Druid sails with dispatches and fleet actions unfold
From Plymouth the sloop Druid carried dispatches to Sir Edward Hawke at Torbay and returned. the Douglass packet back at Falmouth after mainmast damage in a gale while Hermione, built at Cadiz, prompted naval caution. Military promotions, appointments, and public notices follow including a Lord Westmoreland death and local storm damage reports.
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England
Newfoundland
Druid
Plymouth
Sir Edward Hawke
Torbay
Earl of
Sth Regiment of Foot
Studholme Hodgson
William Boyde
114Th Regiment of Foot
54Th Regiment of Foot
de Burts
Ebenezer Kirkpatrick
Marines
Boyde
Francis Marsh
Royal Regiment of English Fuzileers
Regiment of Foot
Cloudesly
William Mackay
763D Regiment of Foot
Oswald
Robert Irwin
76Th Regiment of Foot
Col
Trapaud
Ensign Cunningham
Robert Donken
William Ruffel
Martinique
Thomas Sheldon
John Christopher
17Th Regiment of Foot
Fort Royal
Hland
Mereworth
Maidstone
Kent
John Fane
Earl of Westmoreland
le Despenser
Burghersh
Caherbugh
Ireland
Universty
Oxford
Thomas
Earl of Arran
University of Oxford
Duke of Marlborough
Gilbert Negus
Sandon
Hertfordshire
Haslemere
Surrey
Wheeler
Goswell Street
Fuller
Rose and Crown
Hounslow
London
Turnham Green
Curious Clerkenwell Birth of Horned Child
A Clerkenwell parish birth reports a child born with abnormal features: mouth at the neck nape eyes on the forehead and horns on the head after the mother was frightened by a cow. The infant is alive but has received no sustenance since birth.
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Clerkenwell Parish
Jesuits Drops and War News Fragment Amid Turmoil
An 18th century advertisement extols Dr Walker's Jesuit Drops as a cure for seminal weaknesses, with distribution notes across London and port towns. The page also includes letters debating Newfoundland loss, British command by native generals versus foreigners, and public notices from correspondents on urban changes and street widening.
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Lowe
Bible and Crown
Fleet-Lane
Old Baily
Mackinder
King-street
St. James’s Square
Horton
Portsmouth
Brown
Bristol
Jordan
Plymouth-Dock
Brice and Spencer
Score
Exeter
Ize
J. Wessels and Co. N.B
Dr. Walker
Egland
Scotland
America
Peace and war talk from London on empire and Europe
London reports discuss Indian alliances near Carolina and the need to seize Louisiana to secure lasting peace. A Dutch warship engagement in the Downs follows governs, with observations on British French talks, German peace hopes, and Prussian related maneuvers. A Vienna dispatch celebrates Austrian bravery against Prussia. Notes from Altena and Windsor livestock and horse racing events round out the item.
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London
Carolina
Louisiana
Downs
Francfert
Jug
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Spain
Portugal
Ratisbon
Saxony
Prussia
Vienna
Kefhorn
Reicheneberg
Altena
George of Holstein
de Wolfand de Rumohr
Seelhorst
Danizick
Russia
Holstein
iSiel
John Walter
Efa3
Forest of Windsor
Berks
Brenitweed
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Pillement
C. N.B
Porcelaine
Rob. Sayer
Golden Buck
Ferrer-Lane
Fleer-Screet
Persous
C. Price
Cornhill
Prince’s Street
Robert Walker
Heatrau
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Pitt
Halifax
London Evening-Post
S R. S
Tyranly
Sam
Ss. W
Hutt
Leland
London-wall
Coleman-street
Fore
Moorgate
Cripplegate