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Two Men of War Launched and Port News Worldwide
London Gazette reports the launch of two sixty gun ships in Peterborough with the court in attendance. Dispatches from Venice, Smyrna and Dresden describe Austrian and Russian movements and a major fire in Smyrna. Dublin Castle notes the new Lord Lieutenant’s arrival and official ceremonies. Admiralty details a shipwreck off Yarmouth and several port arrivals and sailings across Falmouth Pool Cowes Deal and Gravesend. A Tewkesbury address protests the excise on cyder and perry. Local storms and accidents are reported with multiple fatalities and a chase for headlines across ports and courts.
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London
Peterbourgh
Venice
Verona
Tartaro
Scala
Mantuans
Republic
Smyrna
Dresder
Lithuania
Count Keyserling
Russia
Warsaw
Dublin-Castle
Earl of Northumberland
Dublin
Ireland
Ajefty’s
Col Jege Green
Pool
Frederica Sophia
Jorgenson
Portsground
Delight
Rumsey
Shoreham
Ingeber
Bionfor
Havré
John
Eleanor
Scott
Lyne
Wareham
Thompson
Rofe
Thomas
Cowes
Charming Molly
Wilson
Goth
Betty
Campbell
Havre
Warren
Wats
Hamburgh
Hannah
Rotterdam
Reiffin
Amsterdam
South Carolina
Southampton
Montague
Priaulx
Guernsey
Woods
Holding
Whitehaven
Elizabeth
Gibbs
Milford
Weymouth
Duke
Mansell
Mary
Rowland
Vineyard
Ridge
Shepard
William
Turner
Gravesend
Friends
Meriton
Bologne
Sophia
Tolfon
Norway
Neptune
Handford
Friendship
Larden
Petersburg
Lawrence
Deal
Evans
Liverpool
S. S. E. Deal
Criifer
Rer
Earl Chester
Viner
Wuhelmus
Jansen
Gibraltar
Sally
Tomlinson
Maryland
Royal Charlotte
Hill
Nancy
Brash
Gore
Liana
Cheesman
Havre de Grace
Clausen
Exeter