Prohibition Struggle Echoes Through Clergy and Cartoons
In a broad colonial and European news digest, reports recount calls for restraint on controversial papers and clergy anger at the press. The Ghent press seized by Vienna orders, the Paris bishops' mandate, excommunications, and the Arch bishop Paris letter are noted alongside royal and military moves across Europe and the Caribbean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Paris
Dr. Roche
Minden
Lis
England
Konigsberg
Pruffa
Interes
Europe
Marshal de Richlieu
Halberstadt
Prince de Soubise
Richkien
Pars
Prince Soubise
Eisenach
Prussia
Brussels
M. d’Abreu
Republic of
Genoa
Corsica
Great Britain
Privateer Returns with French Indiaman off Kinsale Harbour
The Constantine Privateer from Britto arrived off Kinsale harbour with a French East Indiaman of about 930 tons, recently captured. Spaniards were shipped in place of the crew after most fled in Spain, and the ship was sailed toward home. The Lord Lieutenant will open Parliament next Tuesday. Changes include Major Richard Mercer named Gentleman Usher, Henry Meredyth Deputy Auditor General, Henry Gaven a Commissioner of the Masters, and a new judge to be added to each of His Majesty's Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Famaica
Port Royal
Perrin Trot
Greenwich
Cape Francois
Troy
Cape
Rhoddam
Perkins
Marines
Wallace
Charles-Town
South Carolina
Georgia
St. Augustine’s
Capt.Roberts
New Providence
Caracoa
West- Indies
Jamaica
England
St. Augustine
Lyford
Henrietta
Louisa
Robert
Ireland
Cork
Constantine
Britto
Kinsale
Spain
Dulin
House of Peers
Richard Mercer
Uther
John Plukenett
Henry Meredyth
Elys
George Boyd
Henry Gaven
William Empson
Riot and ship saga in Plymouth and Dover crowds
News item recounts a Dutch vessel ashore in Bigbury Bay with goods seized for the proprietors after locals fled with fears of losses. It also lists multiple arrests in Sevenoaks for riotous assembly and attacks on the Rev. Curtis’s house, plus further port news from Penzance, Pool, Deal, Gravesend, and ships arriving or sailing with remarks on naval convoys and distant ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
John Roberts
Colletor
Bigbury Bay
Maidfone
George Sackville
Homas Farnaby
John Hallamby
James Baldwin
Thomas Furman
Geo.Baker
Francis Jones
John Heath
Gregory Bartlet
William Gibb
Thomas Cutcher
Edward Wood
Nathaniel Bradford
Sevenoakes
Curtis
House of Correction
Maidstone
John Bagshaw
Richard White
Henry Cronk
John Eastwood
Thomas Green
London Letter VII on Honesty and War Policy
In London Letter VII the author argues policy is often harmful and honesty the wisest course for princes and private men. It notes Don Sebastian de Ellava’s loyalty to France and reports a March 3 incident where five hundred Spanish soldiers seized a prize while British officers were aboard and later confined prisoners at St Catherine, with captives treated as war prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of War
Sebastian de Ellava
France
Monsieur Roze
St Catherine
Foster
Adrianc
Also Mentioned on This Page
London
Pott
St. “Yega de la Vega
Fameica
Lyle
Robinson
Lucea
Providence
Thomas Sheridan
Efy
Iris Maiesty
Band of Musick
Kingdom
Robert Wood
James
Bals
City City
Antigua
Me Ora
Hogin
Limerick
Barebadoes
Anton
Struade
Peter and Paul, Songster
Corke
Rochelle
Port News
Penzance
Martha and
Mary
Gibraltar
Copentaer
Three Brothers
Dram
Anne
Walker
Naples
Pool
Randall
Portsmouth
Hannah Galley
Newcastle
William, Lamb
Seville
Samuel
John
Rolles
Elizabeth
Hyde
Swift
Rider
Newfoundland
Coxwes
Richard
Parsons
New Yarmouth
Dublin
Bacchus
Tromp
Deal
Intrepid
Ifs
Preston
Royal Sovereign
Admiral Smith
Diana
Hind
Arundel
Scorpion
Ranger
Savage Stagps
Thomas and Martha
Partridge
New England
Respect
Loyalty
Savage
Gravesend
de Carlo
Messina
Johannah
Vanbergen
Rotterdam
Bobsmia
Lancaster
Elon
Swanson
Glasgow
Eglington
M‘caflin
Carlierina
Carswell
Virginia
Adventure
Zuill
Shannop
Campbell
Petersburgh
North Star
Inthe
Nicholas
Sugart
Gottenburgh
Cadiz
Harrietta
Raines
Hamburgh
Leith
M'Iver
Archireet
Jannet
Head
Orkneys
Christian
Cromeriie
Berwen
Portmouth
Nancy
Forster
Straits
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