Admiralty Notice on River Thames Impressments and Naval Appointments
Admiralty directions on not impressing masters of Peter-boats on the Thames who fish for London supply. War Office updates to commissions and promotions across regiments including Dragoons, Light Dragoons, Foot regiments, and Highland units. Bankrupts and dividends listed with surrender and filing dates. News from Jamaica, Jamaica and Europe report officers and war movements including Potsdam and Berlin.
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Admiralty
War Office
Queen's Regiment of Dragoons Guards
Thomas Milner Gibson
Purchase
J. Stanislaus Townshend
King’s) Regiment of Light Dragoons
Jeffery Wheelock
Pur
Mails from Holland and Flanders Reported with Military Dispatches
Intelligence from Petersburgh states that the Ruthan Brigadier Horfakon defeated Swedish General Stedingk near Kerimaky, seizing two cannon, burning ten vessels, and capturing two gun-boats. Russian General Numien 25 captured 12 brass ordnance and much camp equipage, along with over 100 prisoners. Prague notes artillery readiness for campaign. Berlin mentions immediate action after a death.
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Wirfatv
Petersburgh
Horfakon
Stedingk
Kerimaky
Numien
Kymere
Memélge
Hamilton
Numéen
Prague
Berlin
Timber-stealer pursuit ends in fatal forest accident
Gloucester May 31. Last week Mr. Thomas Harvey, a keeper of Dean Forest, rode through the forest in pursuit of timber thieves. He did not stoop in time under a low branch, struck his head on a spreading limb, dislocated his neck and fractured his skull, dying instantly at the scene.
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Gloucester
Thomas Harvey
Dean Forest
Bristol
Sth
St. Thomas
James Allen
Architec
Sts Thomas’s Street
Britol
Dod
Penns
Messrs. Osborne and Leager
Shipping News May 31 arrives and sailings listed
Ships arrived and departed on May 31 including Melville Castle Dun das from Bengal Thames Hutchings from Oporto and Commerce Oughton from Jamaica. Walpole Churchill from China, with Aftrea Arrogant Scipio, Recovery from Waterford, and others. Passages include Cousins Bradford from Rouen Mohawk Thorp from Smyrna Juno Kennedy from Lisbon Elizabeth Davidson from Rotterdam.
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Deal
Wind
N.E
Melville Castle
Dundas
Bengal
Thames
Hutchings
Oporto
Commerce
Oughton
Jamaica
Walpole
Churchill
China
Arrogant
Scipio
Floop
Wilson
Africa
Waterford
Gravesend
Bradford
Rouen
Mohawk
Thorp
Smyrna
Juno
Kennedy
Lisbon
Elizabeth
Davidson
Rotterdam
Royal pageantry and peace notes in London report
Yesterday Majesties and royal ladies attended sacred music at Westminster Abbey with a large noble procession. The Prince of Wales hosted a breakfast at Carleton House for French and British dignitaries. William of Gloucester named the Windsor Castle at Deptford. The Lord Chancellor met the King. discussions on a broader peace plan emerged. Articles of peace favor free navigation of the Mississippi, with Spain opposing. Admirals Barrington and Hood departed for Portsmouth to sail for the Baltic. a Dutch squadron joins, aiming to counter Russia. Pilots supplied by Trinity House.
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Augusta
Elizabeth
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Sophia
Marchioness of Bath
Marquis of Salisbury
Harcourt
Courtoun
Lord Dover
E. Waldegrave
C. Finch
Buckingham House
Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
Duke of Orleans
Duke of Queensberry
Earl of
Austria
Paffarowitz
Prussia
Dantzick
Thorn
Poland
Galicia
Wiflieza
Brandebourg
Hanover
Leopold
Franckfort
Rusha
Britain
America
Great Britain
United States
Spain
Barrington
Alexander Hood
Portsmouth
Baltic
Trinity Houfe
Insurrection in Savoy and Trade News From Cadiz to Jamaica
A London letter reports Savoy faces a dangerous insurrection of about 7600, with Montmillan seized and dispatches read openly. Other items note three Spanish vessels arriving at Cadiz from Havatinah and Casthagena laden with piastres and goods, ships damaged by high winds in the North Seas, and new hires for Jamaica forces.
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Cadiz
Corunna
Lyons
Savoy
Dauphiny
Gem Pratt
Belgic
Doway
Baron de Tott
Duke of Buccleugh
Duke of Montagu
Duke of Queensberry
Lord Beaulieu
Buccleugh
India
Ware C Ivs
Duke of Portland
Earl of Plymouth
Marquis of Hartington
House of
Devonshire
Guildhall
Company of Bakers
Marklane
Nottingham
Butler
East India House
John Hunter
Jamaica
John Weir
North Seas
Britain
Elfinear
Wapping
Rotherhithe
Horflydown
Kennington-lane
Cardiganshire
Lleckryd
Tivy
Cardigan
Nugent
Penlan
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