsingfors
Naples
Sicily
Rirring
Bologna
Rimini
Marquess de Suza
Turin
Piedmont
Trieste
Genoa
Nice
Provence
Barcelonetta
Savoy
Dauphine
Venice
Great Britain
Italy
Fano
Foflombrono
Duke de Montemar
Madrid
Kingdom of
Forlombrono
Abruzzia
Pescara
Berlin
Dorotheastadt
Athos
Academy of Painting and Sculpture
Leipfick
Prague
Fews
Paris
M. de Voltaire
Brussels
Mahomet
Marchionets du Chatelet
Luxembourg
Vienna
Dres‘den
M. Saul
Poland
Count Bunau
I . Bouffels
Count Newperg
Hague
Charg
Holland
Count de Harrach
Mons
Marshal Neuperg
Amsterdam
States of
Hungary
Flanders
London
Hanover
Austrian Netherlands
Murder and duel reports from Limerick and surrounding areas
From Limerick comes word that John Bradshaw, a gentleman of fair character, was murdered in his house at Limakelly by one of his tenants, receiving fatal head wounds. Oliver Crofton and John Maffy fought a duel, resulting in Maffy's death. A fire at Mrs Foxall’s workshop in Patrick's Street caused substantial damage. William Crosbie, MP for Ardfert, and Thomas Ball, Law Council, died in Kerry and Louth respectively.
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Dublin
Limerick
Limakelly
John Bradshaw
Oliver Crofton
John Maffy
Hugh Maffy
Lord Carberry
Maffy
Death of Alderman Bath Former City Mayor
Bath mourns Alderman Bath who died aged 66 or 67 and had served twice as mayor with candour and impartiality. Ambrose Bishop elected Alderman in his place as the community notes a brisk afternoon robbery nearby where highwaymen collected funds during a race day and boasted they would enter a horse to run for the Plate.
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Country News
Bath
Ambrose Bishop
Chippenham
Port News Arrivals and Departures from Aug 19 20
Port news from Falmouth and Dartmouth lists arrivals including the Filly Hodgson from Bristol to Hull and the Jewel Broad from Bristol to this port, with the Hamilton Yowett from Antigua to Amsterdam and the Two Brothers Lloyd from Bristol to Guernsey. Departures include the Walker Sloop for Dartmouth. Also notes the Windham Drummond from Antigua to Southampton and the Margate from Rochelle to Calais, with Charming Betty Le Cras from Jersey forthcoming.
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Port News
Falmouth
Hodgson
Bristol
Hull
Jewel
Broad
Hamilton
Yowett
Antigua
Amsterdam
Lloyd
Guernsey
Walker
Customs
Dartmouth
Prince Frederick
Windham
Drummond
Southampton
Margate
Calais
Rochelle
Betty
le Cras
Jersey
Shipping News Summary of August Arrivals and Departures
Maritime notices record arrivals at Dover and nearby ports with ships and captains named from Guernsey Alderney and Hambourg, including the Ex pedition Packet Moucaul coming from Guernsey, the Nor way Bear from Frederick halt, Jolliffe from Guernsey, Jane Grigg from Padstow, and others. Vessels sail and return with notes on wind, routes to Jamaica Gibraltar and London, including the Read Read Montferrat and Royal Escape from a cruise.
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Peter and James
Vibert
Ditto
Guernsey
Frederick Hal
Roth
Hampshire
Jolliffe
Jane
Grigg
Padstow
Alderney
Angel
Arundel
Deal
Mary
M‘carthy
Jamaica
Montferrat
Morter
Leak
Murray
Ruffel
Cuningham
Gibraltar
Wind
Dover
Broad
Hambourg
Sarah
Gannefon
Creswick
Gottenbourg
Vernon
Cape Fere
Read
London
Diligence in Flanders and Fleet Appointments Reported
London reports heavy labor building brass cannon for Flanders and ships readied at Woolwich. Torrington dock repairs complete and readied for service. Lords appoint Windham to Suffolk and Pocock to Woolwich. Royal Pay-Office calls 126 ships to muster next month. Dundas named Solicitor General for Scotland. Marriages and deaths noted along with a foxed assault incident. Trade movements include Spanish wool, quicksilver, iron, lead, copper, and cordage exports. Market quotes show South Sea stock, annuities, and banking prices. High water at London Bridge recorded.
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London
Flanders
Wight
Ane
Elizabeth
Torrington
Woolwich
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Capt
Windham
Suffolk
Pocock
Edinburgh
Robert Dundas
Arnistoun
Scotland
William Grant
Henry Jenkins
New-Inn
Jenny Backwell
Backwell
Tyringham
County of Bucks
Richmond
Rogers
His Majesty
Davis
St. James’s-Street
Philpot-Lane
Fenchurch-Street
Veal
Twickenham
Biffet
Foot
Ireland
Lucas A. Ferrit-Weaver
Long- Lane
Southwark
Walter Forman
Newgate
Alderman Benn
Laming
Holland
Jamaica
Leghorn
Portugal
New York
Pensylvania
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Tugspay
Arriv
Constantinople
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Trondon
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