PORT NEWS SUMMARY OF ARRIVALS AT VARIOUS PORTS
Whitehaven reports arrivals of the Mary and Betty Fleming Sally Kirkbright and the Pearl at Kin sal from Maryland after speaking with the Mary Anne of Liverpool bound for Africa. Falmouth lists Providence Campbell William and Rebecca Sparkshot from Arundel for Cork and King George Packet from Lisbon. Wind shifts bring Dover and Benjamin at Port Mahon. Windy December ports include Waterford Leghorn Dartmouth and Spithead.
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Whitehaven
Mary
Betty
Fleming
Sally
Kirkbright
Pearl
Atkinson
Maryland
Mary Anne
Liverpool
Olare
Africa
S. E
Lisbon
Pool
William
Thomas
Lander
London
Cowes
Spithead
South-Sea-Castle
George
Virginia
Carolina
James
Southampton
Dublin
Seaford
Oper
Deal
Merry Adventure
Kenneday
Middlebourg
Dover
Benjamin
Pidgeon
Port-Mahon
Bourdeaux
Waterford
Betty Pleasant
Morris
Leghorn
Margaret
Dillon
Newfoundland
Phenix
Elkins
Lady Eve
Stoll
Petersbourg
Dartmouth
Speedwell Galley
Great Britain Moves to Contain French Troops and Bavarian Politics
A letter from the Hague notes Britain orders the Regency to canton troops and observe Marshal Maillebois movements as Bavarian and Prussian actions stir election fortunes. Reports claim Austria retreats to Moravia while France plans 20,000 more troops for Bavaria. Hanover and Amsterdam dispatches discuss Osnabruck posts and funding disputes. Later items describe elections in London, court proceedings, and commodity prices amid a world-straining map of alliances.
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Hague
Paris A La-Main
France
Marshal de Maillebois
Hanover
Munich
Oinabrug
Francfort
Prussia
Mentz
Prague
Bavaria
Bohemia
Moravia
Great Britain
Ospabrug
Anwer
Osnabrug
Wefér
Ofnabrug
French detachment takes Frauenberg post near Prague
From Prague December 16 the Allied Headquarters report Lt Gen Omt d Aubigne leading French troops to seize Frauenberg cattle post. After initial resistance, 56 enemies killed and as many captured. The victory secures a bridge on the Moldau and a road inward, with hopes to push toward Vienna this winter if conditions allow.
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Aubigne
Frauenberg
Moldau
Vienna
Ain
Westminster Candidates Named By Independent Erectors
On Thursday December 24 1744 the Independent Erectors of the City and Liberty of Westminster summon their Committee to meet at Five o’Clock at the Crown and Anchor Tavern Strand to nominate two suitable candidates to represent them in Parliament. The meeting is held soon after the late election to speed the process as the election may occur in a few days.
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Saddler
St. James’s
Princess of Helle
Westminster
Bullingsgate Ward
Cornelius Owen
George Woods
Woods
Bridewell
Thomas Bramston
Essex
Peele
Blanford
Pice
Silk
College of Physicians
Warwick Lane
John Andree
St. Michael’s
Cornhill
Tudman
Beadle
Broad-Street
Perkinson
Bosely
Towerhill
Sampson Maris
Burford
Nore
Henry Atterbury
Newgate
Henry Morrice
Sheffield House
Pauith
Kensington
City and Liberty of
Crown and Anchor
Strand
N.B
France
Spain
Great Britain
Earl of Peterborough
George Carleton
Francis Gosling
Fetter-lane
Fleet-streec
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Thomas Capfey
Thomas Hodgson
Gottenbourg
Holland
Dunkirk
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Antigua
West Indies
Ireland
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Kmypernr
Farringdon
Robert Gamon
Smithfield
St. Sepulchre
Ruffell
Savage
St. Bride's
Bethlem
Richard Prce
Lethe
Samuel‘ “& Cock
Adam Cock
Black-Mary’s-Hole
W. Webb
St. Paul’s
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