Mail from Holland July 9 and European war news
The latest dispatches reveal a treaty draft in Petersbourg with eighteen Articles and a 30,000 man reciprocal pledge, while the czarina maintains 120,000 ready to move if a feared event occurs. Reports from Dresden and Munich discuss Bavarian troop plans, Austrian combat actions near Placentia, and strategic shifts as Saxe’s army faces delays and renewed negotiations.
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Petersbourg
Czarina
Count de Podewills
Prussia
Italy
Republick of
Holland
Poland
Ratisbsn
Munich
Berlin
M. Pullman
Diet
M. Schnedys
M. Pollman
Bavaria
Germany
Mantua
Placentia
Qth
Roth
Adda
Brown
Count Gages
Marshal Maillebois
Paris
M. d’Argenton
States General
Marshal Noailles
Spain
Bruffels
Duke de Bouffers
Laken
Vilvortén
Mechlin
Marquess du Chayla
Gheel
Marshal Saxe
Yreghem
Count de Clermont
Steinberg
Dublin Privateer prize crew paroled. tradesmen lodge officers
In Dublin on Saturday last the Spanish Prize crew and passengers were landed. Officers and passengers are lodged in Castle Lane with liberty on parole, while the crew stays in several George's Quay houses. The on board governor is paroled in a merchant’s house. Also noted is the death of Mr Martin Killikelly, an eminent city merchant, after brief illness.
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Ireland
Dublin
Castle Lane
George’s Quay
Martin Killikelly
Edinburgh to London escort in a royal party amid Jacobite reports
Edinburgh dispatch describes John Murray of Broughton being moved from the Castle to Cannongate and onward to London in a king's party with Colonel Cockayne and royal messengers, escorted by Kingston’s Horse and Col. Lee’s Foot. It notes Lord Lovat's confinement at Fort Augustus and ongoing troop movements to Flanders, plus intelligence on Capt. Scot’s actions in Lochaber and Lochiel.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
John Murray of Broughton
London
Cockayne
His
Kingston
Col. Lee
Regiment of Foot
Gore
Lord Lovat
Fort Augustus
Perth
Kinghorn
Leith
Flanders
Lochaber
Scot
Fort William
Lochiel
Lorn
Fune
Dungalion
Glenco
Inverary
General Campbell
Ulft
Aew
Spy's confession leads to pursuit of Young Pretender chiefs
Newcastle July 8 report an officer from Fort Augustus carried word that a spy captured in the Duke's Camp asked to speak for life. The Duke granted it and the spy named where the Young Pretender and chiefs hid. A detachment and riders were sent in pursuit but not retained when the officer departed. Bristol July 12 obituary notes Stephen Clutterbuck alderman died after goat stomach illness. Becher and Dehany served as sheriffs during mayoralty.
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Newcastle
Fort Augustus
London
Foot
Bristol
Stephen Clutterbuck
Michael Becher
David ‘Dehany
Death of Philip V of Spain and European intrigue
The piece reports the death of Philip V of Spain at Madrid from an apoplectic fit aged 62 to 63, notes his birth at Versailles and his accession in 1700, and lists his marriages and children. It mentions possible shifts in alliances, English vigilance, and a hint of a French-Dutch-British diplomatic exchange over Dunkirk and Cape Breton. It also records various court and civic updates, including appointments, deaths, and public notices.
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Vienna
Walheim
Hague
Gages
Genoa
London Gazette
Florence
Hughes
Gorgona
Martin
Nonsuch
Brabant
Ranft
Nethe
Lier
Louvain
Brussels
Mons
Tirlemont
Prince of Conti
Charieroy
M. d’Etres
Sambre
Mary
Namur
Genappe
Birmingham
Ufe
Lonudon
Kensington
Philip the
Madrid
Versallies
O.S
Charles II
Duke of
Savoy
Isfue
Don Ferdinand
Prince of
Asturias
Portugal
Lewis
Philip
Elizabeth Farnese
Parma
Don Carlos
the Two Sicilies
Mary Amelia
Polland
Don.Philip
Spdia
Don Léwis
Toledo
Maria Theresa Infanta
Maria Antonietta Ferdinand, Infanta
Affurias
Spain and the Indies
Donna Maria
Don Philip
Don Carls
Naples
Sicily
Great-Britain
Bianan
France
Cape Breton
Europe
Dunkirk
Cholmondeley
Dover
Windsor
Park
Forest
Duke of Cumberland
Earl of Albemarle
Plymouth
Bath
Duke of Grafton
Lamb
Wiggs
Deceas
Richard Young
Broad-Street
Mare Street
Hackney
Mathias King
Buth
St. John’s Street
Ilington
Mosning
Finch Lane
Cornhill
Harrison
Fenan
Lord Arundel
Richmond
Warton-Castle
Wiltshire
Marquess of
Westminster Hall
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