Lisbon to Genoa and Mechlin War Dispatches 1700s
Extract from a Lisbon letter reports Marquess de Taburnega failing to return to Spain, English warship voyage, Spanish court caution with allies, Petersbourg dispatches over Finland, plans to reinforce Dutch war effort, Count Schulemberg mobilization for Genoa, and European moves including Belleisle to Provence, Saxe toward Mechlin, and French naval activity near Walcheren.
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Marquess de Taburnega
Spain
England
Stockholn
Petersbourg
Finland
V. A
Count Teffin
Blackwell
Count Schulemberg
Genoa
Saravalla
Schulembérg
Brown
Pice
Italy
Schulemberg
Republick
Fuerstein
Genoéfé
Paris
Marshal Belleisle
Provence
Madrid
Pulteney
Antwerp
Rennes
de Chartres
St. Cloud
Duke de Montpensier
East-Indies
Amsterdam
L’orient
Schelde
Flanders
Cadfant
Zealand
Walcheren
Yferdyke
Philippine
Houthold
France
Marseille
Augusta
Brest
Irish News Briefs From Dublin and Curragh Races
Dublin reports Roger Jones of Collinstown dies. Curragh of Kildare heats crown Archbold s Irith Lafs Hackabout Cloth Carrier a near finish. Rev William Moffe presented to Philipstown living. Anglesea Street resident Lyon Jacob, reputed the kingdom s wealthiest Jew, dies.
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Ireland
Dublin
Roger Jones
Collinstown
Meath
Dragoons
Curragh
Kildare
Mr. Archbold
Irith Lafs
Mr. Keating
Hackabout
Marmaduke Wyvill
Cloth
William Moffe
Philipstown
Ledwick
Derry
Anglesea Street
Lyon Jacob
Edinburgh appoints surveyors of the Window Tax
Scotland reports Sir Robert Lowrie of Maxaltown Bart and William Jones Receiver-General of the Stamp-Duties named as Surveyors of the Window-Tax. Major-General Churchill arrived in Scotland as Commander in Chief. General Hutke departed for London yesterday morning.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Robert Lowrie
Maxaltown
Bart
William Jones
England
Churchill
Hutke
London
Privateer Skirmish Near Blyth and Morpeth Packer Taken
Reports from Blyth say a Dogger Privateer attacked a brig near Newbeggin Craswell. Local vigilance led by Mr Watson of North Seaton sparked a musket volley drive off the privateer, which fled after salvaging its prize. The Morpeth Packer from Scarborough was captured off Sunderland but plundered before surrender. Hexham notices the Rev Bewick found dead next morning after going to bed in health.
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Newcastle
Blyth
Newbeggin
Craswell
Watson
North-Seaton
Sunderland
Hexham
Duke Triumph and Royal News from London and Abroad
Notices recount the Duke of Cumberland’s anniversary week and a scaffold on Tower Hill, Ebenezer du Bois’s death and charity, a bishopric robbery near Limpsfield, a French ship captured near St Malo, royal births and ship departures, and assorted London society items from Chelsea to Bishopsgate with military and diplomatic updates.
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London Gazette
Rotterdam
Sluys
Philippine
Fort Perle
Walcheren
Duke of Cumberland
Zealand
la Roque
Scotland
Brabam
Europe
Tower-Hill
Robert
Bertie
Mitcham
Surrey
Ebenezer du Bois
Blackwell-Hall
Bufine S
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Lisbon
John Holman
Limpsfield
Tatesfield
Tehterden
Kent
Guernsey
Surs
Webb
Jamaica
Arbuthnot
St. Malo
Supers
de la Maison Neuve Mallet
St Malo
Bragg
Dover Road
Arriv
Flushing
Matthew Michell
Richard Crabb
Dorrington
Bombay
China
William Webber
Prince William
Henry Bradley
Benjamin Fiber
Portobello
Bay
William Penriel
Stretham
The
India Company
Earl of Orford
Chelsea
Peter Roberts
Devonshire Street
Bishopsgate
Thomas Parkyns
Chelsea College
Jenny Parkyns
Loughbourough
Leicestershire
Leicester-Fields
Bunny-Park
Nottingham
Myddleton
Croeffnewyd
Wrexham
Denbigh
Richard Myddleton
Chirk-Castle
King-Street
Cheapside
Morton
Bull
M. de Mauriac
Cadfand
Waltieten
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