Royal news and port intelligence from London to Plymouth
Reports from London detail the Duke of Cumberland departing for Newmarket and the Princess Dowager of Wales donating to college funds. Letters mention English troops sailing from Willimstadt and Lord Pembroke’s potential return. naval movements include Ancram’s seat vacated and writs issued for a Yorkshire seat. Weather, wrecks, and ships arriving at Plymouth and Dover are noted, with ships from Oporto and Leghorn passing into English ports amid ongoing naval activity.
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London
Duke of Cumberland
Grosvenor Square
Newmarket
Princess Dowager of Wales
New York
Philadelphia
Brunswick
England
Lord Pembroke
Williamstadt
Alicant
Newfoiedland
Madrid
Holland
Col Draper
Manilla
Lord Anson
Hawke
Dover
Gibraltar
Duke of York
Rowell
Falmouth
Lisbon
Mary
Portmouth
Plymouth
Batchelor
Yarmouth
Cape Finisterre
Savanzey
Briz
Hence
Elizabeth
Topsham
Dublin
Strand
Cholmley and Hindsey chapel briefs granted for rebuilding
A brief passed the great seal to Hindsey chapelry in Wigan parish for rebuilding their chapel and to Padiham in Whalley parish for rebuilding. Also reports various local obituaries and crimes including a murder at Hempnail and a re arrest in Stepney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frael. Wilkes
Treasury
Sissex
Hindsey
Wigan
County of Lancaster
Padiham
Whalley
Charles Burdett
Manners-street
Chelsea
Bristol
Alexander Paterson
John Paterson
Eccles
Scotland
Edinburgh
John Whitford
Barnard
Gutter Lane
Cheapside
Green
King’s Lodge
London
John Hunter
New Prison
Walter Berry
Stepney
Statford Turnpike
Bow Bridge
Essex Road
James Harding
Tyburn
Postscript on public matters and virtue in London
A letter to the London Evening Post criticizes ruling elites for sacrificing national advantage to Spain and France while neglecting citizens. It recalls a devout father guiding his sons in church, urging virtue and duty, warns against neglectful parenting, and ends with late-February dispatches from Warsaw, Courland, Leipsich, Berlin, and Utrecht noting political and military moves and public fund collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
M. de Borck
Poland
Courland
Warsaw
Charles
Co . Leipsich
Prussia
Meiffen
Prince Royal
Ratifour
Mecklenburgh
Sax-Gotha
Berlin
Torgau
Francfort
Guelders
Wezel
Ferry voyage sparks city outrage over crime surge
From Cove the Boyne of and sails yesterday for Bristel with passengers including Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross. The report laments rising licentiousness rapine and robberies in the city and urges inhabitants to protect themselves as many defenseless people have been assaulted and plundered in the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corke
Cove
Boyne
And
Bristel
Smith
Cork
Ross
Birthdays and diplomacy weave a tense European note
From The Hague and Brunswick reports in late February 1740s detail European courtesy at a Nassau Weilburg princess birthday with German princes in attendance, while Rome notes failings with Jesuit assets at Marseille. Pope's secretary complains. Prussia pays 800,000 crowns before an Empire Diet decision to stay neutral in a war. Empire sales and military funding exceed one million pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hague
Nassau-Weilbourg
Stadtholder
Leyden
Brunswick
Bareith
Aix la Caapelle
England
Rome
Marseilles
Provence
Lioney
Cardinal Torregiani
M. Basqui
Elensfeld
Hubertfbuh
Howe
Austria
Prince Henry
Aneir
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Yeith
Pobtodia
PhD
Senégal
Wind
Dial
His
Hampshire
Remmains
Faro
Bithop
Hilbosx
Warren
Watts
Davis
Czlin
King of Prussia
Gardner
Wandsworth
Belxham
Norfolk
Leicester
Nourse
Bookfeller
Doufley
Dove Gang
Derbyshire
Virginia
Ball Court
Cornhill
Philip Gell
Kne
Joseph Herne
Samuil Percival
Daniel Wiggfall
James Marriott
John Perry
Leutheria
VV. Nicholl
St. Paul's Church-Yard
A. Braffet
Newport
Isle of Wight
London Evening Post
Spain
Port
Herbert
Hteauily
Tam
Christiany
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