Prizes, Insurance, and Troop Movements Reported Abroad
London Gazette notes two prize vessels from Marseilles bound for Smyrna and the port, with 35 percent insurance. French traders distressed, seeking 24 percent interest. One English Turkey Company ship, Phames, arrives at Cyprus laden with 70 bales of cloth and other goods. Namur reports weak French battalions. Lowendahl regiment 56 men per company. Normandy 25 of 40. Saxe plans actions around Maastricht. troops quartered in Luxembourg moving toward Verviers. Saxe’s equipage to Brussels by the 26th. 25,000-men force anticipated between Brussels and Louvain.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
Efabre
Cournan
Marseilles
Noone
Atzo
Normandy
Liege
Namur
M. Saxe
Maestricht
Vii Bathiani
Luxembourg
Verviers
Brussels
Louvain
Trade and War Alliances Promise Broad Dutch Fortunes
Berlin reports King grants advantages to ship builders and merchants to bolster Marine and port trade at the Oder. a wealthy consortium from Stettin Bertin Curtin Breslau and Frankfurt on the Oder is to receive royal aid if capital is short. Paris notes Richelieu dispatch and Genoese repulse. Hague extracts detail a major alliance among Britain Hungary Bohemia the Netherlands and Sardinia planning a 192,000 man army with multi nation contingents and subsidies to fund operations in the Low Countries Italy and beyond.
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Stein
Stet
Bertin
Curtin
Breslau
Frankfort
Oder
Paris
Duke de Richelieu
Sofpello
Thal
Saxe
M. de la Bourdenaye
East-India Company
Netherlands
United Provinces
Hungary
Great Britain
Britannick
Earl of Chesterfield
Mr. Frever
Republick
France
Italy
Lombardy
Sardinia
Flanders
Great- Britain
Worms
Prince of Orange
Appointment of Inspector of Seizures in Scotland
Edinburgh March 10. Sir Harry Innes of Innes, Bart. is appoint. Inspector of Seizures in Scotland in room of James Easpburton of Pitcur, deceased. Abstract of the Resolution of the Court of Session March 8, 1748 concerns the Values of the Heretable jurisdictions in Scotland.
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Edinburgh
Harry Innes
Innes
Scotland
James Easpburton
Pitcur
Court of Session
Earl Harrington Lays First Stone for Charter School
Yesterday his Excellency the Earl of Harrington laid the first stone for the King's Royal Charter School near Clontarff in Pingall. Last week died Titchburne Afloh, MP for Aberdee. Also, Robert Lindsay of Mayo, a gentleman of good fortune and esteem, passed away.
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Dr Dubin
Earl of Harrington
Clontarff
Pingall
King’s Royal Charter School
Titchburne Afloh
Aberdee
County of Mayo
Robert Lindsay
Sailed Vessels and Maritime Movements Report
Fragmentary shipping notes list ships sailing from Fair souths and Lisbon on March 12 and 15. Vessels named include Hanover Packet Duke of Dorset St Michael Privateer and King s Fisher with winds from the east. Additional entries mention Briel and Garnet Peters at Portsmouth and Fandford with Andrews fo Lisbon.
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Fairsouths
Lisben
Dial
Duke of Dorset
Crumpton
St. Michael
Atriiv
Briel
Garnet
Tom Petersburge
Portsmouth
Thie Fandford
Andrews
Fons
Lisbon
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London Gazette
Foreign Affairs
Berlin
Hague
Dutch Flanders
Bergen-op-Zoom
Antwerp
Zealand
Holland
Amsterdam
the Hague
N.S
Bohemia
Sar
Dinia
Scotehlan
Duke of Argyle
Perth
Air
Royal Stewartries
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