02 Mar 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 02, 1741
Page
1
Reports from February describe Prussian and Austrian military measures in Catalonia and Berlin with troop deployments, fleet movements, and court notices. Charters note the Duke de Montemar's advance, royal audience shifts, and ambassadorial travels while shipbound orders list vessels bound for Gibraltar and America.
From Paris reports they say executions have begun in several Prévances of France with sentences of death carried out for recent crimes. Dispatches claim circulars to Austrian Netherlands propose subsidies for 1742 43 and 44. Cadiz reports the San Pedro Fortane cargo from Vera Cruz including cochineal and hides. Copenhagen notes 6050 troops to replace a garrison and Holstein troop increases. Reports of ship movements include the Folkstone victualled at Deptford and Marque ready for Barbadoes. Prisoners tried at the Old Bailey include Richard Brabant alias Jones and a woman, with transportation for a theft case, alongside highway robberies on London roads. A surge of crime and naval activity marks the week.
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