Desertion Touches Prussian Guard Near Landshot Fort
Breslau reports nine Prussian soldiers guarding a small fort near Landshot deserted during the night of April 14 15. The subaltern was bound and left. One deserting soldier was hanged. another pardoned but died after fainting.
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Breslau
Landshot
Bownd
Hennersdorff
Marshal Broglio
Margrave of
Anspach
Franconia
Marpourg
Caffel
Gieffen
Francfort
Madrid
Cadiz
Stric
Port News Notes From Plymouth and Surrounding Ports May 6 7 8
Maritime brief records arrivals and departures across Plymouth Pool Southampton Cowes Deal and Gravesend. Ships named include El len Boletta Mary Catherina Anna Maria William Granville and Royal Union with routes from Christiana Dublin London Exeter Morlaix St Sebastian and Rotterdam. Distinct vessels and destinations listed.
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Plymouth
Ellen Boletta
Matfon
Mary Catherina
Christoffen
Christiana
Defiance
Winchester
Portsmouth
Pool
Rose
Rogers
Samuel
Betty
Furness
London
Southampton
Wind E. N.E
Anna Maria
Anderson
Moss
William
Granville
Exeter
Cowes
Spithead
Thither
Friendship
Dawson
Parr
North Yarmouth
Dublin
Hamilton
Jonge Boer
Jacobs
Rotterdam
Peter
Bowlin
Fides
Brodahl
Norway
Letters from Europe Hint at Shifting Power Alignments
London reports private letters from Petersburgh via Hamburgh show Keith the British Envoy failed to persuade the Empress of Russia to withdraw troops from Prussia. The Russian court remains firm on its system, despite some offers. Rome notes the chevalier de St George near death. Copenhagen letters May 2 predict a surprising change in Europe’s peace efforts. Switzerland confirms Montaigne? Voltaire’s death is reported as found dead in his bed.
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Petersburgh
Hamburgh
Keith
Russia
Prussia
Rome
Chevalier de St. George
Copenhagen
Europe
Switzerland
Mont. Voltaire
Atlantic News: Naval Actions And Trade Dispatches
Reports from Lisbon and Cadiz describe naval movements and fleet preparations for the West Indies. Frigates Malicieux and Opale engaged the Penguin, with heavy casualties on both sides, while Kennedy and Skinner of the Flamborough and Biddeford defended the convoy. Privateering incursions near the Lizard and Land’s End prompted calls for more armed sloops and better coastal defense. Additional items note transports awaiting favorable gales, prize captures, and ongoing war-time diplomacy and appointments in Britain.
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Lisbon
le Malicieux
M. de Guimpy
Opale
Marquis d’Ars
Harris
Vigo
Flamborough
Kennedy
Biddeford
Skinner
de Biddeford
Price
Eminent Westminster residents and a harbor of petty crimes
Notices report the deaths of Mr Turner a renowned glazier in Tothill Street Westminster and Mr Browne a leading poulterer in Brook's Market Hampstead. A woman named Margaret Richards was jailed then sent to Guildhall after alleged burglary near Ironmonger Row. A silver quart pot vanished from an Bedford Row alehouse and was recovered the same night. SIMON RAMBO announces his relocation and new schedule for deliveries and customer service in London.
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Thington
West-riding
Fanny Wray
John Wray
Sleningford
Bart
Turner
Tothill-street
Westminster
City of
Hampstead
Browne
Brook’s Market
Margaret Richards
Covent-Garden
Beggars Opera
Drury-Lane
Hamlet
Simon Rambo
Tireman
Crown-court
Fleet-street
Sheer- Lane
Temple-Bar
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Nelly
Jameson
Hull
Success
Bird
Bremen
Lass
Newell
New-York
Gottenburgh
Catharine
Young
Dundee
The
Datty Register of Commerce and Intelligence
West-Indies
Spain
Hugo
Prince Ferdinand
Penzance
Miunits Bay
Frerith
Coif of
St. Malo
Lizard Point
Lizard
Land’s End
Sheerness
Blackstakes
Princess Caroline
Gosport
Hind
Dolphin
Navy
Nore
Princess Royal
Bellona
Preston
Phenix
Alarm
Tweed
Gramus
Badger
Happy
Swan
Alderney
America
Amsterdam
Scilly
St. Maloes
Brett
Joha ‘Wright
Dunkirk
Alentais
Gattenburgh
Lucy
Watson
Peggy
Ritche
Newcastle
Odonovan
St. Joseph
Fanny
Riddall
Genoa
Leghorn
Margaret
Cunningham
Newace
Holyhead
Briel
Soleil
Bourdeaux
Canada
Adventure
Germany
Secretary of State
Whitehall
Duke of York
Devonshire
Rutland
House of Peers
Millar
Efgg
Scotland
Robert Danda‘s
Court of Sessions
Society
Marine Society
Minden
Quebec
Sampson Gideon
Wyndham Snatchbull, Bart
Smithfield
Justice Fielding
the Temple
Hyde Park Corner
Lord Ferrers
Tower
Tilbury
Chelsea Hospital
Greenwich Hospital
Slack
Bristol
Whitehaven
Thurot
Carlisle
Felicity
Richard Spedding
France
Holland
Portugal
Mr. Plain
Miss Trip
Mr. Blackburn
Whitenose
St. Helen’s Church
York
Thomas Arthington
John Harland
Shoreditch Church
John York
Hlington
Groahy
Islington Church Ware
Meff, Whaley and Son
Aldgate
Mr. Bristow
St. Paul’s Church Yard
W. Bristow and Co
Great Foy
St. _ Paul’s
Coney ‘Street
Great Britain
Magdalen House
Prescot-Street
Goodman’s Fields
Jaid House
A. Winterbottom
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