Armament feared off Tunis and Algiers reports
From Malta comes word that an armament aimed at the coast of Tuscany was being prepared by the Grand Master. Two ships of war were ordered to sail, but bad weather forced them back to Malta. Sicilian frigates were readied to oppose the armament. Eruption at Mount Etna ends. Catania reports lava and stones thrown several miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Tunis
Algiers
Tuscany
Monnet Velms
Catania
Thelfides
Mount Attna
War and Court News From Across Europe in February
Letters from Podolia report 10,000 Ruffians marching toward the grand army through Mobilow Berdyczew. The Duke left Mittau Feb 6 for Petersbourg to prepare for marriage. News from Hamburg and Constantinople claim Sultan Achmet IV remains a warlike, vigorous ruler unlikely to seek peace on unfavorable terms. Venice notes a fire destroyed the St endil theatre in Milan.
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Holland
Warsaw
Podolia
Berdyczew
Mobilow
Mittau
Petersbourg
Porte
Rofia
Milan
Venice
St.endil
Ships Ready for Sea Likely Bound for America
Orders have been received to prepare several ships of war for sea voyage. The destination rumors vary, but it is believed they are headed to America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osport
America
Arrivals and departures at various ports in early March
Sail records show ships sailing from Boulogne and London with arrivals including Neptune from Boston, Lydia Hood from London, Chad Sacceti Halfiight Jamaica St James, and multiple vessels from Liverpool and Rotterdam. Names noted include Gibbs, Owen, Thomas, Naylor, and Dicken son among others in transit or arrival. Weather and wind details are sparse but indicate March 6 to March 7 operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Deart
W. Patrock
Young
St. Kitt’s
Gaaveseno
Friends
Bmierriton
Boulogne
Neptune
Cofin
Boston
Bostoni
Lydia
Hood
London
Chad + Sacceti
Halfiight
Jamaicas
St. James
Aighat
Ann Galley
Wilson
Acdna
Marty
Roeloffe
Rotterdam
William and Mary
Biys
Great and General Court Address on Western Boundary Dispute
The Boston Gazette reports the Great and General Court session where Governor delivers key passages. Topics include the Western boundary settlement with New York, the governor's resignation, and judicial consent disputes between the Governor and Council, noting royal orders and precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Begiyns) Gazette
Fan
Great and General Court of ‘Assembly
Earl of Dartmouth
New-York
Capitas Bisbelly
Nepetes
Supreme Court of Probate
Privy Council notice and colonial issues amid Massachusetts turmoil
The piece reports the Privy Council's approval of a court's majority on wills and divorce while noting dissent on some matters, and a royal communication disapproving Committees of Correspondence during recess. It covers Massachusetts finances, hints at duties on spirits to avoid new public debt, and cites Marblehead's smallpox hospital fire with suspected arson and insured losses.
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Jety
Mijesty
General Court
House of Representatives
Marblehead
Catland
Zoool
Flerling
House of Commons 8 Tuesday March
The Speaker took the Chair at 2:30 PM. Private business proceeded. Debates occurred on a report about jailers fees for felony cases and a motion to receive it in five weeks failed. A Middlesex peace commission petition prompted recommitment of the bill to prevent petty offender confinement together with serious criminals, with a future April 13 date noted. The committee discussed amendments to a bill on avoiding frivolous removals of the poor, including a six week wait before removal to a parish, and the bill advanced with divisions and debates among named members.
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Pownall
Commission of the Peace
Middlesex
Folkfone
Wednell
Germs
D——H
E. Boke
K. Woe
George S——le
Richard Se
C—re
O—ley
M—ley
C—vil
Thomas C
Perpetual ads on elections bill read again in Upper Assembly
The Upper Assembly debated and then committed the bill to make perpetual the ads on contested elections for four months. Lord M. S praised the measure after a three hour debate. In the Lower House the madhouse regulation bill was read a second time and committed for tomorrow fortnight. An extra from Paris says the Dauphin will tour sea port towns to review the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weas
M. S
Paris
Dauphin
Court hears dispatch from Morocco and Ottoman rumour
The Emperor of Morocco sends his Prime Minister to the Court regarding business. Constantinople reports progress under the new Ottoman Sultan, described as a learned man with languages and natural philosophy. Elsewhere, regiments are ordered abroad to Ireland and America, tax and excise reforms loom, and assorted crime, marriages, and bankruptcies fill the page with a wide range of notices.
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Morocco
Matador
Constantinople
Janissariés
Galatia
Pera
Belisarius
Mons. de Marmontel
God
Ireland
Plymouth
Britain
Port Patrick
America
Corke
Amsterdam
Cape of Good Hope
Table Mountains
Meath
Hibernian School
Norfolk
Hendon
North End
Malehouse
Highwood-hill
Cornwall Inland Navigation Meeting Decides Canal Plan
In Launceston at the House of David Palmer a meeting discussed a navigable canal from Bude Harbor to the Tamar. It was agreed to apply to Parliament for an act. A second meeting is set for March 14 next, 1774, between ten and twelve. Gentlemen urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall Inland Navigation
Shere Borne Mercury
David Palmer
Launceston
Bude Harbor
County of
Cornwall
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Marcu
The
London Gazette
Napaigs
House OF Common
St. Mary-lebonne
Chambers
Temple
India
Old Ford
Town
William «Askhy
Thorpe Satchfield
Leicestershire
Daniel le Ra
Pringess Dowager of Wales
Hartfield
St. John’s
Lewes
Sussex
Brishouse
Guildford
Surry
Richard Ford
Holborn
Laurence
Alresford
Hampshire
John Whitton
Dartmouth Street
Samuel _Cofter
Stratford le Sow
Timothy Creswell
Hackney
Zachary Abington
Ely
Camberwell
Edward Aldersen
Bea
Michael Pratt
Leeds
Yorkshire
New Inn
Butterfield
Exley
Crispin
Lincoln’s Inn
Benjamin Dixon
Grocer
Guildhall
Freihlicque
Angel-court
Throgmorton-street
William Stroud
Devizes
Wiltshire
Innhelder
King’s Arms Inn
Salmon
James Paine
Digbeth-street
Birmingham
Warwickshire
Gem
Thomas Millington
Cirencester
Gloucesterhire
Thomas Bridges
Sheffield
Hatter
Angel
Shefield
Edmund Smith
Underwood
Lanehire
Teasdale
Manchester
Pig Overchants and Partners
Zpsacecarte
Salford
Robert, Siddall
Cheapside
William Reeve
Andrews Reevey
Jeremiah Hill
City of Briffol
Ann Scott
Hade Scott
Cousin- ‘Lane
Thames Street
Thomas Harrison
Joseph Lawrence
Whitehorse Yard
Drury-lane
Carlisle
Cumberland
John Pringle
Thomas Connor
Arid
Manley
Temple London
Stuart Grhaam
Hutchinson
Hodgson
Dorsetshire
Crown Inn
Dorchester
Robert Lumley Kingston
John Jackson
Havant
Southeampton
Bedhampton
Robert Woodman
Portsmouth
Chighetter
Chichester
Porthmouth
Newland
Grige
Havas
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