War News from Europe and Russia Reports
Multiple dispatches describe shifts in European theaters. 1800s style reports note Italian states facing desertion and neutrality pressures, Austrian and Piedmontese movements near Bologna and Pistoia, Spain aiding Savoy and Swiss remittances, Moscow Grecia rites for Peter the Great’s namesake, and Brabant and Luxembourg troop movements with Prussian and French detachments in response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Traun
Bologneze
Pistoia
Dutchy
Genoa
Spain
Count de Gage
Naples
Madrid
Switferland
Don Philip
Geneva
Savoy
de’Grimes
Sardinia
Moscow
Duke of
Holstein
Peter Phrederouitz
Peter
Frederick
Novogorod
Czarina
Russia
Breslau
Marshallle-Isle
Beraun
Prague
Brussels
National
Port News Arrivals and Departures at Various Ports
Portsmouth reports vessels arriving from London including the King George Bradford bound for South Carolina and the Mafra Smith for Lisbon. Deal notes the Serpent with the Prosperity Dolines for Lisbon. Gravesend lists arrivals Duke d Humire Judson from Bolough and the Mary Gilbie from Calais, while Seaflower Shaw from North Carolina reaches Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Stoakes Bay
King George
Bradford
South Carolina
Tring Gally
Dornford
Oporto
Mafra
Smith
Lisbon
London
Deal
Dolines
Gilbie
Calais
Seaflower
Shaw
North Carolina
Dublin
Royal Birth Day and Society Notices from London
London reports on Princess Louisa's 16th birthday with royal greetings at St James's Palace, amid illness in the Duke of Newcastle's circle. It notes a bishop’s daughter’s birth, the death of Hon. Thomas Willoughby at Birdfell, and generous hospitality described at his Bath and Yorkshire estates. A London coroner’s inquest on a rector’s suicide, a sale of Sheriff’s office, and a fire at Lath and Cocoa Tree highlight a string of local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa
St. James’s
Newcastle
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Ely
Mr. Willoughby
Merchant’s Court
Bath
Henry Pinker
Wight
Philip Hall
Henry Rich
Twiverton
Somersetshire
Henry Penrice
High Court of Admiralty
Seilion House
Robberies and notices amid 1741 London unrest
A broad London report describes a near-miss house fire that could have destroyed nearby brick buildings, a burglary at the House of Mr Warman near St George's Church, and a later theft at the Cross Keys Inn. It notes the arrival of Richmond Ellis from Jamaica, ship-payments and crew actions, bankruptcy notices, theatre listings, tides, and current stock market quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross-Keys Inn
Gracechurch-street
Linnen
Richmond
Ellis
Scilly
Jamaica
Roebuck
Fox and
Lynn
Chatham
Cornwall
His
Woolwich
Liverpool
Portsmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
France
Venice
Wolfembuttle
Nieuport
Luxembourg
Mons
Paris
la Main
Bavaria
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Marshal Broglio
Count Seckendorff
Marquess de Balincourt
Port News
Anthony Bradley
Hallfield
London Bridge
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Prem
John Yount
St. Paul’s Church-Yarl
Broac- Mead
Bristol
Osborne
Gray’s Inn
Earl of Oxford
Iris
T. Osborne
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