Court Chronicles From Europe and Ireland
Centuries of dispatches note Spanish grace to infant Don Philip with four garrison regiments and funds, Vienna commerce councils, and impending peace moves. Reports detail Count Haugnitz’s fate, Low Countries evacuations discussed, and Bridle of Salem in Ireland including schools funding and obituaries. Court martial at Portsmouth reveals mutiny fallout and wrongful accusations against Captain Eaton resolved by inquiry.
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Guastalla
Wolstein-Weiftemburgh
Chamberry
Spain
Don Philip
Vienna
Count Haugnitz
Bohemia
Baron Trench
Anna Maria Gerstenbergerin
Silesia
Spielberg
Moravia
Sclavonia
Lowendahl
Hungary
Bavaria
Aix la Chapelle
M. du Theil
France
Mnifter
Italy
Brussels
Count de Courten
Bergen-op-Zoom
Dutch Flanders
Austrian Low Countries
Fire at Hamilton Office House Burns Many Homes
In Edinburgh dated August 29, a fire struck Hamilton in an office house owned by Mr. Millar, surgeon. It burned until seven in the evening, leaving many families destitute with only the clothes on their backs. Reports say Prince of Wales appointed Rev. Alexander Webster, minister, as one of his chaplains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Millar
Prince of Wales
Alexander Webster
Privy Council Nods to Barleo Bleffington Title
Friday last the William Barleo Bleffington was split by Majesty's Privy Council. Edward Crofton of Sedhall, Esq. wed Miss Cooper, a young lady of notable accomplishments. The Incorporated Society in Dublin for promoting...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barleo Bleffington
Edward Crofton of
Sedhall
Worms and storms strike Wiltshire and Somerset in brief
An account from Devizes Wiltshire notes the Black Worm doing great damage to gardens and plantations across the county, especially young plants, not seen since last winter. At Wells Assizes Richard Biggs for murder near Bath Joseph Mundofo for murder with an axe and a horse thief were condemned to death, with Biggs aided by his young son in the jury’s view. A violent storm between eight and nine in the morning caused damage to Clement's Church a windmill and several houses. Norwich reports Rev Smyth installed at Holt, Yarmouth elects William Browne mayor, and Jeremiah Ives and John Dyball chosen sheriffs for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Devizes
Wiltshire
Wells
Somerset
Richard Biggs
Bath
Joseph Mundofo
Knowle
Biggs
William Browne
Jeremiah Ives
John Dyball
Southampton Ship News Arrivals and Movements
Southampton dispatch lists arrivals: Two Brothers Poindestre Mary Le Viscomte from Jersey, Préston from Oporto, Morning Star Wyatt Lyraington from Guernsey. Departed Oswego Jeffery for New York Carolina Randall for Carolina. Denia Todd from Plymouth and Scorpion remain. Betty Peggy Negat Duke of Argyle Montferrat Cork Sally Barbadoes Dublin French Montserrat Bristol Judith Holland Catherine Maitland London Madeira Elizabeth Lefsley Virginia Montrose.
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Southampton
Poindestre
Mary
le Viscomte
Jertey
Préston
Oporto
Plymouth
Morning Star
Wyatt
Lyraington
Lambert
Guernsey
Deal
Oswego
Jeffery
New York
Carolina
Randall
Denia
Todd
Betty
Peggy
Neagit
Duke of Argyle
Rigby
Montferrat
Cork
Sally
Dunbar
Barbadoes
Dublin
French
Montserrat
Bristol
Judith
Holland
Catherine
Maitland
London
Madeira
Elizabeth
Lefsley
Virginia
Montrose
Duke of Cumberland Arrives at St James for Levee and Returns
London report notes Sunday noon arrival of the Duke of Cumberland from Windsor Lodge at St James's followed by a grande levee in the Drawing Room and his departure back to Windsor Lodge around four o'clock. It also records Hon Jones Hamilton late‑appointed Governor of Pennsylvania setting out for Dover.
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Duke of Cumberland
St. James’s
Windsor- Lodge
Windsor-Lodge
Hon’ -Jones Hamilton
Pensylvania
Dover
London Notices and Shipping News from August Century
The column records a royal patent for Mrs Purcell as Laundress to the King and appointments at Westminster College and Abbey. It lists MPs candidates for Essex, EIC sale plans for Carmenia Wool and cowries, and fast-moving maritime news from St Helena to New York. Also reported are accidents, burglaries, executions, births, deaths, and bankruptcies across London and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith
Cowey
Purcell
Rochester
Westminster
Benjamin Fido
Westminster College
Grant
Deceas
Jacob Francis
Westminster Abbey
William Maynard
Hon. East-India Company
East-India Company
St. George
Robson
China
St. Helena
Lisbon
St. Ann
Guardeloup
Bourdeaux
Martin Bicker
New York
Connecticut Colony
America
Cape Francois
New-London
Ruffel
Londonderry
Dublin
Ware
Sturbridge
St. George’s Hospital
Westminster Bridge
Chelsea Reach
French
Chapel-Royal
Stames’s
Jepes
Mr. Sommers
Calais
Lewisham
Lefevre
Seven Dials
Kensington
Bayswatering
Tyburn
Paddington
Bond-street
Hicks’s Hall
Guildhall
Southwark
James Lloyd
Edward Griffiths
William Pringe
Kennington Common
Earl of Salisbury
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
Lady of Hickman
Great Brook-street
Grosvenor Square
Laft
Wardour-street
Soho
Mons
Mons. Lafture
Battersea
Comber
Dr. Comber
John Gurnell
Catenton-street
London Hospital
Benjamin Legood the Elder
Rodney
Norfolk
Warrener
Chapman
Thomas Dollen
Taunton
Somerset
Thomas Davis
St. Botolph
Aldgate
London
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Ireland
Mary Colley
Castle- Carberry
Dean Carlton
Ashley
John Ashley
Fougeux
Portsmouth Harbour
Sir Edward Hawke
Noll
Peter Eaton
Baltimore
Eaton
Vrajesty
Admiralty
High Court of Admiralty
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