Dutch Vessels Restitution Dispute At Madrid Court
Letter from Madrid reports the Dutch envoy presenting a memorial to demand the restitution of ten ships seized by M. d Aureuil the Spanish admiral. The court doubts restitution, citing convoy claims, while the Dutch argue the vessels were not part of the convoy. The court plans to pay for cargoes including masts rigging and provisions. List of ships occupied by the dispute is named.
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Sieur Grefflein
M. d’Aureuil
Carthagena
Mediterranean
Africa
M. d’Auteuil
Asia
John Helk
Union
Cornelius Jonk
City of Smyrna
John Arnold
Anne Mary
Cornelius Leindertz
Ragegenhoff
John Westerdyck
Magdalen
Henry Meindertz
Katharine Jane
Adrian Holm
Temple of Solomon
Theodore Duyfe
Anne
Broer Adriaanz
Helena Mathilda
John Féddes
News from Europe 1744 shows fleet moves and battles
Letters report Catalan barks carrying troops to Naples, five French warships sighted, Spanish frigates at Toulon sailing, and several vessels loaded with barley and provisions for the English fleet. Armies pass, counters, and sieges unfold across Milan, Vienna, and Fribourg as Sardinia, Prussia, Saxony, and Austria maneuver before winter quarters.
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Calvi
Corsica
Naples
Marseilles
Chevalier de Caylus
Toulon
Leghorn
Rome
Lobkowitz
P.ss
Goni
Sardinia
Princé of Conti
Pierc
Demont
Sandisie
Milan
Vienna
Gtto ‘Senrs
Caffa
Cori
Grodno
Anhalt-Zerbst
Charles of Lorrain
Prague
Koniggratz
Nadafti
Prince Charles
Prussia
Moldau
Protowin
Presbourg
Moravia
Falneck
Dresden
Hungary
Plawen
Voigtland
Egra
Pilsen
Germany
Europe
Duke of
Saxe-Weissenfels
Chevalier de Saxe
Nuremberg
Bohemia
Charles
Teyn
Miroliz
Czemelitz
Altwaffer
Konigswarta
Plan
Berlin
Tzernau
Kestrzan
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Pifeck
Advanc’d
Tabor
Budweis
Ratisbon
Count Seckendorff
Munich
Council of Administration
Beraun
Ifer
Schargingen
Paffau
Bavaria
Lrancfort
Augsburg
Eimpress
Flood Breaches Weldon Hill Bridge After Heavy Rains
In Newcastle on Thursday, the Weldon Hill bridge was washed away by record rains raising the Cocket Water to flood levels. Local authorities monitor damage as residents assess impacts on travel and commerce.
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Newcastle
Weldon Hill
Died at St James's Marlborough Duchess and wide news from Coventry
London This Day reports the Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough died at her house in St James's. Coventry mayor William Hewitt chosen for the year ahead. Lord Chancellor receives Henry Marshal Lord Mayor elect. Various excise appointments and marriages noted including Ford Wilbraham and Earl of Lincoln Pelham wedding. Lord Noel Somerset’s sister bears a son at Brook Street.
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London
St. James’s
Marlborough
Coventry
William Hewitt
Alderman Bernard
Alderman Pennant
Middlesex
Henry Marshal
Richard Temple
Viscount Cobham
Bristol
Excise
Brackenbury
Grant
Cambridge Dittin
Commissioners of Excise
Edward Batten
Excisé
South Wales
Cheshire
John Ford
Dolly Wilbraham
Randal Wilbraham
Newcastle-tinder Line
Brook Street
Grosvesnor Square
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Madrid
Lolland
Genoa
France
Fribourg
Bathiani
Escargot
Marshal Coigny
Duffeldorp
Westphalia
Maillebois
Electorate of ‘Hanover
Dyet
Poland
Ogintky
Ghent
Nora Hitle
Brussels
Hague
Paris