Dutch Man of War Sinks Corsair Off Cape St Tel
Yesterday the Dutch warship under Captain Waffenaer arrived at Cadiz after a clash off Cape Spar tel where a Sallee corsair with about 200 men was sunk. Most crew drowned. survivors, including several Christians, were taken aboard. Rumors say the flotilla with cargo aboard may sail to the West Indies.
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Waffenaer
Sallee
Cape Spartel
West Indies
Puntals
Nimirov
Fane
Crown Army
Caminieck
Palatine of Podotka
Arriv’d
Petersbourg
Smolensko
Munich
Choczim
Baltick
A Letter on a Bridge Lottery Fraud and Current News
The letter argues the 65 000 ticket Bridge Lottery is unfair with high premiums to subscribers and a poor return for chances, urging buyers to wait and let others pay the remaining two installments. It then notes Admiralty letters of marque, a Jeweler appointed Tipstaff, deaths including Hyatt and Wiltshire, a Maltan horse race in Maldon Essex, and various civic notices and petty crime reports.
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Céar
Siti
Otober
Wateroakly
Holyport
Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty
Spain
Hindmarsh
Lee
Joséph ‘Bennet
Hyatt of
Epsom
Charater
Wnonfuch Park
Surrey
Spor
Jane
French
Wood Street
Wiltshire
Batson
Cornhill
Grainge
Southwark
Fendall
Water-Lane
Fleet-Street
Anne Deacon
Malden
Essex
Ipwich
Bringham
Mr. Smith
Grey
Bridewell
Alderman Lambert
Parsons
Bethlem Hospital
Ayliffe
Alderman Levert
Alxander Ready
John.Scrange
Genereal
Europe
Alhallows- Staining
Bow
Heirey
Tauich
Gravelend
Beliween
Port of entry notes from a foggy sea list
A fragmentary ship movement record mentions vessels including Elizabeth, French, Masters, and Salil Smith arriving from Lisbon and Bristol. The text notes wind direction from the northwest and lists several other vessel names in a hurried, incomplete navigation summary.
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Port
Narva
Bourg
Tob
Anné
Dennis
Gierenbourg
Axwell
Johnie
Deal
Elizabeth
St. News
Masters
Bristols
Lisbon
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