Russian artillery gains at Glinitz as Empress funds foundry
News from Petersbourg reports the Empress ordered brass cannon cast at Glinitz with proof satisfactory. She rewarded the director and workers and allowed them to stay in service. Much of the new artillery is bound for Riga and Livonia magazines to support a full campaign.
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Glinitz
Riga
Livonia
Hague
Podewils
Prussia
France
Dresden
Utrecht
London
Constantinople
Empire
Persia
Ibrahim
Benkler
Candia
Cerigo
Trevor
Paris
Toulon
M. Belleisle
Brown
Draguignan
Genoa
M. Bathiani
Scottish Prisoner Captain Brenan Linked to French War Service
Glasgow reports Capt Brenan, once in Irvine after Culloden, claims to be a French commissary from Paris and director of artillery stores. Attestations praise his moderation. Edinburgh notes Field MarlBhar Stair arrival. Lifton letters report the death of Lord Banff. Bennet Schooner recounts Royal George rescue at sea. Aberdeen privateers seize three ships.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Brenan
Irvine
Culloden
Paris
Flanders
Inverness
Edinburgh
Blarfhat Stair
Newliftoun
Lifton
Lord
Bennet
Aberdeen
Prince Charles of
Fraserburgh
Holland
Scarborough
Rose
London
Ditto
Bodies from French privateer distress shore near Lundy
Bristol reports advice from Milford that dead bodies wash ashore possibly from the French privateer seen distressed near Lundy. The body of Mr. Farrar, once a grocer on the Bridge, was found at Brice's Mill-Pond Stapleton with his watch and buckles. a coroner's verdict ruled accidental death. The miller who found him receives 15 guineas under a reward for intelligence of the body or watch.
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Bristol
Milford
Lundy
Brice
Stapleton
Gravely Lays at Rest the Vice and War News From London
A long miscellany notes the death of an old naval critic and the demise of various merchants and officials. It reports a royal assent to the Land Tax Bill, fleet augmentations for allies, and local elections in London wards. Also included are ship launches, drownings, obituaries, charitable bequests, court appointments, and foreign intelligence from Genoa, Russia, and Sweden.
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Touln
Neptune
Thomas Morris
Bridewell
Bethlem
Penuicm
House of Veers
Prince of Wales
Samuel Phillips
Harwich
Holland
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of
Cripplegate
Bull
Leech
Langhorne
George Scullard
Daniel Taylor
Alderman Rawlinson
Henry Lawton
Walbrook
John Trigg
William Farmer
Deceas
Deptford
the India Company
John Sewell
Francis Kinnersley
Elgrs
Heathcote
Jonathan Cape
Macha
Admiral Lestock
St. Margaret’s Church
Peacock
Hastings
Sussex
Mr. Carlton
Majesty’s Chapel Royal
St. Peter’s Westminster
Lloyd
St. Paul’s
Westminster Abbey
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Petersbourg
East Lothian
St. George’s Dragoons
Lon Odon
Cherrington
Gloucestershire
John Neale
Ely
Coventy
Stonehouse
Northampton
John Turner
Bart
Lynn
Norfolk
Cannon-Street
Isane Chitty
Surrey-Street
Strand
Marshall
Thomas Beaumont
Rathsby
Lincoln
John Rowton
Little Ashby
Leicester
Sweden
Kingdom of
Thomas Holt
Newport-Pagnell
County of
Backs
Gent
High Court of Chancery
Leslér Council
Republick
Great Council
Seiz
de Botta
Holy Roman Empire
Hungary and
Bohemia
Marquess de Mirepoix
Antibes
Frejus
Marshal Belleisle
Arles
Stockholm
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