War Echoes From Prague and Vienna June 5 Prussia Moves
Reports from Prague Vienna Leipzick and Amsterdam describe shifting military positions as Russian and Prussian forces maneuver. The joint Russian army and Landau troops failed to engage after a council of war and King Frederick William II altered plans at Schweidnitz. Guards and volunteers mutinying French deserters join Prussian lines amid ongoing harassments. Madrid reports Spain mobilizing for land and naval tasks while Kiel archives move to safer facilities.
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Prague
Jor&ion
Landohn
Prussia
Ober-Arnsdorff
Schweidmitz
Schweidaitz
Zobtenberg
Vienna
Schweidnitz
Bieslau
Oder
Bohemia
Lignitz
Leipfick
Linden
Proffrans
Prince Henry
Lepffick
Altenburgh
Gera
Brusel
Spain
Crown of
Amserdam
Marshal Broglio
Sulbeck
Eimbeck
M. de Belfance
Oleron
Count de Stainville
Caffel
Prince Ferdinand
Dymel
Warburgh
Bringelberg
Shipping News Roundup From September Ports
Wind shifts and arrivals at Deal and London bound fleets load the channel lanes. Vessels includ e the John and Elizabeth Meriton and the London packet Mauger head to Jersey and Bellisle. The Running Neptune Judas returns from Southampton to Guernsey as Thorntons and others sail for Gibraltar and the Canaries amid westward coal traffic.
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Besjacth
Kent
London
Cowes
Roth
John
Elizabeth
Meriton
Bélleisle
Mauger
Jersey
Polly
Mollet
Guerpsey
Great naval prizes captured off St Kitts and Plymouth
From July 22 to 24 several privateers and a sugar laden schooner arrived at St Kitts. Ships retook Rainbow Sau and other prizes, while numerous vessels from Cadiz to Jamaica and Newfoundland were reported arrived or captured. A flag of truce brought 150 men to the station and Belleisle reports ongoing royal ceremonies and coronation pageantry with incidents of illness, regalia loss, and honors granted. A London procession and coronation celebrations are described with details of crowds, guards, and gifts.
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Don
Burford
Naffie
Guernfy
Guadaloupe
Nancy
Allison
Philadelphia
Antigua
Martinico
Jean
London
Fyall
Halifax
Syren
Gool
Bourdeaux
Rose
Lawson
Africa
Sarah
Catharina
Candy
Bristol
Alexander
Nelson
Maryland
Boyles M‘carthy
Newfoundland
Earl of Byte
Wood
Petersburgh
Fortune
Woodburn
Barrington and Warfon
Dawson
Virginia
Lancaster
Dulcee Nombra
Maria
Bilboa
Thomas, Scott
North Carolina
Portmouth
Peter Beckford
Lovelace
Pitt
Watt
Frederick
Parkinson
Robert, Prince
Jamaica
Dover
George
Waters
Downs
Hope
Harris
Waterford
Nelly
Jameson
Goodwin Sands
Sands
Hall
Mary
Sound
Plymouth
Belleisle
St. Kitts
Nevis
Hudson
Westminster Hall
St. James’s
King Street
Sir Margaret
Mijesty
John Bridger
Spaard
Owen Jones
Fion
Charles Townley
Clarencieux Knig
Stuttering cure and lottery promises in wartime Britain
An ad from Islington hawking William Penry as a speech cure at the Golden Head and touting two lottery schemes for wealthy investors. It praises King George the Third, urges faith in a near Parliament, and promises profits, national peace, and public good through schemes amid war, with grand claims of lifting impediments and funding Britain.
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William Penry
Golden Head
Islington
London
Siem
Europe
Allurope
Lalfo
George the Third
Ming
Great Britain
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Lady Bathurst
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Henry the Eighth
Thomas Munday
Oxford
Earl of Chesterfield
Lord Pellington
Francis Delaval
William Stanhope
Italy
Thomas Newnham
Winchester
Nathaniel Newnham
Tower
New York
Leicester
Sutton Park
Crown Alehouse
Bow Lane
Anguith
Lincoln’s Inn
William Spicer
John Hodgkins
Fottenham Court Road
Sarah Williamson
Meak
Yarmouth
Blanket
Stephen Blanket
Princes Street Rotherhithe
Byfleet
Surry
Warburton
John Fielder
Brampton
Derbyshire
Marybone
John ‘Thormond
Country News
Abant
George II
Charlotte
Joseph Handley
Fexior Alde
Efe
Princess Dowager of Wales
Duke of Newcastle
Earl of
Bute
Mr. Pitt
Marquis of
Granby
Spencer
Lord Newnham
James West
Elgis
Handley
Admiralty Office
Mac Jerly
Fligh
Admiralty of England
O&cder
Furtice-Hall
Olds Bailey
Philip Stephens
Navy Office
Rogers
His
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