Mysterious dispatches from Europe and a brutal crime
The latest mails from France and Holland report Empress orders appointing Lacy to command in chief with Keith and Lieven under him, while Golovin and Obrien lead the fleet. Prussian incursions, Austrian retirements, and Bavarian victories frame a broad war update across Vienna, Paris, The Hague, and Brussels. In Newcastle, a disturbing murder due to a servant’s mutilation shocks the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Lacy
Moscow
Keith
Lieven
Count Golovin
Obrien
Siberia
Vienna
M. Penckler
Constantinople
Porte
Hungary
Tuscany
Moravia
Bohemia
Lower Austria
Brinn
Spielberg
Prussia
Znaim
Nicolasbourg
Hussars
Ulans
Parfy’s
Bareith
Efterhaff
Danube
Silesia
Jabloncka
Paris
Bavaria
Rhine
Hague
Baltick
Danizick
Pilau
Riga
Petersbourg
Brussels
Rome
Francfort
Paris Alamain
Count Sinizendorf
R W
France
Lyes
Ingolstadt
Port News Roundup from English Ports
Falmouth reports arrivals from Dover Lisbon and Chicester with Broad Susanna Jenny and Providence, plus the King George Packet from Lisbon. ships sail for Rotterdam London Middleborough and Dartmouth. Cowes notes John and Elizabeth and Diamond have sailed again. Deal records Scipio and Friendship arrivals and outward remains. Dover adds Fly Industry sailings. Downs sees Recovery from Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Falmouth
Jenny
Broad
Susanna
Willard
Dover
Blewet
Lisbon
Providence
Harwood
Chicester
Robert
Bateman
Rotterdam
Cleves
Price
London
Eagle
Cowes
John and Elizabeth
Spray
Dartmouth
Middlebourg
Diamond
White
Bristol
Deal
Portsmouth
Friendship
Lower
Leghorn
Richards
Yarmouth
Andrews
Jown
Diana
Watson
Liverpool
the Mermaid
Littledale
Mackey
Downs
Coates
London Evening Rumors and Local Notices From Richmond Park to Southam
Reports describe a hobgoblin sighting in Richmond Park as Astronomical Gentlemen watched a comet. A Duke resigned before the King at St James's. Marriages include Thomas Apreece to Dorothy Wright with a 12000 pound fortune. The Wilmington ship sails from Deptford. Mrs Osbourn dies at Mare Street, Hackney, worth 20000 pounds. John Colbourn, a craftsman on Tower Hill, dies after a brief illness. A fire strikes Southam Warwickshire last Monday, with further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richmond Park
Robin Godfellow
Red Sea
St. James’s
Thomas Apreece
Robert Apreece
Washingley
County of
Huntingdon
John Colbourn
Smith
Lite Tower-Hill
Southam
Warwick
Many Families Struck by Fire Damage and Distress
A report lists hours of fire loss consuming houses outbuildings barns and corn ricks leaving poor families in dire need. It notes certificates demanded to prevent impositions and mentions a young man’s suicide, plus various ship seizures and trade items from Europe to the colonies. It ends with East India Company notice inviting claims on long-untouched goods stored in private trade warehouses and stating they will be sold if unclaimed by June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Horse
Seething-Lane
New Kent
Cole
Bristol
Virginia
Bilboa
Duke of Cumberland
Moore
Cork
West Indies
Call’d
Pilgrim
St. Sebastians
Thomas and Elizabeth
Lisbon
Sweden
Holland
Dunkirk
Antigua
New York
Georgia
East- India House
East India Company
To be Let, with Druggist's Shop near Tower Royal
A long established druggist's shop at Watling Street offers immediate letting. The premises include a ready elaboratory and full trade stock with furniture optional. Terms are a convenient rent and shore lease. Inquiries to Edward Taylor, Broker, Tower Royal, Watling Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Taylor
Tower Royal
Watling Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marshal de Belle-Isle
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Count Kevenhuller
Saxe-Hildbourghausen
Turkey
Country News
Newcastle
Watt
Hayes
Northallerton
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Covent Garden
Rape
Proserpine
Goodman’s Fields
King Lear
Harlequin Englisoman
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Poyal Exchange Assurance
Exchequer
W. C
Teab Robinson
Golisa Lion
Ludgate-street
Joseph Davidson
Angel
Poultry
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