Embarkations and War News From Europe and Italy
Reports from Madrid Toulon Genoa Paris and Frankfurt describe Spanish troop sailings for Italy weather-driven delays and possible landings in Lombardy. British Admiral Haddock remains at Port Mahon while Austrian advances reach Passau Straubing and near Munich. Paris notes troop levies and Cardinal Fleury’s letter praising union with the King amid calls for Dutch neutrality. A political appraisal criticizes a prominent statesman’s public career and private conduct.
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Barcelona
Italy
Toulon
Fan
France
Spain
Hieres
Genoa
Lombardy
Haddock
Port-Mahon
Francfort
Austria
Passau
Straubingen
Brunau
Munich
Tyreleze
Bavaria
Paris
Cardinal Fleury
M. van Hoey
Republick
Holland
Great Britain
Tempest Winds and Lightning Ravage Shields Area
A week of strong westerly winds shifted to a tempest on Thursday evening. Booming tides and a fierce ebb drove ships from their moorings at Shields, causing damage to vessels and a house owned by James Gray. A nearby blaze burned a dwelling, barns, stables, and stacks, with 22 cattle and 15 grain stacks lost. Lightning struck capt. Hamond’s Yar mouth vessel, its masts and sails aflame. An alarming incident on Killingworth Moor saw livestock perish in fire. A boy in Childon suffered a mad dog bite and dangerous aftereffects from hastily prepared remedies.
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Country News
Newcastle
Fan
W.S. W
Shields
James Gray
Hamond
Yarmouth
Killingworth Moor
Killingworth-Moor
Bishop Auckland
Childon
Wound treatment and local notices from Gloucester and Bitton
Advice on treating venom with hot iron and puffing to limit spread. Obituary notes George Karvei of Upton near Tenbury dies aged 85 after long service as a justice. A curious oak tree in springtime sighted at his estate. William Seymour of Bitton is committed to the Castle on suspicion of shooting his brother and robbing him of about 20 pounds.
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Gloucester
George Karvei
Upton
Tenbury
W.B
William Seymour
Bitton
Berkley Seymour
Port News Arrivals and Departures at Dover February 2
Deal Feb 2 ships: Sasannah White on Madeira and Morning Olive to Southampton. Outward-bound stay. Mary Pearse from Exon and Diamond Goatley from Leghorn, last from Gibraltar. Speedwell Gray from Maryland and Two Brothers Beach from Carolina arrive. Jacob Veyune from Bourceaux to Boulogne, William and Mary Kelly from Waterford to Zurich Zee, Mary and Eleanor Ruth from Liverpool to Rotterdam, William and John Crowden from Havre to Newcastle. Georgia Packer M Cleland from St Kitts and Hybernia Sears from Maryland pass by.
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Port News
Deal
White
Madeira
Olive
Southampton
Arriv
Mary
Pearse
Exon
Diamond
Goatley
Leghorn
Laft
Gibraltar
Wind S
Veyune
Bourceaux
Boulouga
William
Kelly
Waterford
Zurich-Zee
Eleanor
Ruth
Liverpool
Rotterdam
John
Crowden
Havre
Newcastle
Gravesend
Georgia Packer
M‘cleland
St. Kitt’s
Hybernia
Sears
Maryland
Royal Assent Granted and Adjournment Ordered in Parliament
The King gave royal assent to the Malt Bill and a General Road Bill repeal. The Lords adjourned to the 18th instant, and the Commons followed. Toasts praised the new ministry while the King ordered ships Hound and Sutherland for sea service. Victualling contracts and wages for ship crews were noted, along with assorted deaths and commercial shipments from Portugal, Jamaica, and East India goods.
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London
House of Peers
House of Commons
Hound
Sutherland
Victualling Office
Joseph Eyre
Clement’s Lane
Lombard Street
Worshipful Company of Soapmakers
Twickenham
Middlesex
Lucy Roberts
Earl of
Portugal
Jamaica
Lisbon
East-India
Virginia
High Water at London Bridge After Jo in the Morning
London Bridge faces notable high water levels measured 26 minutes after Jo in the morning. The event affects local riverside areas and prompting monitoring by authorities. Residents report surrounding street flooding and brief traffic disruption near the bridge.
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London Bridge
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Madrid
St. James’s
H -Hall
Scotland
Edinburgh
Chardter
Shen
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