25 Aug 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 25, 1741
Page
1
Reported European moves show Spain and the Two Sicilies pressing for neutrality for Mary and Lombardy, while Italian councils weigh plundering threats. In Silesia a Prussian Hussar raid near Münsterberg ends with captives and 64 prisoners. Bavarian electors demand French auxiliary troops. A violent fair-day robbery at Donneybrooke ends with soldiers detaining ruffians.
Reports from Galway and Wicklow detail Captain Hurst Town Major death from fever and MP William Handcock's passing. Dungannon recounts arson tied to the Kennedy Rea case, with Barn fires killing nothing but property. A servant girl’s carriage ride home ends abruptly as the tale trails into broader crimes.
Arrivals and departures from Southampton and nearby ports dated Aug. including the Anne and Katherine Halverton from Norway, Fly from Jersey, Expedition from Guernsey, Jane from St Malo, and Peterson routes to Guernsey. Additional sailings mention ships to London and South Carolina, with convoys and transports. Details include ship names captains and origins with minor navigational notes.
London reports from Aug 25 that King, warned by couriers of French troops crossing the Rhine and a looming movement toward Westphalia, calls a Herrenhausen council and dispatches messages to Cashel and Dresden. Paris notes the French king appointing Bavaria's Elector generalissimo and Punch jailed for mocking court measures. Corsican talks hint at independence if French troops depart. Joint dispatches describe French columns marching from Givet to Juliers and Bergues, with reinforcements around St Omer and Normandy. Also reported are ship movements, a Sunbury church wedding, a mishap of a merchant in Sydenham, deaths of local merchants, dispensations for church livings, a Joseph voyage, and Spanish privateers infesting the coast.
A report notes high water at London Bridge twenty seven minutes after ro in the morning. Local authorities warned residents to expect potential disruptions as the tide rose and water crested near key crossings.
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