Fast moving European conflicts disrupt Naples navy goals
From Madrid to Bergen op Zoom reports of renewed hostilities between Tunis Bey and Naples, with Neapolitan forces marching toward Ancona and Lombardy. Paris and Madrid relay word of mass mobilizations, sea prizes, and a major siege, while Kronstadt and Stockholm note military subsidies and impending campaigns.
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Two Sicilies
Naples
Tunis
Madrid
St. Ildefonso
Maria Antonietta
Barcelona
Hosse
Tat Town
Milan
Apulia
Aquila
Trento
Ancona
Bolognese
Lombardy
the Two Sicilies
Poland
Saxony
Belleisle
Briancon
Chevalier de Belleffe
Corps de
Chevalier de Belleisle
Bourbonnois
Landes
Marshal Belleisle
Cranbrook theft and smuggling cases reported at Maidstone Gaol
Canterbury August 1 report details two men committed to Maidstone Gaol. Abraham Woollet of Cranbrook sues the George Inn yard theft of a horse by John, with confessions tying to Goudhurst, Kingsmell and Woollet. Samuel Pryer is charged with aiding customs officers at Dymchurch, armed with firearms to run uncustomed goods and rescue brandy, indictments at Rochester offices in 1742-4.
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Country News
Canterbury
Maidstone
J. Cooke
Thomas Reynolds
Abraham
Woollet
Cranbrook
George Inn’ Yard
Henry Leigh
Goudhurst
George Kingsmell
Barnard ‘Woollet
Kingmell
John Fullegar
R. Fairfax
Samuel Pryer
Richard Lake
Solomon Sparks
His Majesty
Dymchurch
Rochester
Political Satire on Borough Rivalry and Seaford Move
London letters mock a lack of opposition in elections, recounting a grande dame’s boast of livery suits and shifting ambitions to Seaford. The piece notes a petty theft on Enfield Chase and a Quaker buried in his garden with wealth reportedly accumulated, all in a brisk, ironic tone.
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Seaford
Bodkin
St.James’s
Taylor
Enfield Chase
Southgate
East Basner
Tukey Street
Enfield
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Holland
Tripoli
Nice
Exilles
Dauphine
Provence
Ber- Ben-op-Zoom
Petersbourg
Peterstioff
Cronstadt
Germany
Stockholm
Dr. Blackwell
Helssingfors
Ever
Liege
Harmel
Hainault
Bergenom
Cleves
Fury
Prince of Waldeck
Amtwerp
Lowendahl
Bergen-op-Zoom
Marquess de Contades
Coehorn
Prince of
Baron Schwartzerberg
Oudenbach
Schwartzenberg
Hussars
Antwerp
Frangipani
Hagué
Italy
Vintimiglia
London Gazette
Hagut
Fort Rover
M. Lowendahl
Prince of Orange
Spor
Regiment of
Normandie
London
Lestes
Suffer
Tis Collen Draper
Michael Goose
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