Augmentation Fund Debates and Hague Peace Talks
Extract from a private Amsterdam letter reports provinces still arguing a fund for land and sea force expansion. Negotiations may shift after the Marquesa de Fenelon’s return to The Hague. Buily presses London talks seeking accommodation between England and Spain and explorations of counterband trade as a bargaining tool. The Hague notes Saint Gilles and ambassadors discuss Spanish privateers and cargo seizures, with claims of free commerce under lawful trade limits.
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Tapis
Marquesa de Fenelon
Hague
Great Britain
Spain
Louis d’Acunha
Portugal
London
M. de Buily
Paris
England
Rgt
de St.-Pierte
Marquess de St. -Gilles
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Nedit
America
Ein‘Barthdor
Bug
Portmouth Riots Endanger Freight and Mob Rule
A July 16 dispatch from Portmouth reports a mob at Spithead and the Downs with many ships and fireships while a royal fleet under Sir John Norris and Admiral Cavendish coalesces. Violence spreads through Portmouth causing firings, imprisonments, a riotous gallows of damage, and the shooting of three men, a boy, and two women. troops reinforced and a temporary guard around the market hall.
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Portmouth
Spithead
Downs
Fox
Winchelsea
Ruffes
Rippon
Buckingham
York
Gloucester
Assittance
Centurion
Severn
St. Alban’s
Litchfield
Salibhury
Pearl
Lark
Experiment
Seahorse
Wager
Vesuvius
St. Helens Road
John Norris
Admiral Cavendish
Chaloner Ogle
Dragon
Chatham
Rye
Portgal
Streights
John Nortis
Portland
Balchen
Hin Asoon
Cumberland
Prince Fredérick
Ansor
Tryal
Lord Cathcart
Montague
Plymouth
Conisford-street
Norwich
Death of Richard Dark at New Inn in London
Extent of a letter from Laxter dated July 16 notes the death of Richard Dark, landlord of the New Inn in London after a long illness. A theft case reports a silver tankard stolen from Capt. Norton of Dawlih. A dreadful fire in Bradnige last night caused many fatalities and injuries.
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London
Laxter
Satuway
Richard Dark
Norton
Dawlih
Bradnige
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