Mourning for Empress Elizabeth fixed at four modes
The newswire notes mourning for the late Empress Elizabeth through February 2 1763 with four dress modes. It states she will be styled Elizabeth the Clement and details pardons fines and releases during her reign. Mentions of Peter the Third and Counts Horde Lestock Beftucheff. Peace rumors and limited court disgraces follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersourgh
Fan
Elizabeth
Clement 5
Peter
de Horde
Count Lestock
Beftucheff
Milan
Doge
Senate
Mdrid
Great Britain
England
Spain
Lord Bristol
Richard Wall
France
Letters from the Hague report crucial dispatches for peace efforts
London reports from the Hague describe Prince Aupin and his secretary arriving from Paris with dispatches signaling a possible cessation of arms between the Ruffians and Prussians. Madrid notes augmented Catholic King cavalry and Catalan movements toward the West, while Lisbon warns of defensive fortifications and forthcoming British aid. Multiple privateers capture ships near Cadiz and Lisbon, with losses including the King George wreck aftermath and various vessels in port. A death in Hatton Garden is noted, and the King nominates Charles Lyttelton for Carlisle bishopric. Royal naval actions include captures off Cape Finisterre and in Plymouth Sound, with reports of captured privateers and a retaken English ship from Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis de Squilace
Council of Finances
Hall of Justice
Council of War
Buen Retiro
Madrid
Portugal
Spain
Ferdinand VI
Don Pedro
Gibraltar
Paris
Brest
Marine
Paul Rene du Truche de la Chaux
Marshal Maittebois
Hague
Gross
London
Ruffiz Hague
Lisbon
Italy
Tuscany
Constantinople
Selim
Warsaw
Butrurlin
M. Soltikow
Peterbourgh
Peter Schuwalow
Count Worangow
Konigsberg
George I of Holstein
Prince of Holstein Beck
Revel
Velde Marechal
Esthenia
Ingria
Keith
Mostera
Prince Aupin
Mont
Groffe
Prince Due
England
Catalonia
Barcelona
Seville
Tyrawley
King George
Capt
Read
Bristol
Bende Bay
Dottin
New England
Cadiz
Swift
Newfoundland
Alicant
Mary
Dingee
Jamaica
Philadelphia
Hatton Garden
Henry
London Gazette
Whitehall
Charles Lyttelton
L.L.D
Exeter
Carlisle
Admiralty Ofice
Hotham
Aeolus
Plymouth Sound
Cape Finisterre
Perrier
Esperance
Bayonne
Plymouth
Hungerforé
Amiralty Office
Harrison
Clevland
Cape Orugal
S.S
Baydune
Groyne
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
London Evening-Post
Mariner
Nords Tod
Preobrazinski Guards
Hamburg
Berlin
Czernichel
Silesia
Poland
Upper Silesia
Moravia
Prussia
Count de Schwerin
Petersbourg
Grand Duke
Russian Empire
Pomerania
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