ProprieTors urged to reject Knight settlement scheme
A 1742 letter to South-Sea Company proprietors warns against accepting a 850,0001 compromise from Mr Knight, a suspected principal confederate. It urges examining Knight’s estate, summons advocates, and questions his pardon, fortune, and accountability, urging a general court vote against the trifling offer.
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Baer
Carter
France
Poffess
Mr. Knight
Knight
England
Waite
War council calls for army reform and disbandment
Yesterday the Mail from France reports a Monday council of war resolving to alter the current troop plan. They deem reforms necessary, disband Monti's Cuirafflers, and reduce months of service while reshaping forces to defend the state. News from Bohemia and Europe notes Kevenhüller and Belleisle movements toward Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate amid French activity. Ship arrivals list vessels from Tangier, Zante, Newfoundland, and Petersberg ports with multiple captains and ships en route to various destinations.
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Monti
Venna
Fan
Lobkowitz
Upper Palatinate
Bavaria
Count Kevenhuller
Egra
Kevenhuller
Upper Bavaria
Danube
Koult Kan
Europe
Flanders
Xatifoon
Kelheim
Ingolstadt
Marshal Belleiile
Low Countries
Empire
Sardinia
Great Britain
House of Austria
Turin
France
Paris
Dunkirk
Cardinal Fleury
George Mackenzie Marries Miss Wabella Stuart in Edinburgh
From Argyle shire comes the melancholy report of two ships wrecked on the coast by the late storm. One vessel of several hundred tons, loaded with tobacco, appears entirely lost. George Mackenzie esq., only son of the Hon. Lord Roystoun, wed Miss Wabella Stuart, daughter to Archibal Gruart, writer to the Signet.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
George Mackenzie
Lord Roystoun
Wabella Stuart
Archibal Gruart
Argyleshire
Port New 5 Dover Fin 18 Amity Purchase From Rye
Port New 5 sailing from Dover to Fin reports 18 arrivals aboard the Amity. The Purchase line lists exit from Rye for Gibraltar.
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Port New
Dover
Fin
Amity
Purchase
Rye
Gibraltar
London News Briefs On Debtors Bill and Public Affairs
Reports of a 300000 and 200000 grants to monarchs, insolvency relief up to five hundred pounds, and Michaelmas implementation. Official appointments include Thomas Jones as deputy-searcher in London. Social notes cover Rev Tanner’s marriage, deaths of Dr Warneford and Mr White, legal trials at the Old Bailey, and naval plunder by a Spanish privateer. Theatre updates mention Fielding’s Wedding Day and performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden.
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Sardinia
Michaelmas
Count Ilton
Flanders
Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury
Thomas Jones
London
Lloyd
Deceas
Mr. Tanner
Tanner
Lambeth
Miss Potter
Canterbury
Gloucester
Wells
Somersershire
Edmund Warneford
New-College, Oxford
White
Dowgate
AlhaHon’s Church
Thames-Street
George
King’s College, Cambridge
Snape
Daniel Wickett
Sarah Smith
Acton
Thomas Deacon
John Blare
Calipha
Lawson
Santa Crag
Landbiy
Scilly
Piivarkér
Barbadoes
Virginia
de Dillon
Day
Dublin
Leghorn
Argyle
Fergusod
Dunfries
Scotland
Madeira
Brest
France
Anne
Elizabeth
Omstede
Amstet
Ghester
Lancaster
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Mr. Fielding
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Cagne South-Sea Congoy
Pany
Dice
Arriv
Florence
Dta
Fell
Tryton
Hanifen
Greyhound
Shark
Wind N
Levant
Hoogland
Petersbourg
William
Gil
King William
Mountsbay
Mesfina
Ruby
Saunders
Galipoly
Naples
Armstrong
Hope
Bibler
Cork
Drury Lane
Covent Garden
Persens
Andromeda
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