Fractional dispatches from Paris and Cremona reveal cry for war
Paris letters dated April 16 report a ruptured alliance between Spain and Portugal with embassies recalled and 40 000 troops mobilized to the Portuguese frontier. Cremona news on April 4 notes Von Königsegg testing Noailles while Hussars approach Vescovato. Marshal de Broglio departs Cremona for France and a New London schooner sinks casting two men overboard Elisha Turner master.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Cremona
Count Konigfeg
de Noailles
Vescovato
Expres
Marshal de Noailles
Marshal de Broglio
France
Dauphine
Tain
Crump
Carr
Lewis
Stoddard
Society of New London
New London
Elisha
Turner
Cirencester
William Wodehouse
Deceas
Henry Bathurst
Lord Bathurst
Horatio Walpole
Whitehall
Holland
Lord Brudenal
Earl
Pelham
Ely
Godfather
Countess of Strafford
Anne Conolly
Lady Baltimore
Northey
Marquis of Lothian
Viscount Wentworth
House of Commons
William and
Anne of
Oran
N.S
Parmezan
Modenere
Mirandola
Marthal de Coigny
Paris
Rhine
Germany
Spanish Privateers Raisin Bay Skirmish Reported
Captain Ephraim Higgins arrives from the Bay after being taken by three Spanish pettiangers. Captain Richard Durfey of Rhode Island retook the vessel, engaging the privateers with Captain Pope. The Spaniards fled with two of their ships, while the re captured prizes recovered by Durfey are to be kept under his command.
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Newport
Rhagg-Island
Fan
Ephraim Higgins
Richard Durfey
Rhode Iland
Papillion
Wessel
Durfey
Pope
Edmonds’s
Boston
Baygman
Kepe
Yiz
Lilly
Heffernand
Sheffield
Pension for Dr James Douglas and royal court news
London reports the King granting a pension to Dr James Douglas the man midwife who served the Princess of Orange in Holland. Czarina building a canal and palace at Petersbourg with an opera house completed. Various court advances include new commissions in Kent and Surrey, royal ballrooms, racing wagers, and parliamentary seat changes.
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James Douglas
Orange
Holland
Petersbourg
Cronstadt
M. del Campos
Portugal
Antonio Alveredas
Capt
Lee
Earl of Litchfield
Newfoundland
Lord Mulberry
Lynch
Canterbury
Herring
Rochester
Deane
Stringer Belcher
Alcomb
Kent
Jona Holman
Limpsfield
Surrey
Craven-street
Townshend Andrews
Boffiney
Cornwall
Burk
Stanwell
Middlesex
Arundel-street
Strand
Prince of Wales
Royal Garden
Pall-Mall
Duke of Bridgwater
Newmarket
Earl of Portmore
Earl of Essex
Earl of Halifax
Lord Middleton
Fiky
Michael Newton
Lord Essex
Sir Michael Newton
Lord Lonsdale
Monkey
Duke of Bolton
George Lyttelton
Rho. Lyttelton