11 Feb 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 11, 1741
Page
1
From Cadiz to Vienna reports describe preparations to oppose Ottoman and Prussian moves, with Potentates weighing actions in Silesia and Italy. Marquess d Antin sails to Hispaniola. Koili Kan’s envoys and embassies suffer losses as wars loom.
Dublin reports a reprieve for Lineal the Officer of Mace who murdered the poulterer. Letters from Cork note Debby Otway returning from Philadelphia with flax feed and flour bound for this port, facing high winds. Several ships on the Western Coasts carry potential protections for flour ships, while a ship and cargo at Limerick were fired for clandestine wool goods. Fly Sloop Lisbon chase ends with a captured port spanify barcalonga loaded with royal stores and carpentry tools. Troops move on French Flanders fronts. Brussels advices mention advancing German troops. Guildhall court selects committees for the year including Aldermen and city officials. warrants list numerous officials for various committees and wards. Warships bound for Jamaica await transports and convoy from Ireland. Obituaries note Marth, a former sugar-baker and notable Callico-printer, and Holloway, a wealthy weaver in Spitalfields. Somerset Port in East India Company service presents themselves to Directors at Leaderhall Street.
Port News reports yesterday outward-bound ships failed, then wind shifted southward and they were put back. Prince of Orange and Grampus passed by the Virginia Merchant on the voyage to Easterndia and Portsmouth respectively. Somerset from Bengal and Pencoolen arrived at Portsmouth. Mary-Anne from Philadelphia reached Cork. Ships Luckham and others are noted, with multiple port arrivals listed.
London reports advise that artillery and war stores are being prepared for transport to garrison areas in the state. A circular from the Prussian court accuses Austria and Hungary of misrepresenting actions in Silesia, asserting Prussia will pursue its prerogatives under the Pragmatic Sanction and expressing willingness to sacrifice the dispute for the public good.
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