Plan for Defeating France Without a Continental Army
The author argues Britain should unite with Austria and Germany in a grand strategy, reducing pensions and sinecures, cutting costs at home, and strengthening Parliament's independence. He warns against overextension abroad and calls for decisive home measures to fund and justify a broader war plan against France. The letter stresses economic restraint, reform, and political unity as keys to leveraging Britain’s power.
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Poland
Prussia
Hungary
Britain
Germany
France
Vienna
Dresden
Berlin
Hanover
Spain
Holland
Sardinia
England
Charles the 6Th
House of Austria
Alderman Tew Elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
The city of Dublin chose Alderman David Tew as Lord Mayor for the coming year replacing Alderman Henry Hart who paid his fine to avoid office. Also reported is the death of Lady Acheson, mother of Sir Arthur Acheson. A ship from Lisbon arrived with news that a Spanish privateer seized the Jenny, with Capt. Samuel Staples bound for Cowes from South Carolina, taking Colleton Ely Madam Labough and her daughter as prisoners.
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Dublin
David Tew
Henry Hart
Acheson
Arthur Acheson
Barr
Lisbon
St. Katherine
Antonio da Sylva
Scilly
Bilboa
da Sylva
Samuel Staples
Cowes
South Carolina
Colleton
Ely
Labough
Sir John Dalrymple of Courland Dies
Scotland Edinburgh May 24 This Day died Sir John Dalrymple of Courland Bart one of the Principal Clerks of Sefton and Kings Clerk to that Court noted for love of country. Bristol May 28 Capt Gwyn of the Princess Augusta reports Barbadoes voyage where two Spanish Pettiangers boarded but were repelled after seven Spaniards and one Black were killed with no loss to his crew.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
John Dalrymple of
Courland
Bart
Sefton
Goolantry New S&s
Bristol
Gwyn
Barbadoes
Port News Deal May 29 Dockyard Movements
Deal May 29 reports Milner and Legrose sailing for Maryland aboard His Majesty's Ship Augusta with tenders. A Swedish ship from the East Indies and outward-bound vessels are listed in the Downs. Wind southwesterly. Dover May 28 notes the Betty’s arrival yesterday.
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Deal
Milner
Legrose
Maryland
Downs
Augusta
India
S. W. Dover
Arriv
Arrivals at several ports from St Kitts to Genoa detailed
Listings show ships arriving at multiple ports including St Kitts, Lifton, and Bremen from diverse origins such as Holland, Oporto, Genoa, Santa Cruz, and East India routes. Notable vessels include the Aurora Davis Hanatella Wakefield and the Providence Stuart from Ottend, with other ships sailing from Carolina, Montferrat, and Lisbon to London and Plymouth.
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St. Kitt’s
Amsterdam
Maxwell
St. Luitata
Holland
Gravesend
Walid
Aurora
Davis
Hanatella
Wakefield
Carolina Packer
Somerset
Dove
Ford
Carolina
London Packet
Cartridge
Montferrat
Katherine
Susannah
Lawrence
Don Carlos
Mosham
Oporto
Matilda
Blackwell
Farily
Gibson
Judith
Bradshaw
Lifton
Currier
Bremen
Hungary
Ruffel
Fom
East- India
London
Plymouth
Industry
Joseph and
Amy
Vellezer
Lisbon
Cowes
Union
Castell
Royal appointment and parliamentary charter amid London notices
The Gazette reports Prince of Wales creating a Master of the Hon’hold title for Lord Viscount Gage, a ceremony of hands, and Ostend dispatches noting Austrian actions at Braunau. It covers Southwark MP scrutiny, gilded parish insignia vandalism, Bowyer's marriage to Amy Pearson, Charles Wager’s funeral, armed towers for Highlanders, a fire at Barnes farm, the Rye murder trial of John Breads, execution, Morris’s robbery on Kennington Common, and a Gibraltar fire in a Merchant’s House.
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London
Prince of Wales
Viscount Gage
Ostend
Braunau
Bowyer
Congleton
Cheshire
Hackney
Amy Pearson
Barnes
Atherton
Andover
Hants
Rye
Sussex
John Breads
Allen Grebell
William Fowl
Gibraltar
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