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Port Mahon and naval movements loom large in October dispatches
Reports from various ports describe Milford the British ship of war returning to sea for Leghorn and Malta after docking at Mahon, with King George’s ships Romney and Kinsale remaining nearby. News from Madrid and Paris covers the Queen of Spain’s fragile health, court pageantry at San Pietro Arena, and Ministers debating church reforms and a potential national council. Bavaria and Colopz discuss finances, while Denmark’s king is expected at Gottorp. trade notices, sailings, and arrivals fill Novembers ports with goods from Cork to Whitehaven and Biddeford.
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Milford
Goodall
Leghorn
Mefina
Port Mahon
James Wishart
Romney
Kinsale
Spain
Settri di Levante
San Piero Arena
Republick
Cardinal Acquaviva
Marquis de Los Balbafes
Duke de Tursis
Marquis de Villamajor
Princesses of
Piombine
Pio
San-Péer d’ Arena
Duke de Tirfis
Sicily
France
Towlon
Hamburg
Denmark
Gottorp
Baron Scholten
Bayonne
Philip
Father Quesnel
Cardinal de Noailles
Court of
Rome
Bavaria
Compiegne
Colopz
Iis
Fontainbleau
Versailles
Dover
Faro
Barnstable
Biddeford
Cork
Youghal
Ross
Nantz
Surcess
Wite
Rotterdam
Elizabeth
St. Adar
Waterford
Whitehaven
Virginia
Mabel
London
Ballast
Dublin
Christies
Osmene