Reports from the Continent and York Racing Notes
From Paris May 24 reports describe sieges and plunder as Austrian and Bavarian forces clash. News items claim Braunau resistance, Kevenhuller captured then reportedly escaped, with Royal Prussian aid possible. Newcastle items cover Malton horse races, Durham thatch fire and lodging damage.
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Newcastle
York
Malton
Routh
Frolick
Witty
Xuffler
Duke of Perth
Chance
Newhouse
Cornfay
Bishoprick
Durham
Port News Briefs From May 17
Deal May 17 came down and sail'd to the West ward with the Transports the Terror Bomb. Remain the Augusta Man of War and the Tryton Weldon for Hambourg. Wind east by south. Gravesend May 17 arrived the Peter and Mary Butcher and the Robert Thompson from Norway. Arriv'd at Spithead the Mary Anne Cranch from South Carolina.
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Port News
Deal
Augusta
Tryton
Ships of War Rebuilt at Woolwich and Deptford
London reports ten ships under construction at Woolwich Deptford and nearby yards with three 70 gun, three 62 gun, two 50 gun, one 40 gun vessels and another gun count unclear. The item notes progress toward launch in a broader naval buildup and ships to be completed shortly.
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Heroth
Taftant
Versailles
la Croix
Charles of Lorrain
Lobkowit
Braunau
Kevenhuller
Prince Charles
Hungary
Prussia
Marshal Brogne
Francois
Empire
Italy
Prague
France
Bavaria
Spain
London
Woolwich
Deptford
Stock and privateer news from Cherbourg to London Bridge
Fragmented market notes describe a Spanish privateer capturing the Harry Naylor from Dublin en route to Leghorn and sailing to Malaga. It lists high water times at London Bridge, stock price updates for South Sea and New South Sea Annuities, and various government bonds, premia, and lottery tickets with scattered quotations and no coherent narrative.
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Nish
Cherbourg
Havre de Grace
Harry, Naylor
Dublin
Leghorn
Malaga
South Sea
New South S
India
A Ghalf. Ditto
Oyal Exchange Assurance
London
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Frante
The
Paris A Lamain
Country News
Gloucefer
Wootton
Peter Saunders
County of
Brecon
Penry Williams
Penpont
Southwark
Materia Medica
St. Peter and Joseph
Geary
Lords of Appeal
Sein
Old Swan
Thames-street
Pearse
Lingfield
Surrey
Fox- Ordinary-Court
Nicholas-Lane
Wheeler
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archiepiscopal Palace
Altho
Roger Adams
Latfield
Seven Oaks
Kent
Chorge Warron
James Cropp
Sarah Williamhurst
Elizabeth Cannon
Anne Elliots
Coles
Newgate
Tyburn
Jamaica
Port-Royal
Cuba
Ajesty
Plymouth
London Bridge
S. Austen
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Newgate Street
Sadler’s
S-Wells
Sadler
Wells
New-River-Head
Monf Guilome
Signior Franciserna
Paris
Murs Rayners
Rayner
Monf. Fromont
Mr. Davenport
Harlequin
Mr. Vaughan
Colombine
Philips
Hemskirk
Sancho
Scullough
Vulcan
Mars
Davenport
Venus
Madem
Cupid
Mathew
Wright
Miss King
Ansley
Garraway
Cormhill
Danczick
Benjamin
Mark Hudson’s
Lawrence-Powntmey-Lane
Reg House
Mr. Thompson
St. Saviour’s Dock
Peter Fearon
Nicholas-Laune
Maxx Hupson
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