Pressing Rome decision shapes Regent plans and church wards
Considerations on appanage payments and the king's Naples Rome diplomacy raise questions whether the regent will reside in Madrid or here to steer dominion affairs. Disputes between Rome and the Holy See and nuncio jurisdiction complicate any near settlement. Dublin August 11 reports Rev Dr Lacy bishop of Limerick death and odd gold ring found split into five parts stoking literati speculation. Banff coast whale cast and York mob violence over a murder case wrap the country news.
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Madrid
Holy See
Trel
Dublin
Qu'Saurday Jait
Limerick
Lacy
Louth
Message From Lord Londons Officers War Dispatches Aug 8
A long war letter from the Army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick dated August 8 reports continued pursuit of the enemy with vigorous operations and lists trophies, captures, and casualties. It notes French losses possibly around 10,000, siege successes at Lipstadt, and movements of French and Saxon forces with detailed troop movements and booty. It also includes British naval news, political notes, and local obituaries and social items.
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Prince Frdinand of
Brunswick
de Briffac
Warburgh
Wesel
Duffeldorp
Munster
Boyd
Rhine
Prince of
Hamelon
Ferdinand Masch
Minden
Gopfeld
Bielefeld
Stukenbroek
Paderborn
Urif
Lemgo
Detmold
Lipsprink
Berndt
Marshal Contades
Ornabeug
Padegboon
Dulmen
Waferiddtp
Conrades
Elmbeck
Hanover
Xavier of
Saxony
Contades
Jay
Madam Pompadour
Monsieur Contades
Paris
Germany
Versailles
Berlin
Prusia
Muh'rofe
Lebus
Batule
William Belchier
Clothworkers Company
London
Portmouth
Rodney
Lord Orford
Fawconer Packer, Jones
Falmouth
West Indies
Torrington Man
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Torrington
Sir Edward Hawke
Hufke
Prince Ferdinand
Waldegrave
Kingsley
Mortyn
Napier
Ligonier
Foot-Guards
St. Antholin’s Church
George Macquittin
Ireland
Lord Farnham
Robert Maxwell, Effy
Taunton
Somersetshire
Whitechapel
Simms
Epping
Grange Road
Southwark
Thomas Sclater
Boxworth
Cambridgeshire
King’s College
Maidstore
Kent
Campbell
West Kent Regiment of Militia
Lord Romney
Bedford
Tate
Mr. White
Lord Granby
Edward Clive
Guildford
Surrey Farmers Hunt
James Wood
Nicholas Carew
Maron Simmons
Huntsman
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick
Augusti
Princess Dowager of Wales
St. Andrew’s
Holbourn
Fell
Elizabeth Hornby
Joseph Hornby
Ormond Street
Ely
Flanders
Brussels
Ostend
Dunkirk
Spi
Jafua
Downs
Militia praise and wartime notices from 1759 London
Postscript from London extols regular militia as essential to national security amid upheaval. Reports from Dover, Maidstone, Guildford and Bedford detail militia drills, prizes, and local courts. Marriages, royal betrothal talk, naval movements at Spithead, and shipping updates accompany stock prices and transatlantic fleet news.
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France
Thore
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