Military intrigues and officer shifts amid maritime tensions
A contemporary letter describes Spanish and English naval maneuvers, accusations of contraband trade, and alleged spying. It notes Admiral Bradford’s confinement orders, complaints against merchants, and a Sea Navy reshuffle: Captains promoted, lieutenants elevated, and a healthy squadron amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leogan
Don Blais
Carthagena
Don Biass
Pulot
Flarbour
Allen
Waring
Busford
Percival
Porto Belio
Coleby
Eleanor
Robert Henry
Deceas
Broderick
Cumberland
Maynard
Sheerness
Stapleton
Louisa
Waterhouse
Strange Boat Discovery Near Port Patrick
An Edinburgh report describes a sighting of an old mail boat wedged between rocks near Port Patrick. A man and a woman were found dead inside, likely West Highlanders driven ashore by a storm and famine. The boat, a poor worn vessel of about one ton, carried little else of value.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Port Fatrick
Hes
Noghing
Murder at Forden's Bridge in Willful Act
Gloucester news reports a fatal confrontation at Forden's Bridge near Wotton Underedge. Two men quarrelled over a shooting plan, one fired from upstairs with a loaded pistol, fatally wounding the other who lingered until the 21st. The coroner's inquest returned wilful murder. the assailant named John Hart has been hanged.
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Country News
Gloucester
Fan
Forden’s Bridge
Wotton-Underedge
John Hart
Obituary notices and royal pageantry in London and beyond
London editor reports multiple deaths including Thomas Fitch of Highall and Thomas Walker in Southwark, Ballard the braffer of Southwark, and other notables. Royal events feature sermons before the Prince and Princess of Wales, naval appointments, and a large public fast refusal. Dispatches note Commodore Brown’s possible promotion, military stores for St Christopher’s, and a Great Seal presentation for Basford. Also covered are retail and weather-like economic items, fires in Winterstow and Woodford Mills, and colonial news from New England and Norway. Diseases and casualties tallied for the week accompany financial market figures and maritime incidents.
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London
Thomas Fitch
Highall
Dorfer
Honont
Southwark
Thomas Walker
Oe Register
Ballard
Blaffer’s Company
Chapel Royal
Maddox
St. Asaph
Ayscough
Prince and Princess of Wales
Norfolk House
Mawson
Chichester
House of Peers
Westminster-Abbey
Reuben Clarke
House of Dominons
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Marseilles
Brown
Island of
St. Christopher’s
Earl of Scarborough
Bath
Prince of Wales
France
Gilbert Fountain
Eigg
Crown and Peace
Supreme Court
Island
Jamaica
John Lawton
Deceas
Botepa Wells
Bernard Lens
Mr. Golding
Fleet-street
Dover-Street
Thomas Yeates
Duke Street
Grosvenor Square
David Pullen
County of
Devon
John Lambert
John Deferote
Earl of Warwick
Sigismund Boehm Trafford
Queen Square
Ormond Street
Charles Boehm
Russia
Trafford
Thomas Beaumont
Basford
Nottingham
York
Sarum
Winterstow
Myrick
Honduras
Cape Cod
Newfoundland
Cape Ann Harbour
Stavanger
Naze
Bergen
Norway
Jacob Pearson
Riga
Gibraltar
Bevan
Consil
Morse
Mann
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange
Ditto Ir
Torrs
Gale
Torhalf Mine Adventures
Ditto
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Bridgnorth
H. Veng
Lancelot Leg
Tyburn
Uxbridge
Red Lyon Inn
Southall
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