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Ship bound for Leghorn captains prize Spanish privateer
Reports indicate a ship bound for Leghorn has been taken by a Spanish privateer of ten guns and a hundred fifty men twenty leagues west of Ard Henry and Captain William Marshal and the fleet ship Capt. Dickens bound from Jamaica have letters of marque to retaliate on the Spaniards. A large convoy of merchant ships for the Mediterranean sailed from the Downs under protection. Further notices include prize draws in the Ridge Lottery and marriage gossip between Lord Beauchamp’s son and Diana Beasclerk. Diplomatic letters from Petersburgh Copenhagen Stockholm Vienna and Rome are summarized with various political maneuvers and court intrigues.
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Leghorn
Ard
Henry
William Marshal
Dickens
Jamaica
King’s
Hediterranean
Downs
Portsmouth
Falkingham
Elizabeth
Prince of Orange
Sunderland
Superbe
Warwick
Lyon
Fuller
Enba
Gibraltar
Lord Eauchamp
Earl of Hertford
Laey
Diana Beasclerk
Duke of Ss. Alban’s
Clease Coey
Tryal
Copenhagen
Titley
Petersburgh
Vienna
Wien
Ely
Tucineo
Rome
Yni
Fiealin