Tranquillity in Constantinople and European War News
Dispatches from Constantinople report continued calm in the capital after the deposition of the Mufti and the succession of Damazade Effendi. Bulletin items detail Hospodar Moldavia’s audience with the Grand Signior and planned returns home, while multiple European theaters note Hanoverian, Prussian, and Austrian movements, sieges, and fortifications across Dresden Berlin Utrecht and Prague with troop dispositions and strategic aims.
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Mufi
Damazade Effendi
Moldavia
Hamburgh
Dresden
Magdeburg
Jaden
Elbe
Leitmeritz
Prague
Hanover
Duke of Cumberland
Bielefeld
Baron de Sporcken
Hervord
de Block
Minden
Ledebour
Hameles
d’Oberg
Nienburg
de Haufs
Hamelen
Duke of ‘Cumberland
Berlin
Bohemia
Europe
Saxony
Weel
Beautabre
Guelders
Heyden
Dorsten
Halteren
Lippe
Ham
Halteten
Soubize
Wexel
V Gmold
Ravensberg
d’Estrees
Halteren the Troops: Thati
Dorften
Afarquis de Villémur
Ezeurenant
Tof
Halneren
Cleves
Mayass
Gueldres
Fnrom
Prench
Mey
Utrecht
Nurenberg
Prus
Robbers Attack Daringly in Irish Town Near Coleraine
In Dublin on May 14 two masked burglars entered the Rev Bernard’s house near Coleraine by night armed with a sword and terrorized the housekeeper to gain keys. She untied herself, fled, and residents returned with help, but the thieves escaped leaving a sack and pitchfork. A coal fire nearly burned the house. Days later Mrs Forrester’s house was attacked by five or six men. one was shot when a musket leveled. Bloodstains traced to the bog indicate a wounded assailant.
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Dublin
Bernard
Coleraine
Forrester
Privateers and Ransomers Threaten Scottish Coast
An Aberdeen letter reports two French Snow privateers cruising off Peterhead with twelve carriage guns each. A fishing boat was boarded, Thomas Frazer of Peterhead identified as a ransom agent, and other ransomers were aboard. A large privateer near the harbor sunk a coaled schooner and captured a sloop. A vessel from Airth carrying meal was taken and ransomed. A fleet of about 20 sails, likely Orkney trade, moves north under convoy of the Princess of Wales.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Peterhead
Thomas Frazer
Norway
Montrose
Miltoun
Bervie
Forth
Aberdeen
Elizabeth of
Airth
Orkney
Wheat and grain markets fall across regions
From Newcastle dated May 21 advices report corn and wheat prices dropping at Stockton Yarm Stoxley and nearby markets. Notices note Mr Joseph La zonbys attorney at law died in Hexham and T Giffard of Chillington near Brewood orders grain threshed for the poor with thousands already participating at prices as low as 4s per bushel, with further reductions possible as market prices fall.
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Newcastle
Stockton
Yarm
Stoxley
Hexham
Joseph
Brewood
Stafford
Mob Disguised as Women Seizes Wheat Load in Bath
On Tuesday a wagon carrying seventeen sacks of wheat to Mr. Flowers Baker in Bath was halted by a mob of about 100 men disguised in women’s clothing on this side Atford. The crowd seized the entire load and disappeared.
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Bath
Flowers Baker
Atford
Public Letters From Bedford 1757 on Liberty and Corruption
A Bedford May 22 1757 letter set condemns private predation on public funds and praises liberty as cure for state consumption. It cites Spain Venice Genoa and other states as examples, urges reforms, and records a Common-Council motion praising Pitt and Bilton Legge for promoting inquiry into Mediterranean disgrace and support for American colonies. Letters to Bedford town officials express gratitude for Burgership honors.
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Spain
Venice
Genoa
Bedford
William Pitt
Henry Bilton Legge
Mediterranean
America
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London Evening-Post
Tussay
Constantinople
Sia
Amsterdam
Texel
Pondicherry
East-India Company
M——y
Admiralty
Paris
Duke de Belleisle
England
Duke de Belleifle
Irelan
Country News
London
Corporation of Bedford
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