04 Jul 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1741
Page
1
Reports from Cadiz to Vienna describe naval moves near Cronstadt and Silesia alarms. Prussian detachments and Hufflars clash near Grottkau while Poland and Bavaria tensions rise. dispatches arrive from Hanover to Presbourge and public replies hint at possible accommodation with Berlin.
In Dublin on June 27 the Most Noble Theobald Bourk Lord Viscount Mayo died last Thursday and was interred in Mayo tomorrow. His eldest son Sir Theobald Bourk Bart becomes the 4th Viscount. This morning their corps left town for burial at the family place in Mayo. Also mentioned is a Bray wheat field of remarkable height and, previously, the Butter and Fish embargo being lifted last Tuesday.
Port News notes vessels departing yesterday. Dean and Fulyz came down and sailed the Sudbury, Mortis bound for St Kitts aboard the Peter and Mary.
London reports the Carthagena affair cost numerous lives while Petersbourg notes a defensive alliance with Britain awaiting ratification. Dispatches from Hanover claim English troops will march into Germany for an Observation army contingent. Ligoniere arranges transport needs, while Lisbon and Havana channels move ships and funds. Updates cover Baltic naval plans, Swedes intercepting Ruffian forces, new warships, stock exchanges, and shipments of war stores and provisions to Jamaica and ports.
Court of Directors of the South Sea Company give notice of a General Court at Threadneedle Street on Friday the 17th July at eleven in the forenoon to declare a dividend on the trade capital stock for the half year ended at midsummer last.
A London notice describes John Waite, a Bank of England cashier about forty years old, five feet eight inches, with a fair complexion and grey eyes, who vanished May 13. It offers a reward of five hundred pounds for his apprehension and return, with bonds for East India Bonds taken from the bank.
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