British Navy chases privateers and presses for calm Europe
Letters from Paris and Amsterdam report British naval pursuit of Spanish privateers near the Gulf of Spezia and Porto Fino. Court warnings on neutrality persist while talks hint at a Spain Britain accommodation. France plans defenses and dispatches discuss pacific aims amid possible wider conflict. Royal promotions in the Irish church accompany political commentary.
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Britannick Majesty
Kennington
Robinson
Ravello
Porto Fino
Spezia
Europe
Franese
Paris
Earl of Waldegrave
Great Britain
Cardinal de Fleury
Coutiers
Spain
Toulon
Marseilles
England
Historic Royal Appointment Amid Cast Of Names
Fragmentary OCR record notes His Majesty soldiers arriving to reinforce various companies in the kingdom. It mentions a royal letter appointing the Lord Primate and Henry Boyle Esq among Lords Justices in the Duke of Devonshire s absence, with all wording reflecting formal 17th or 18th century style.
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Pitsae
Urlin
sOlders
Hort
Henry Boyle
Duke of Devonshire
Ratcliff the Horse-Stealer brought to Edinburgh in fetters
Edinburgh April 4. Last Saturday the notorious Ratcliff horse thief was brought to the Tolbooth by a guard of twelve soldiers. He had been tried in June last and sentenced to hang in August at Grass Market, but escaped. Also, Capt James Colquhoun married Lady Helen Sutherland. News from Pittenween: HMS Princess Anne brought in Margaret and Christen with uncustomed goods. armed men boarded, two drowned, three prisoners. The Hon. Col. Douglas’s Marines ordered to march from Stirling to embark for the Isle of Wight. Yesterday two soldiers caught an eel above Leith Bridge measuring five feet long.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Ratcliff
James Colquhoun
Lufs
Helen Sutherland
Earl of Sutherland
Pittenween
John Hay
Margaret
Christen
Thomas Donaldson
Hay
Col. Douglas
Col. Douglas’s Regiment of Marines
Stirling
Isle of Wight
Leith Bridge
Portmouth Adopts Cavendish Flag at Spithead Royal Scene
From London Admiral Cavendish arrived and the Princess Caroline at Spithead raised flag. several ships of war saluted. Norwich reports a Norfolk County fire destroyed Mr Horrex’s dwelling, barns, and furniture after a chimney spark. Bristol notes a Bath servant caught breaking a desk, stealing 12 pounds, and being challenged at the Bamb Inn by Mrs Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portmouth
London
Cavendish
Princess Caroline
Spithead
Norwich
Horrex
Foulden
Norfolk
Bristol
Kingston
Bath
Broad-Street
Bamb-Inn
Lawford
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London Evening Park
France
Leghorn
Calvi
Corsica
Gaeta
Jesina
Amsterdam
Council of State
Zealang
Britannick
M. van Hoey
Court of
Madrid
Porto Bello
America
West Indies
Vienna
Watts
Ferns
Story
Killaloe
Montgomery
Clogher
Bedford
Tanner
Donnegall
Jebb
Christ-Church, Dublin
Dean Meredyth
Moynalta
Tucker
Hanover Sterling
Loughcrow
Gibbon
Hugh Tildell
Kilmore
Dean
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