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News from Portobello and Porto Bello in War Straits
The Dublin Gazette reports March 1740 dispatches noting British pacquets arriving with French and Dutch mails, Spanish plans to seize ports, and Admiral Vernon actions at Porto Bello. It cites naval movements, embargos, troop dispositions in Hyde Park, and letters from Cadiz detailing treaty talks and privateer activity.
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Cardinal Bleury
Paris
West-Indies
Newcastle
Ipswich
Gibraltar
Podmahone
Porto-Pello
Vernon
Jamaica
Shoreham
Foot Guards
Life Guards
Horse Grenadiers
Hyde Park
Light Horse
Hounslow
Isle of Wight
Portmouth
England
Wales
Stuart
Robert Walpole
Baker
Lloyd’s Coffee
Lombard-street
Verdon
Porto Bello
Vérién
Jenkins
Ahd
Algiers
Leghorn
Orete
Fenix
Oran
Admiralty Court
St. Anne
Guilepurcoan Company
Port Pallage
N. S
Harriton