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Reports from Lifton to Madrid and Stockholm reveal British naval movements toward Rio de Janeiro and Toulon, while French, Swedish, and Austrian forces maneuver across Europe. Dispatches note troops, embargos, and armament plans, with arrests and capitulations in Bohemia and Flanders as courts and ministers press balance of power.
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Rio de Janeiro
Pere di Santos
Aggedia
Bay
Madrid
Barcelona
Antibes
Hambourg
Stockholm
Chevalier de Grepy
Finland
Pais
Toulon
Don Philip
M. de Court
Languedoc
Provence
Cette
Valenciennes
Douay
Flanders
Lagercrantz
Petersburg
Chevalier de Crepy
France
Barrick
Holstein
Zdar
Bohemia
Mercesitz
Thierry of
Anhalt Deslau
Upper Silesia
Feltitiz
Bruntal
Viscount Hillsborough dies at Hillsborough Seat
Ireland reports the death of the Right Hon. Trevor Hill Viscount Hillsborough at his Hillsborough estate. His heir is his son Wills Hill, MP. Dublin notes a devastating Omagh fire destroying most of the town with 20,000 pounds in damage. Market details from Derry list unusually cheap provisions. Henry Power dies in Ringsend. Richard Geering, former Chancery clerk, also dies nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Lifourn
Hillsborough
Trevor Hill
Viscount Hillsborough
Wills Hill
Dublin
Omagh
Derry
Henry
Lord Power
John Power
John Rogerson
Ringsend
Richard Geering, Esq
Chancery
Oxmantown Green
Port News From Dartmouth and Gravesend Listings
May 11 to May 13 notices report ships entering and leaving. Vessels include Nancy Tracy from Sancta Cruz to London. Algarve Olding from Fate to Rotterdam. Eagle Galley Millign from Zant to London. Duke of Lorrain Plymouth to die. Dolphin Luce from Jerry to Newcastle. Love Baily from Leghorn to John and Mary Rogers Amelia Walters Henrietta Taverner Providence Willis from London. Loo outward-bound. Endeavour Bilby and Richard and Jane Mawson from Gottenbourg. Mary Hammond King George from Norway. Lady Elizabeth Barnes from Amsterdam. John and Jacob Bringman from Bremen.
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Port News
Dartmouth
Nancy
Tracy
Sancta Cruz
London
Algarve
Olding
Fate
Rotterdam
Eagle Galley
Millign
Zant
Duke of Lorrain
Plymouth
Die
Pool
Dolphin
Luce
Jerry
Newcastle
Love
Baily
Leghorn
John and Mary
Rogers
Amelia
George
Patterson
Norway
Elizabeth
Barnes
Amsterdam
John and Jacob, Bringman
Bremin
Walpole Made Earl of Sheffield in Britain’s Peerage
London reports Horace Walpole Ely one of the Exchequer tellers is created Earl of Sheffield in Britain. Three battalions of the Foot Guards will be reviewed in Hyde Park by the king before soon sailing for Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Walpole
Ely
Great Britain
Earl of
Sheffield
Foot Guards
Hyde Park
Flanders
Cause Determined in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
The case between Samuel Barnesley and William Barnesley over William Barnesley’s will was decided in favor of the will. Notices report deaths of Rev. Mr. Charles Wheatley and Rev. Mr. Harrison, and collations to Archdeaconry of Carmarthen. Navy movements, prizes, shipments, and stock prices appear, with sales and notices for estates and businesses in London.
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Canterbury
Samuel Barnesley
William Barnesley
Deceas
Pelham-Furneux
Hertfordshire
Charles Wheatly
Pelhams
St. John’s College
Oxford
Affrey
Church of St. Paul’s
Harrison
South Gate
Edmonton
Rice Williams
Wade
Johanna
Liberty
Meak
John
Esther
Hudson
Constant Jane
Jackson
Goodwill
Ledman
Mary
Catherine
Parrot
Ann
Thompson
Hector
Virginia
Deptford
Nostra Seigniora del Assumption
Cadiz
Stephen
Harding
Havre- de-Grace
Leeward Islands
Groyn
Dunkirk
St. Kitt’s
Jamaica
Carolina
Flanders
Holland
New England
Barbadoes
Maryland
Dublin
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Comus
Atock
London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Milton Bank
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Exchequer
Everal
Hackney
Peckham
Plaistow
Bristol
Bath Road
John Pillmey
Fullwool
Gray’s Inn
Rolbourn
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Lifton
Prussia
Regnant
Anhalt
Deffau
Vienna
Charles of Lorrain
Prague
Kallfoon
Mentzel
Munich
Hufsars
Sth
Konigsegg
Welzego
Wurmbrand
St. Brussels
Mons
Aeth
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