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War fears and naval intrigues roil Genoa and Corsica
Reports from Genoa warn of new hostilities as Spain contemplates landing troops at Savona. Paoli threatens Corsican siege with naval support, while disputes with the Holy See persist. Farther east, a Persian-like Siberian settlement story and royal news follow, plus details of the Bideford shipwreck aftermath and local incidents including a court martial, deaths, and curiosities.
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Lon ‘Don
Genoa
Doge
Madrid
London
Savona
Pany
Paoli
Corsica
Republic
Holy See
Two Sicilies
Petersburg
China
Siberia
Lly
Tibet
Rafan
Lubeck
Opitz
Eutin
Peter the Thirid
Order of St. Catharine
Ser Cout
Kiel
Holstein Gottorp
Frederic Augustus Duke of
Holstin Gottorp
Order of St. Andrew
Russia
Sweden
Ulrica ‘Frederica Wilhelmina
Maximilian of Hesse
Langrave of
Hefsk
Sie
Peter Frederic William
Prince of
Rome
Sheerness
Biddeford
Norfolk
Downs
Flamborough Head
Spain
Gordon
Ater
Roding
Good-Batter
Filex
James Master
St. Michael’s
Stanhope Street
Clare Market
John Brookes
Bencoolen
East Indies
East India Company
Broadcourt
Bow-streets
Govent-Garden
Bridewell
Britain
Duke of Marlborough
Lord Clive
Berkeley Square
Oxfordshire
Wilks’s
Haverhill
Suffolk
London-Bridge
Thames-Street
Hastings
Rotherhith
Dockhead
Shad-Thames
Horflydown
Tooley-street
Barnaby-street
Borough Compter
West Wickham
Buckinghamshire
S Mall
Clarke