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Colonial Congreve Resigns. Braddeck and Needham Succeed
In Coldstream Regiment Captain Braddeck succeeds Colonel Congreve, with Captain Needham replacing Braddeck. His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary to the Hanse Towns Sir Cyril Wich, after permission from the Duke of Holstein, is set to receive the Order of St Anne of Ilerwick Holficis. The Pope has sent a Nuncio to Paris to seek aid at Vienna to ease imperial ecclesiastical taxes. Dutch East India Ships reportedly sunk near Deal. one boat captured for salvage. A maidservant at Bast-Church, Sheppy, stands accused of poisoning her master and mistress. her husband ill. Cadiz reports tempest and eight Spanish ships at Leghorn in danger. Princess of Saxony is to receive a household on marriage to the Prince of Wales. Vanderbank paints a new royal picture. Abbe Paretti named envoy extraordinary by Duke of Modena. Westminster clergy pledge double their Westminster Abbey funding. Trade figures at the Custom House record January exports and imports. Count Kinski hosts a grand dinner for foreign ministers and nobles. A court case considers damages for a broken betrothal over a “promis of marriage” dispute. The defendant cites unfavourable social hours and events as reasons for refusing the engagement.