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Alterations at court and naval posts amid war talk
Reports claim Admiral Durell to resign with Lord Colville to succeed him at Plymouth while Admiral Holbourne remains at Portsmouth and Sir James Douglas to raise his flag at Chatham. News notes privateers capturing British vessels and ships arriving at Oporto. Obituaries, marriages, and local incidents accompany broader war dispatches from Europe and Oxford era considerations.
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Admiral Durell
Plymouth
Lord Colville
Admiral Holbourne
Portsmouth
James Douglas
Chatham
Nancy
Bristol
Martinico
Mary
Baker
Sally
Hewlett
Miding
Newfoundland
Oporto
Goree
Laft
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry
Ambrose Moore
Laclane
Ann Ellworthy
Lewisham
Kent
St. Omer’s
France
John Baptist de Gastaldi
Republic of Genoa
London
England
Sir Baldwin Conyers
Guy
Little Coats
Lincolnshire
Wiptaft
Warwickshire
Halford
Deash
Chancery Lane
Sayer
Francis Pool
Lewes
Sussex
Henry Crane
Kingstreet
Shad- Thames
Bradford
Philadelphia
Mr. Darby
Crown
Stationerscourt
Ludgate Church
Mrs. Hoskins
Hoskins
Hugh Middleton
Sadler’s Wells
Islington
Hazle
Newgate Market
Blackfriars
Bowdler
Holland
Medeeblik
Workum
Friesland
Chelasford
Fan
Griggs
Duke of Bedford
South Sea Company
Rice