Mail from France and British dispatches on Corsica and Italy
Reports from Naples and Vienna dated March 21 and April 1 describe new mail arrivals from France, arms shipments from Capua, cannon and ammunition sent to Tuscany, and militia calls. Councils address Corsican and Spanish plans to invade Italy, while Hungary fronts draw more troops and a letter from the Grand Duchess of Russia to the Queen signals Russia’s intent to honor the Pragmatic Sanction.
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Tuscany
Genoa
Versailles
Madrid
Corsica
Spain
Italy
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Hungary
Austria
Munich
Russia
Scuffle Over Hair Cloth Seizure Near Leith Walk
Edinburgh March 30 report on a night clash at Leith Walk between a merchant Ross of Hamburg’s porter and sailor boy and armed men claiming contraband goods. A broad sword and pistol were used. several were wounded, two suspects from Cornwallis’s regiment captured, Crawford the Excise officer implicated, conflicting statements follow.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Leith Walk
Ross
Hamburgh
Leith
Cannongate
Caltoun
Cornwallis
Crawford
Cauais
Remarkable Irish Murder Trial at Affizes
Dublin March 31 reports say a man tried for murder last Summer was initially found guilty but the judge urged the jury to reconsider a doubtful piece of evidence. They acquitted him after a second look, while another man later confessed to the murder and claimed he was in court during the prior trial.
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Ireland
Dublin
Humanlike Sow and Guilty Saltern Murderer In Dorchester
In Kendal on March 7 a sow at the White Horse bore a pig whose head and face resemble a human. Dorchester on March 28 reports Mr. Smith, owner of salterns near Pool, condemned for the murder of Joan Mew, executed after denying the crime and claiming innocence. He had faced accusations of wrongdoing toward his daughter, leaving a notorious reputation.
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Kendal
Margaret Nicholson
Dorchester
Smith
Pool
Joan Mew
Admiralty reshuffles captains and privateer rumors from Jamaica
London reports Captain Harrison moves from Mary Galley to Argyle, a 50 gun fourth rate. Bermuda letters note two 20 gun privateer sloops, Anne and Anne with crews of two men each, to share booty. Capt. Ward recounts Liverpool arrivals from Jamaica with convoy and 136 ships, encounters French warships, and a later sighting near Cape Nichola.
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Harrison
Bermudas
Anne
Richardson
Love
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Traffords
Liverpool
Jamaica
England
North America
Norwich
Windward Passage
Sir Chaloner Ogle
Lye
Chaloner Ogle
Dawkins
London
Berkeley
Bristol
Cape Nicholan
Orford
Augustus Fitzroy
Cape Tabrom
Warin
News from a Naval Engagement and Court Notices
Reports describe French ships firing no colours, Orford firing first and a three hour battle with two French ships heavily damaged. Norwich warship misses Antigua due to loss of a mast. dispatches reach London via the Indian Queen. Plymouth letters mention Mary Galley and Rochester returning from a cruise with Turks taken by Spaniards. two ships seized off Scilly, one retaken by Colchester. Salvage rights granted to the captains of the retaken vessel. Royal announcements note promotions in the Life-Guards and Horse Guards Blue, victualling warrants for Royal George and Royal Sovereign, plus a new collector in Sunderland and a parliamentary seat vacancy for London. A Norfolk shire wedding and a bishop appointing his son to St Paul’s Cathedral follow.
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Norwich
England
Antigua
Duke of Newcastle
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Rochester
Scilly
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Wilmington
Bulmer
Hayes
Smyrna
London
St. Sebastian’s
House of Peers
Warder
Duke of Marlborough
Cornwall
Major Roberts
Madden
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
Roberts
Royal George
Royal Sovereign
Treasury
Ralph Lampton
Sunderland
John Barnston
Eig
Deceas
Hum
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