Turbulent European News From March to April
Reports from Constantinople to Brussels describe political reshuffles in the Ottoman court, troop movements toward Bohemia and Saxony, and French and Prussian maneuvers. Amid court intrigues and military buildup, disasters like Havre de Grace's opera house collapse are noted alongside new lotteries and ongoing European power politics.
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Yeasterday Arriv
Holland
Constantinople
Ragib
Pascha
Aleppo
Vizis Cheaia
Josiph Efsgie
Gensa
Provence
Toulon
Colfint
Woron2off
Vienna
Dresden
Apraxia
Prontiers
Bohemia
Peterswalde
Konigstein
Silesia
Saxony
Lochewitz
Great Zedlitz
Keith
Lusatia
Voigtlands
Schwerin
Duffeldorp
Apritt
Guelders
Bruséls
Maese
Rhine
M. de Karle
Paris
Prussia
Guelderland
Brusels
Hague
Maettricht
Olland
Brussels
Royal Grenadiers d’Aulan
M. du Refas
M. d’Apeher
Brettiberit
Suspected Worcester Mail Robber Identified in Leigh
A man calling himself Hamiltop was taken up at Leigh on suspicion of robbing the Worcester Mail on December 20. He lived in the town, sold several bills likely taken from the mail, and is in the House of Correction. Norwich reports the death of Hambleton Custance, aged 41, former High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1753, son of John Custance, twice mayor of the city.
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Manchester
Hamiltop
Leigh
Worcester
House of Correction
Norwich
St. Andrew’s
Hambleton Custance
Norfolk
John Custance
Removal of able Gentlemen prompts London citizens to seek return
In a London Common Council resolution the Freedom of the City is presented in gold to Wittram Pitt and Henry Lecce, praising their integrity and urging the throne to restore them to power. The letter laments their removal as a blow to virtuous governance while urging candid light on misrepresentations to the king.
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London
Boses
Wittram Pitt
Henry Bitson Lecce
America
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Worcester
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London, Evening-Post
M. Perriér de’ Salvert
Versailles
Havre-de-Grace
Samson
England
P1ry
Rome
Britain
Hercules
Cambridge
St. James’s
Pitt
Newmarket-Heath
Falmouth
Virginia, &c
Bristol
Wales
Liverpool
Whitehaven
Wilkinson
Portsmouth
Admiral Holbourne
Newark
Holmes
Grafton
Guiney
Osborne
William Rowley
Admiralty
Temple West
St. Helens
Ireland
Taylor
Lockhart
Spithead