Swedish ship seizure sparks dispute with Spain
January 12 dispatch from Stockholm reports Spain has seized a Swedish ship at Cadiz, taking cannon and cargo as prize by royal order. King of Sweden protests to Madrid, urging restoration of the effects and noting prior shipments to Constantinople without hindrance, urging moderation amid ongoing conflict with the Turks.
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Spain
Sweden
Madrid
Constantinople
Thunder and crime haunt Kilkenny and Wexford notes
Report from Kilkenny and surrounding areas: a soldier of the 74th foot loses part of his ears near the new church before being hogtied. Severe thunder, rain and hail plague the region from evening to early morning. J Kane in Wexford gaol for uttering false coin and Whiteboys ties. Downing alias Capt Slasher is jailed in Clonmel gaol for alleged murder and the Athy dwelling collapse that killed a wife and two children.
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Irelan
Kilkenny
Wexford
J. Kane
Downing
Slasher
Light Dragoons
Feathard
Clonmelgaol
Power
James Leftie
Fadlér
Athy
Country News Briefs On Mendip Tragedy And Missing People
A journeyman tiler and plasterer and his wife were found dead in the mine on Mendip. Reports mention a recruiting serjeant left nearby, with locals saying many have been lost in the flood. Noted missing persons include a young woman on Bromgrove Lickey, a man on Marcle-hill, another near Witney, a resident near Corfe-lawn, and two others in Ealamihill and the postbay between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Farmer Baylis of Great Barrington reports 24 sheep lost in the flood.
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Country News
Brifiel
Weberday
Tler and
Plaisterer
Mendip
Bromgrove Lickey
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Wotton - Underedge
Bristol
Marcle-hill
Herefordshire
Witney
Ealamihill
America
Seig
William Harvey
Essex
Verdurer
Waltham Forest
Conyers
St. James’s
Queen's Palace
Whitehall
Savoy
Somerset
Canterbury
Dover
London
Thames
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Plymouth
Friend
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William
Memmitt
Stettin
Copenhagen
Mary
Rotherhithe
Hydepark
Great George-street
Hounslow-heath
London Hospital
Mile-end
Bow-street
York Coches
Highgate
Finchley
Pepysis
Matellus
Sanday
John Weyland
Hopleins Park Street
Grosvenor-quare
Wan
Hervey
John
Memorial and Petition from Ro chelle Readers to Paris in 1775
A fragment from a London article recounts a Memorial and Petition from 30 Canadian subscribers in Quebec Trois Rivieres and Montreal. The document, relayed by a French vessel to Rochelle, seeks royal protection and expresses grievances amid mounting colonial tensions, praising the French monarchy and detailing colonial hardships and loyalties.
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Rochelle
Quebec
Trois Rivieres
Montreal
Canada
Monsieur L
Monsieur de Sartine
Paris
French Marine
Versailles
Trois Rivisyes
Bataing
Immentfe
Atlantic
Dominion disputes prompt petition to the king for redress
A long grievance letter from Quebec, Trois Rivieres and Montreal denounces British rule, martial law, and the Corrada Bill. Signed by Joseph M and 29 others, it appeals to the Christian Majesty to recover the province and restore civil and religious immunities amid war and oppression.
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Westminster-hall
Canada
Joseph M
Lewis D
Anthony L
Quebec
Trois Rivieres
Montreal
Names and Addresses From a Victorian Notice Board
On Wednesday at Little Chefe a ware house in Bell Savage yard Ludgate hill Mr Bryer master of the ham and c ware house On Thursday evening Lady Blandford of Charles street rofvenor square Yesterday Mrs Saints bury wife of Mr Sainsbury tobacconist and snuffman of Ludgate hill Deputy of the Ward of Farringden Without On Tuesday laf Mrs Sarah Henderson of Fludger streets On Sunday laft at Hawkenhill Scotland Andrew Pringle of Alem or Bigs one of the Senators of the College of Justice
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Bentley
Little Che Fea
Bryer
Ham
Bell-Savage-yard
Ludgate-hill
Lady Blandford
Charles Street
Rofvenor-Quare
Saints Bury
Sainsbury
Farringden
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Richard Burn
T. Cadell
Strand
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Eps
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Sydenhant
Campbell
Inigo Jones
Kent Wishher
Bayle
Stackhouse
Howard
Hinde
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Rushworth
Maitland
Corps Universel
Viner
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Filletter
S & Locke
Bacon
Long
Boyle
Shaw
Cornelis Tacit
Ferguson
Daniel
Matiana
John P. Ridden
Fleet-street
Odavo
Ajey
India Service
Duke of Cumberland
Mart Ghap
E. Josnion
Meg
Walia
Oficeri-inipsit
Subaltimne
Bela
Ichap
Bey
Bondolips
Paradé
Barly
Eli
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