Petersbourg Trade Aims and Russian Pivot in War
April 18 dispatch notes Tsar Alexander's plan to run trade through Russia to control a Black Sea port. The move seeks Balfora as a key Persian trade hub, with expansion viewed as boosting European goods flowing into the empire.
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Secret Expedition Under Commodore Knowles Reported
Curacao April 8 reports Commodore Knowles at St Kitts ready to sail against Laguira and PortoCavallo with a 14 ship war squadron. He freed a vessel captured by an English privateer and sent its captain to England. Two other vessels seized by an English man of war were allowed to proceed. Boston May 10 describes a murder in Rutland and a fire at Mr Moody's house with fatalities and subsequent inquiries.
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Knowles
St. Kitt’s
Laguira
Porto Cavallo
War of the Line
England
King’s
Boston
Daniel Campbell
Hoitler
Maylin
School-street
Rutland
Edward Fife-Patrick
Moody
Greet
Green
Steph
Joseph' Jennings
Gloyne
Henrick
Englad
Kensington
St. James’s
House of Peers
London
Westminster Bridge
River
Dee
Enfield
Wiltshire
Bedford
Buckingham Road
Flanders
Gravesend
George’s
Regiment of Horse
Cecil
Justhe Lee
John Parker
Crrizen
Mercer
Major Williams
Col.Bland
Regiment of Dragoons
Deptford
Miss Price
Harrow
Isaac. Weil
Winchester Cathedral
Chala
Dorothy Musgrave
Mutgrave
Graniden
Ify
Cambridgeshire
Moiday
Richard Lloyd
Ontlow
South Lambeth
Roger Evans
Queen Anne
Warman
Preston
Lancashire
Shackletwell
Philip Higman
Queenhithe
Old-Street
Commissioners of Excise
Smith and
Chetham
Custon
Seiz
Blackwall
Hermitage
Southampton
Hollasday
France
Dunkirk
Calais
Watford
Hertfordshire
Moria
Jast
Englands
Hugh Conner
Bridget Bridge
Henry Cole
Sarah Lowther
Roachead
Nicholas Woollen
Mariner
Jane Taffe
Francis Sherlock
Anne Terry
Robert Rockett
Cae Ee
Robert. Fuller Upom
Francis Bailey
Uxbridge
Middlesex
Barnes
Aimetica
Warren
Appointment of Edward Croker Deputy Governor of Limerick
Ireland news reports Lords Justices appoint Edward Croker of Raleighstown Ely as Deputy-Governor of Limerick and Colonel of an Independent Troop. The page also surveys a string of 18th century incidents from Dublin to London, including a fatal pistol accident in Golden-Lane, a murder near Westmeath, a pirate chase near Saltee, and political bills and troop movements in London.
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Dublin
Mays
Edward Croker
Raleighstown
Ely
Limerick
Moxing
Abraham Wilkinson
Golden-Lane
Kells
Navyn
Mote
Westmeath
Pilkington
Wexford
Loftus Hall
Suriday
Saltee Islands
St. George’s Channel
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