London Evening-Post December 6 to 8 1757 News
London Evening-Post reports from Amsterdam Florence and Hamburg with political and naval notes including Amsterdam opposition to resolutions about garrisons at Nieuwport and Ostend. Observes ships Revenge Monmouth refitted, Merlin arrived Elbe. Sketched Dublin smuggling fears and coal supply measures, plus local crimes in Coventry and Leicester.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Versailles
Nieuport
Ostend
London Gazette
Florence
Leghorn
Revenge
Porto Ferraio
Hamburgh
Merlin
Elbe
Hull
Hague
Bautzen
Lusatia
Magdebourg
Prince Henry
Riot and murder in early countryside news from Lincoln to Birmingham
In Lincoln the Angel Inn hears informations against four locals for rioting at Lawrence Monck's Cainby house where threats were made and valuables extorted. a farmer jailed while others bail or respite. A Druttenton murder case leads to a gaol sentence after a landlord dies following a knife attack. Updates from Newcastle and Bath note a farmer’s fortune bequeathed to 63 descendants and an accidental shooting death of an attorney. Birmingham reports a hunting accident near Hagley Hall where a groom fell into a hole while hounds pursued a hare.
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Country News
Lincoln
Angel Inn
Lawrence Monck
Cainby
Druttenton
Exeter
Druitenton
Newcastle
Robert Downs
Hawhill
Seamer
Cleveland
Bath
Holliday
Frome
Birmingham
Ashton Curzon
Hagley Hall
Rudgrey
Trent
Port News Deal Dispatches Winds Shift Naval Movements
Deal reports strong southwest winds causing adjustments in outbound and inshore naval movements. Multiple warships including Dover, Royal Sovereign, Vestal, and frigates remain in the Downs while merchant and outward-bound ships are redirected or held pending favorable conditions for Leghorn Antigua Jamaica and Cork bound routes. An earlier entry notes similar wind shifts and ship dispositions on December 3.
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Port News
Deal
S. W
Colchester
Harwich
His Majesty
Dover
Admiral Smith
Royal Sovereign
Roebuck
Diana
Vestal
Ageon
Aldborough
Beaver
Pelican
Granada
Adventure
William and Ann
Maria
Galaway
Smith
St. Kit’s
Friendship
Thompson
Jamaica
Sally
Eddy
Paterson
Downs
Antigallican War Debate in English Liberty Tone
London review argues for ministerial accountability in Britain against Spanish aggression. It cites Strafford, Laud, and Buckingham, warns Spain’s abuses, praises Parliament, and notes a pending proclamation, corn imports, insurance plans, and arrests of privateers amid calls for national unity and a stronger navy.
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Spain
England
Gaveston
Spencers
de la Poole
Charles the
Duke of Buckingham
Commons
Earl of Strafford
Archbishop Laud
Charles
Earl of Clarendon
Buckingham
Arlington
Earl of Danby
Great Britain
Cadiz
Walter Raleigh
Loyd Bacon
Dr. Andréws
Winchester
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John Rew
Black
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Wright
Leicester
London
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Verulim
Prince Charles
Elizabeth
Portugal
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Scotland
Britain
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Philips
Tribunal of God's Justice
France
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House of Commons
Prutsia
Europe
Wales
Ireland
Scarland
Burhel
Ltt
Saturday Nights Gazette
Plymouth
Admiral Holborne
Admiralty
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