09 Jul 1744
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 09, 1744
Page
1
June reports from Flanders and Holland describe cannonades and troop movements with British and Austrian forces. News from Marseilles and Toulon detail English sailors captured or killed, militia actions, and swift naval movements toward the Levant and Carthagena.
The dispatch notes on July 6 report his Majesty's Sloop Vul ture and outward-bound ships sailing Westward, joined by the Princess Royal store-ship, a Man of War unnamed, and the Grimpus and Fly sloops with the Granada. On July 7 Beal records Chatter and Grampus sailing to the River, the Princess Royal score-ship and fly sloop with the Granada bomb Westward, and the Winchester Man of War coming down. Winds N E.
The Lords of the Treasury appoint Mr Trever as a land surveyor for the Fer or Southamp ton region. The notice confirms the official posting and the area of assignment. The fragment indicates government action in appointing a surveyor.
The Floating Light at the Nore broke from its moorings during a windy spell and drifted onto the North Sand between Shaebiry Neb and Blackdale Beacon. Proprietors, already at sea, work to place a replacement vessel by tomorrow and urge all ship owners and captains to heed for safe navigation.
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