Corsican Garrisons and Maltese Privateers Amid European Turmoil
Reports from Paris and Corsica note Marquess Maillebois reassigning Corsican Garrisons while Corsicans and Genoese oppose the occupying French. In Malta a Maltese privateer seized a rich French cargo vessel, then endured a four hour battle with a rival Maltese privateer before capture. Vienna reports the Bavarian Elector softening tax levies as Prussia battles illness. Hamburg telegrams claim ten old regiments move toward Cleves. A shipwreck near Spey-Law leaves Captain James Craigie and three crew dead. six survivors cared for by a local gentleman.
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Corsica
de Maillebois
Spinola
Europe
Marquess de St. Hilaire
Belleisle
Order of
Leghorn
Braccio di
Malta
Arriv
Vienna
Bavaria
Ferdinand
Count de Perouse
Hambourg
Berlin
Prussia
Cleves
National Fast Proposed by Scotland Clergy
Edinburgh reports that on November 17 the Reverend Commission agreed on the necessity of a national fast due to the severe season and recommended to His Majesty the appointment of a day for observance. Delegates from Elgin advise observing from the 3d current month as ships and local events are noted in Zetland and Bervits.
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Edinburgh
Elgin
Betty
Bervits
Zetland
Libellous London Paper Attacks Sir James Barnard’s City
A London pamphlet denounces a provocative libel against Sir Joan Barnard and the City of London. The issue prompts remarks on public affronts, court news, and appointments, including Admiralty actions and judicial promotions. The column recounts marriage notices, convocation letters for an emperor, and naval exploits with Captains Hewet and Peddie, plus prison and leanings of various officials. It also notes a mass illumination for Admiral Vernon and incidents from Virginia to Maryland, with privateering and ship movements near Cape and Jamaica.
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M—n—jfl
Joan Barnard
James Stanley
Alderley
Cheshire
Frances Butler
George Butler
Belly-Ragett
Kilkenny
Ireland
Ormond
Empire
Earl of Waldegrave
St. James’s
Paris
Board of Admiralty
William Hewet
Justice Probyn
Court of Exchequer
Commons
Deceas
Baron Wright
Court of King’s Bench
Thomas Abney
Knt
Wiliam Eyre
Thomas
Barons of the Exchequer
Justice Wright
Justice Fortescue Aland
House of Lords
Dormer
Lords
Winchelsea
Nottingham
Sackville-street
Norwood
Ashford
Weller
Capt. Weller
Feversham
Lary
Bartielorphy
Lotiery
Lords of the Treasury
Christopher Crooke
Bucks
Reed
Morti&cation
Robert Seaman
Colchester
Henry Hatfely
Philip Harfel
Haifel
Chancerys Lane
Admiral Vernon
Porto-Belio
Tyburn
Waite
Hancock
Wiliam Dowell
Sarah Griffin
Acton
Surgeon’s Hall
Newgate
Fis
Virginia
Massachute’s Bay
Connecticut
Rhode Lsland
New-York
Dominion
Maryland
New Jersey
Pensylvania
Hector
Yelverton Peyton
Iland
Jamaica
Lord Cathcart
Turk’s Island
Boston
Willer
Newfoundland
Poole
St. Seastian’s
Clement
Ketcher
Mary
Jervoisé
Barbadoes
London
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France
Spey- Law
Murray Firth
James
Craigie
Scotland
London Gazette
Torbay
Frankland
The
Carolina
Bahama Islands
Daremouth
Bert Paras d
Biscay