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London Gossip From April 25 Parliament Moves and Misfortune
News from London reports the Parliament rising likely in a month with the court to move from St James's to Kensington for three weeks then to Windsor. Lady Viscountess Scudamore lies ill with smallpox in Albemarle Street. straw blocks noise as guards deter daytime cries. A merchant Sheldon Chambers dies aged, bequeathing 30,000 to a young woman. Miss Scudamore, betrothed to the Duke of Beaufort, departs from her mother. The fleet rents dispute, confirmations at St Paul’s, and upcoming Dutch congratulations for Blandford nuptials are noted along with court adjournments and Fleet offenses. A chaise accident near Lawton kills a woman. several transportation cases and a Cirencester stage robbery are mentioned.
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