Plague and famine haunt the city amid war reports
From Leghorn to Berlin, dispatches describe Egypt corn hopes, Corsican conflict, and French occupation efforts. The mood remains grim as plague devastates, food shortages bite, conspirators are punished, and authorities push on with a hard war stance despite rumors of peace talks.
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Egypt
Porte
Grand Vizis
Bashaw Bonheval
Picis
Leyden Gazette
Leghorn
Bastia
Count de Boisfieux
Corsica
Paris
Corficans
Nethoff
Naples
Count de Boiffieux
Theodore
Orticoni
Giafferi
Vienta
Council of War
Hungary
Segedin
Belgrade
Botta
Petershousg
London News Roundup From Madrid and Nearby Ports
A Madrid letter reports price boosts and expenses driving the King to grant Count de la Marck a salary rise, updates on imperial finances and troop summons, and shipping news from Genoa and Malta. Also notes marriages, treasury appointments, deaths, ship repairs, and a Deptford warehouse theft.
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London
Madrid
Count de la Marck
Spain
Pampelona
Munich
Ferdinand
Bavaria
Empire
N.S
Furttemberg
Empror
Petersboerg
Thomas Koulihan
Schach Nadir
Ukrain
Baron de Lowendahl
Kien
Genoa
Arriv
Toulon
Cossica
Tunis
Algiers
Malta
Gianni Coggia
Bashan
Hle
Serigo
Morea
High Water at London Bridge Reported in Afternoon
A London bridge water update notes high tide conditions recorded at 57 minutes after one in the afternoon. Local authorities monitored river levels and issued warnings for nearby quays and low-lying areas amid rising flood risk.
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London Bridge
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Holland
Constantinople
Russia
Berlin
Fuliers
Bergues
Port News
Bristol
Staples
Jamaica
Deal
Downs
Shaftsbury
Bookey
East India
Wootton
St. Kitt’s
Prescilla
Carter
Barbadoes
Wind N
David Langdale
Lord Langdale
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Sanhope
Langdale
Windsor
Berks
Lords of the Treasury
Pierce
Baldy
Edmonton
William Chafe
Sneriff of
Richard Chafe
Much-Hadham
Hertfordshire
Fylewood
Rider Street
St. James’s
Deptford
Louisa Indiaman
Virginia
Portugal
Milford
Johnson
Newfoundland
Brown
Country News
Newcastle
Rothbury
Nortumberland
Richard Pyle
John Selby
Jamies Hood
George Pots
Robert Douglass
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Dax
Wantley
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