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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 20, 1748

Page

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Holland States Separate Affairs Leave Aix la Chapelle Plenipotentiaries

The States of Holland separated last Saturday without further resolution on finances. Four plenipotentiaries, appointed to assist at Aix la Chapelle conferences, bade farewell to the States, who adjourned to March 4. The Margrave of Baden Baden sought the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Republic. The Margrave departed to return to his Principality. M. Bathiami arrived last Sunday. Whitehall reported February 20 that the King appointed Earl of Sandwich Vere Beauclerk George Lord Anson Lord Barrington Viscount Barrington, William Ponsonby, Wellbore Ellis, and John Stanhope to execute the office of High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland and dominions.

Republick Baden Dourlach M. Bathiami Whitehall John Earl of Sandwich Beauclerk Lord Vere Beau Peterbourgh Ferne France Vienna Count de la Rocca Turin Tondon Berlin Marquis de Valeri Potzdam Count de Podewils Italy Keith Paris Duke de Belleiile Lorrain Madame Adelaide Abbed¢ Beifki

Court Discusses Mobilization and Treaties Across Europe

A dense dispatch reports Vienna and Paris activities as armies mobilize, fleets prepare, and merchants group victuals. It notes French and Prussian diplomacy, potential campaigns around Maastricht and Luxembourg, and comments on royal cures and coronation lore amid ongoing European power moves.

Private Letters Report Two Scottish Ships Taken by French Privateer

Edinburgh reports two Scottish ships seized off Holy Stand by a French privateer and others driven ashore. Transports with Highland Regiment draughts near Leith Road returned after wind shift. Syren convoy could not proceed. Aberdeen wires death of Doctor Charles Maitland at 85, noted promoter of inoculation. A Hee sighting of a French privateer near shore. Kenneth Mackenzie and Grizel Brown wed in Edinburgh. Grizel, eldest daughter of Andrew Brown of Dolphington, brings a handsome fortune.

T L Edinburgh Scotland Holy Stand Leith Road His Syren Aberdeen Charles Maitland Batchelor Britain Hee Kenneth Mackenzie University of Edinburgh Grizel Brown Andrew Brown of Dolphington

Ship list brief mentioning several vessels in transit

Fragmentary notice lists ships including the Arundel Man of War, the Furnace Bomb, the Orford Jodrell bound for East India, the Chester Seaman for Africa, the Dobbs Tarleton for Dublin, remaining with the outward-bound as per lat.

Deal Arundel Orford Jodrell East India Chester Seaman Africa Dobbs Tarleton

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