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Ships and Privateers Echo War News and Earthquake Sights
Reports from the East Indies and Atlantic theaters note ships captured by French and privateers, with several vessels taken near Ireland and the West Indies. An earthquake near Naas, Dalecaria, shakes the region at night, while public posts announce office changes and marriages. Crime stories include robberies, a fatal fall on Romish Chapel, a deadly alley assault, and a soldier jailed for wounding his wife.
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Jay
East Indies
East India
Ireland
Robert
Charles
Wilson
London
Leghorn
Dublin
Genoa
Arno
Dolphin
Fitch
Jamaica
Hispaniola
American Warher
Boston
Bayonne
Judith
Martina
North Carolina
Falmouth
Cape Roman
Carolina
Hopewell
Devon
Bristol
Dartmouth
Swansey
Naas
Dalecaria
Prettwell
St. Christopher’s Church-yard
Nathaniel Sacheverell
Samuel Sacheverell
St. Paul’s
Friday Jaft
Wolverhampton
Mr. Sparrow
Lam
Grindon
Duke of Bridgewater
Whitmore
Mr. Whitmore
Lord Pollington
Delaval
Romish
South Audley-street
Alcock
Swan-Alley
St. John’s Street
Justice Welch
Clerkenwell
George Wrighte
Portsmouth
Spithead
Sheerness
Clarke
Cales
St. Helen’s
Royal William
Bos‘cawen
Sandwich
Geary
St. George
Gayton
Princess Amelia
Royal
George
Lockhart
Edward Hawke
France
M. Conflans
Spain
Danizick
Ilington
Charles Blackhall Stratton
St. Sepulchre’s
Felham
Feltham
Grays Inn
Red Lion Street
St. Agnes
Domnichime
Salvacor Kofi
Graces
Guido Riéni
Kert
Fingron
Judgement of Harcores
Nicolas Pouflin
Henry Hoare
Robert Strange
Golden Head
Henrietta Streets
Covent-Garden
Vauxhall
Marybone
Ste
J. Ross
Shakespeare’s Head
Middle-Row
Holbourn