Military Moves and Ireland News From the London Post
Reports from Brussels note Austrian Netherlands corps marching to Luxembourg and garrison plans at Ostend with detachments to Nieuport. Ireland news cover a shipwreck rescue, Down Protestants able to bear arms count, and various local incidents including fires, births, and a Parliament vacancy. A long letter criticizes governance and Minorca loss, urging public discussion and accountability.
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Brussels
Austrian Netherlands
Luxembourg
Namur
Huy
Ostend
Pisa
Nieuport
Specimen of Foreign Justice and the British Crisis
Letter excerpt discusses dangers of governing by fear and flattery, praising public spirit and legal candor. It notes political corruption at Cockermouth with large vote-buying, reports on Kensington court and Hanoverian officers, and summarizes Oswego siege intelligence and French actions along with naval arrivals at Spithead and Bristol trade news.
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Cumberland
London
Cockermouth
Rooa
Kensington
Duke of Cumberland
Prince of Wales
Prince Edward
Lady Augusta
Count Seimerfelt
St. James’s
Prussia
Oswego
Fort Ontario
America
Abercrombie
Albany
Bradstreet
Shirley
Battons
Schenectada
His Majesty
Forty-fourth
Forty-fourth Regiment
Portmouth
Spithead
Royal George
Cruize
Nancy
St. Domingo
Bourdeaux
Rawen
Elizabeth
Montagu
Brisol
Concord of Air Seized by French Frigate Off Newfoundland
From Scotland Edinburgh Nov 2 report the Concord of Air Moodie sailing Clyde for Virginia was captured by a French fourteen gun frigate on the Banks of Newfoundland and sent to Marseilles with master and part of the crew confined at Rochelle. Yesterday Charles Turner committed to Tolbooth on complaints against the directors of both banks for issuing their notes.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Concord
Air
Moodie
Clyde
Virginia
Newfoundland
Marseilles
Rochelle
Charles‘Turner
Tolbooth
London. T he Author and the People
London content discusses promised information to the public from representatives on heads or points of enquiry. It emphasizes the desire of Great Britain for information and the author’s commitment to provide a specimen when leisure allows. The fragment hints at parliamentary accountability and citizen inquiry.
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Great Britain
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London Evening-Post
Tursday
Ireland
Gakway
Otober
Thomas Alington
Drontheim
Norway
England
Dublin
Justice Ward
Down
Downpatrick
Newcastle
St. James's
Admiral Byng
Admiralty
France
Jocelyn
Dundalk
Viscount
Limerick
Wynne
Col. Wynne
Newgate
General Bligh
Maryborough
Carpell
Parsonstown
Parsons
Lawrence Parsons, Bart
Sir William Parsons, Bart
Lawrence
King’s County
Prusia
Prufia
Minorca
Wiseft
Burleighs
Walsinghams
Clarendons
Somers
Godolphins
Hilst
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