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London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

13 May 1740

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London Evening Post

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 13, 1740

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Madrid News of Retez Trial and European Affairs

Madrid reports Sieur Francis Martin de Retez, Porto Bello governor, to be tried for weak defense against the English. News mentions secret intelligence on Placa, a major Dope Bull for church taxes, and ongoing European negotiations including Denmark, Saxony, Prussia, and the Hanover succession. Recounts naval movements off Oran, Catalonia, and major political shifts shaping the balance of power in Europe.

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Sieur Francis Martin de Retez Porto Bello Verde Sieur de Retez Ingdom Oran M. de Chavigny Paris Lifton Siastick Cardinal de Fleury Marquess de la Chetardie Rufsian Duke of Courland d’Ostérman France Hort Finch Allance Denmark Elestor Saxony Prussia Russia House of Hanover Great Britain Bremen V &c Stetin Pomerania Peter the First Sweden Europe Brest
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Spanish Men of War and Haddock's Squadron Report

An early 18th century note from George Teague of this place describes signals from Gibraltar and Cadiz. It states that 14 sail of Spanish ships of the line, ranging from 6 to 86 guns, sailed from Cadiz and that Admiral Haddock's squadron lay at Port Mahon. The observer traveled from Gibraltar to London in three weeks.

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Spain Madrid Don Philip Corsica Ireland Leghorn N.S Gibraltar Catalonia Majorca Copenhagen Rome Sacred College Civite Vecchia George Teague London Cadiz Haddock Port-Mahon
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King’s Voyage Disrupted by Pottery Wind Incident

London reports show King departed St James's Palace for Lambeth and Gravesend, boarded a ship that failed at once due to a Pottery Wind. During cargo handling for the Countess of Yarmouth, a servant fell into the river with a cabinet of razinaries.

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St.’ James’s Lambeth Gravesend Yarmouth
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