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English Merchants Report Admiral Wishart to Seek Redress
The Dublin Gazette notes advice from Genoa that Admiral Wishart has detached part of his squadron to the Levant and sails from Port Mohan for Algiers to renew peace with the Dey and seek compensation for damages caused by Algerine pirates. Reports from Rome and Barcelona describe hail of unusual weight, a fatal thunderstorm at Frascati, and a new battery damaging Barcelonese fortifications. Continental moves include Prince Eugene’s Baden voyage, Bavarian moveables, and ongoing peace preliminaries at Baden with conjecture on Sicily, while Brussels reports a church tower collapse with fatalities and property damage. The piece closes with London noting the Earl of Oxford’s resignation and Weymouth’s death, and Dublin receiving the Earl of Anglesea.