Public notices mix of arrivals and royal visit reports
SATURDAY May 2 reports Be Malits from France and other items. A Rotterdam update says English plans threaten Dutch trade at Negapatnam. A Rome letter notes Duke of Gloucester welcomed warmly by Pope and Roman nobility. four portraits and sculptures celebrate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gopenhagen
Srate
Julia
Rotterdam
East-Indies
Empirth
Rome
Leil March
Duke of Gloucester
Halley
England
Design
Maroon
Pompeo
Hewetson
Signior Pickler
Hearts of Steel condemned for cattle crime and treason
Dublin April 25 reports six Hearts of Steel found guilty of cattle houghing and one of high treason for burning a house, with execution to follow. From Armagh Grand Jury found several indictments. Londonderry Corporation honors Richard Johnston for aiding suppression of northern insurrections. Curragh of Kildare notes an Earl won guineas by betting against the field.
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Dublin
Hearts of Steel
Armagh
Ridcousipf
Londonderry
Eraedom
Richard Johnston
Gilford
Downe
Kildare
Np Betts
Rural misfortunes and smuggling capture reported
In Bristol region, farmer Rogers of Henbury died after a horse accident near the pot. Malmbury Carrier Stump was fatally run over by wagons between Malmbury and Girencester. An April 24 Pembroke dispatch notes a large smuggling cutter from Dunkirk seized by the Hector cutter under Captain Gombold, valued at 2000.
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Country News
Bristol
Rogers
Henbury
Stump
Malmbury
Girencester
Pembroke
Geneva
Dunkirk
Hector
Gombold
Arrival and voyage notes from ships at sea and ports
A compact list of ships and captains arriving or passing at various ports. Mentions include Glory in the Downs, and vessels such as PHE Liuite Dick Holloway from London arriving at Dublin, Topman from Isle of Man, Lively from Liverpool at Barbados, Real Friends from New York to Jamaica, Rebecca Willock from Cork to Plymouth, and others sailing to Cape Verd, Antigua, and Falmouth.
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Cribbin
New York
Jamaica
Swallow
Liverpool
Africa
Rebecca
Willock
Ditto
Antigua
Cornwall Packet
Webb
Cork
Plymouth
Litchfield
Trent
Lamatte
Ann Elle
Belvidere
Bethil
Amsterdam
Cabinet council at St James plans move for Queen Caroline Matilda
Report notes a cabinet council at St James's about bills from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Orders were issued to prepare domestics to sail for Copenhagen to escort Queen Caroline Matilda to Zell in Hanover, with orders sent to Capt. on the same day.
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Loon Don
St. James’s
Ireland
Copenhagen
Caroline Matilda
Zell
Electorate of Hanover
War plans and maritime repairs unfold in Constantinople letter
A March dispatch from Constantinople notes a squadron being formed to counter enemy moves in the Black Sea. Workmen are sent to the Straits under Count Fote to fortify forts and build new batteries and entrenchments. The effort aims to mirror the defensive strength of the Dardanelles while merchants from various nations supply provisions and foreign vessels arrive daily. The letter also mentions political unrest in Paris and shifts in English governance, with notes on petitions, corn import regulations, and royal affairs.
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Havilton
Smhols
Constantinople
Gstin
Black Sea
Count Fote
Dardanellés
Paris
Terrier
Madam ‘de_Stahl
Countess de Balfour
Richmond
Prince Ernest
Mecklesburg
England
Hanover
Thomas Wright
John Ure
Court of Session
Ramsgate Harbour
America
Ireland
Great Britain
Monda
Royal African Committee
Church of Foglana
Cockpit
Whitehall
Lord North
House of Commons
Charity Children
London
Alderman Sawbridge
Recorder
Fowler Walker
Chambers
John Hannan
East Indies
Cooke
Earl of Sandwich
Solander
Banks
Portsmouth
North America
St. James’s
Middlesex Militia
Edmorton
Weltminger
Hounflow
Portmouth West Indies sailings and masquerade notes
Reports on Hyde Park review of the first regiment of foot guards under Duke of Gloucester, naval stations ordered for North coast cruisers, and a Bristol to Parliament express. Also notes the Pantheon Masquerade with many nobles, costumes and caricatures, plus trials at Old Bailey, pardons, ship fittings, and local deaths and marriages.
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Rouffeau
Paris
Hyde-Park
Foot Guard
Royal Highess
Tinmouth
Berwick
Pantheon
Carnac
Jewe
Let
Windsor
Sn F—x
Diana
H——ok
le Mt
Foote
Bristol
Parliament
Britain
Janning
Leonard Jacob van Hernpeckk
Wat Wood
Newgate
Joshua van Neck
van Hemnpeckk
Chatham
Portsmouth
Parry
West Indies
Oporto
Amelia
Madeira
King John
Lisbon
Newcastle
London
Roberts
Eton College
Watts
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Be’ “Malits
France
Adam
Adelphi
Encire
Old Bailey
Edward Bransgrove
James Cli Herow
Efq Isaac,Liptrapp
E. Pigott
Daniel Thorn
John Whitts
Clapton
Samuel Gratrix
John Sharpless
Sharpless
Gratrix
Sessions House
Mary Rance
Ann Fiiket
William Proster
Edward Meares
Edward Mould
James Barwick
Walthamstow
Carter
Thomas Hodd
Hicks’s Hall
Smith
North Mail
William Stamiford
Justice Barnfather
Francis Munscale
Peras Cart
Joseph de Silva
Joseph Perrin
Bow-ftreet
William Simpson
George Clarke
Covent Garden
Peter’s Street
Westminster
Kensington Church
Janes
Little Chelsea
Miss Spooner
Kenington
York
William Furniss
Wes Witton
Yorkshire
Lodge
Croydon
Mr. Brown
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Newark Upon Trent
Wilson
Worcester
Newark
Bull Head Court
Jewin-street
Thomas Parker
Mrs. Ashley
Ludgate-hill
Tod
Deliserv
Anita
Whitkey
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