Campaign Preparations and European News from Madrid
Mail from Holland reports vigorous campaign preparations and seamen being drafted for the grand Fleet toward Ukraine. Neapolitan soldiers praised by some for bravery after a deadly clash with a Burgos captain. Madrid discusses Lisbon talks and ministerial appointments. Chambery preparations for the future queen. Vienna reports a potential pregnancy of the Archduchess and Princess.
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Brenskoo
Tawrow
Veronitz
Black Sea
Spain
Bart
la Pouilla
Regiment of
Burgos
Mars
St. Francis Xavier
Madrid
Lisbon
M. de Belmonte
Marquess de Capicelatro
Lifton
Lorrain
Chambery
Paris
Milan
Vienna
Tuscany
Port News Feb 12 15 16 1780s Shipping List
Maritime notices from Falmouth Southampton Weymouth Pool Deal and Gravesend report multiple ships arriving and sailing for Cadiz Lisbon Corunna Guinea Jamaica Maryland Malaga Havre Antigua St Christopher's Youghite and other destinations with vessels names captains and routes listed.
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Falmouth
Mary
Morris
London
Cadiz
Zant
Pick
Denia
William
Liddia
Millett
Portsmouth
Jenny
Wright
Gibraltar
Pretty
Betty
Boyce
Guiney
Hanover Pacquet
Lisbon
Prince Frederick Pacquet
Townsend Pacquet
Corunna
Southampton
Port
Wallis
Joseph
Bennet
Bay of Iscay
Deal
Downs
East India
Parham Club
Davis
Gilbert
Pringle
Mercury
Tomlinson
Antigua
Charming Molly
Pike
St. Christopher’s
Baltimore
Watts
Maryland
Dispatch
Leach
Arriv
the Loyal Jane
Maples
Dunkirk
King of Prussia ministers and Turkish war plans loom
London dispatches report M de Thoms arrives as envoy to court of Britain and Count Fuenclara departs for Vienna. Fleet preparations for potential Ottoman rupture, Dalmatian fortifications, and Basel trade tension feature amid new diplomacy. Court notices include barons, judges, MPs, and obituaries. Police and crime items recount robberies, executions, and a lime-boat accident at a bridge lock plus a scalding breach near Bermondsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
M. de Thoms
Saxe-Gotha
Great Britain
Fuenclara
Spain
Vienna
Corfou
Frey
Paris
Masstal du Bourg
Strasbourg
Basil
France
Rome
Madrid
Naples
Florence
Wachtendonck
Tuscany
Marlborough
Bath
Gilbert Thompson
North Britain
Marham-street
Westminster
Barrington
Gloucester
Allhallows
London Wall
Ellis
Antwerp
Royal Exchange
Gray’s-Inn-Lane
Merlieurs Edgell
Idle
Dunkirk
Jamaica
Holland
Ditto
Portugal
Germany
East Indies
England
William Maw
Charles Duboise
Newington
Surrey
Southerton
Southwark
Bermondsey Street
Hermitage
Pritchard’s Alley
New Church
Dennis
Chatham
Batchelor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Port News
Venice
Miajesty
Lord Hardwicke
King’s Bench
House of Peers
House
George Cook
Court of Common Pleas
John Fothergill
Richard Darby
Deceas
Dudley Rider
Tiverton
Devon
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