Grand Conference on Expedition to Port Mahon at Madrid
Madrid reports a recent conference at the Palace about an expedition against Port Mahon. Embarkation at Dunkirk inspired Brest Squadron to sea as rumors spread of ships returning home with galleons and supplies for Spanish garrisons in the West Indies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Mahon
Dunkirk
Brest
Weist-Indies
Berlin
Earl of Hundford
Piero Smae
Great Britain
William of Heffe-Caffel
Pyrmont
Charles
Mary of
Courland
Germany
Moscow
Mardefeldt
Mittau
Poland
Warsaw
Grodno
Hague
Death of Lady Christian Carnagie Dowager of Montrose
Edinburgh May 28 Lady Christian Carnagie Duchess Dowager of Montrose died Friday last she was beloved for many virtues and mourned as a noble mother to the present Duke of Montrose. She was a daughter of the Northerk noble family and served as maid of honour to the Princess Royal at her marriage to the Prince of Orange. Her husband is Mr James Skinner merchant of Montrose.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Christian Carnagie
of Montrose
Northerk
Duke ‘of Montroses
Montrose
Skinner
James Skinner
How’s
Princess Royal
Great Britain
the Prince of Orange
Flanders
England
Germany
Rhine
Thomas Lowther
Treasury
St. Michael’s Church
Cornhill
John Salter
Kn. Deceas
Francis Cokayne
Bishopsgate-Street
George ‘Philipson
Gibraltar
Lancelot Kilbourn
Nicholas Wright
Shoreham
Suffes
St. Paul’s
Leander
Grosvenor Street
Eaton
Bugkinghamshire
Lambeth
Surrey
King
Zic
West Latt
Richard Kitchlew
Red Lyon Inn
Hounslow
Knightsbridge
Thomas Hoby
Byrham
Berks
Great Marlow
Buckinghamshire
John Couraud
Elys
Navy
York, River
Virginia
America
William
Cope Hopton
Frome Canonicorum
Canfrome
Hereford
Richard Holmes
John Boyle Earl of Glasgow
Outery St Mary
Devon
Exeter
Gillesham
Gisl
Itangate
Mn’d
London News Roundup with Privateers and Local Deaths
British ships chase a French prize in the Channel seizing an ox on the way while privateers prepare for sea. Kinfalé and Alborough take French warships and smugglers. Notable deaths include wine merchant Michael White and distiller Edward Gregory. Store appointments and marriages mark a busy week. Incidents include a mob at an inn after a missing-woman rumor and public notices of civic actions.
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Bristol
Fune
King
William
Cornish
Chaze
Cleven
Chace
Wales
Lee
Vernon
Kingroad
Wapping
Jamaica
Limekiln-Dock
Falmouth
Prinice-Street
Michael White
Castle-Street
Edward Gregory
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Madrid
Brussels
Yprés
Tournay
Italy
Lobkowitz
Tivoli
Menin
Bruges
Ypres
Relan
Dublin
Mr. Bulkeley
Digg Street
Richard Mead
Kinsale
Dolphin
John Stewart
Belfast
Philadelphia
Morvaunt
Petirborough
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