Knighthood and appointments in London and Ireland
Seas Faonei?s, Fane 10. His Majesty grants knighthood to Capt. Basil Keith Capt. Peter Parker and Horatio Magn Esq and grants surname Skeffington with arms. The King appoints Col William Faucitt Deputy Adjutant General. In Dublin Castle May 29 Lords and Commons present addresses to Lord Townshend praising the session and administration. Lord Lieutenant replies with assurances of justice and loyalty. Britain and Ireland news from Berlin Stockholm and Hereford wrap the royal and parliamentary notes with local incidents and university moves.
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Basil Keith
Peter Parker
Horatio Magn
Skeffington
Walliaz
Bonnérih
Kent
Offen
Fune
William Faucitt
She
Regiment of Foot Guards
Seti Britzia
Dublin Castle
Houses of Lords
George
Viscount Townshend
Ireland
William Watte Gayer
Edward Gayer
Irehind
Commons of
Maihins
Berlin
Prusian
Charlottenburg
Potzdam
Magdebourg
Pomerania
Marienwerder
Prussia
Stockholm
Count Lieven
Count Hoorn
Count Kalling
Count Wallwyk
Baron Reuterholm
Baron Finch
Baron Ribbing
Baron Duben
Chancery
Count Schwerin
Count Sinclair
Baron Falckengren
Baron Ridderstolpe
Baron Wrangel
Mr. Arnell
Baron
Péter Dennis
Mediterranean
Jeffery Amherst
Ordnance
Conway
George the Third
Lords of the Treasury
Ely House
Holborn
Bankes
Solander
South Seas
Court of
Spain
Bankes, &c
India
Knightss Bridge
Maid Lane
Southwark
James Haragrave
Wimpole-street
Cavendish-square
William Selby
Conduit-street
Hanover-square
Eddison
New Bond-street
William Wathen
Whitechapel
Stockhill
Richard Fleetwood
Unionebridge
Rebecca Hyde
Grange Walk
Walter Smythe
Stopham
Sussex
Widkins
Wickins
Petworth
Newport
Essex
Thomas Nightingale
119Th Regiment of Foot
James Street
Long-acre
William Smeeton
Cameberwell
Hulme
College-hill
Doctor’s Commons
Arabian chiefs lead 1500 horse into Hewran province
Foreign dispatch reports Cheiks Aly and Salex, sons of Cheik Daher, marching from Tyre toward Damascus with 1500 Arabian horse and 2500 Egyptian foot. They defeated the Ottoman ally at the 26th, then seized Naffera and Baifora, subduing the region under Ali Bey. They secured alliance via marriage to Orfai’s daughters, and imposed a 450,000 livre tribute.
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Tyre
Aly
Salex
Damascus
Hewran
Naffera
Baifora
Ali Bey
Cheif Orfai
France
Vienna
Saxony
Paris
Brest
Warsaw
Zaremba
Pulawsky
English Channel to Antigua and Port arrivals listed
A Portsmouth letter dated June 12 notes commands sailing from Portsmouth including the 50-gun Chatham man of war bound for Antigua. The Angosta Yacht with Lord Sandwich and Lord Le Despencer on board was saluted on arrival. Royal yachts Au gusta with Glory Hazard and Wells also appeared in readings, while numerous ships from London Philadelphia Barbados Riga and other ports were reported at various Downs Cadiz Bilboa and Liverpool with mixed winds and arrivals at Weymouth Stangate Creek and other harbors.
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Portsmouth
Chatham
Antigua
Angosta
Lord Sandwich
Lord le Despencer
Downe
India
Virginia
Dickenson
Johnson
Philadelphia
Bilboa
Hero, Smith
Whitehaven
S. Carolina
Daws, Brown
Jamaica
Dover
Hayley
Scott
Boston
Weymouth
Polly
Legg
Petersburgh
Stangate Creek
Harmony
Wetheral
Riga
Ditto
Love
Easterby
Carolina
London Letter From The Continental War and Society
Extract from Stade dated February 4 notes arrival of English ships with Queen Carolina Matilda aboard though she declines shore leave. London scenes report Lord Harcourt baggage from France, Venetian squadron forming at Leghorn, Tunisian and Algerine fleets, church and state intrigues, peerage disputes with Lord Valentia, a duchess detained in Cologne, naval and financial concerns, and domestic notices of births marriages deaths bankrupts and public offices.
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London
Stade
Fune
Queen Carolina Matilda
Lord Harcourt
Leicester-fields
France
Leghorn
Lincoln
St. Paul’s
Stanhope
Earl of Chesterfield
Blackheath
Europe
Valentia
British Empire
England
Ireland
Cologne
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Hope
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White Bear
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Red Lion
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