Echoes of Empire and Americas in a Turbulent Era
The author surveys British policy and European power dynamics, arguing for aggressive stance against Spain and Portugal over the Americas, praising Britain’s naval strength and criticizing Spain’s colonial conduct. He laments ingratitude toward Britain, analyzes Austria Prussia and Russia, and previews further discussion on Persia and Russia’s New World role.
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Nobert Walpold
Anson
Mexico
Elizabeth
Americas
Old
Spain
Falkland Islands
America
Pesosi
Carolina
Portugal
Rhines
Danubes
Europe
Rouen
Silesia
Tala
Russia
Vartie the Westmorland Youth Sentenced to Death
The London Star recounts Vartie a young man from Westmorland who rose from tutor to bank clerk in Gravesend. His fall began with decreased church attendance and an obsession with Hebrew study leading to temptation, disguise, and eventual dissipation in Paris Abbeville. He wrote a self revealing letter and was captured, ending in a death sentence and a plea for mercy weighed by his youth and prior good character.
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Vartie
London Star
Westmorland
Gravesend
Lace
Artie
Varlie
Gilea
Old Bailey
Gravesend Bank
England
Paria
Abbeville
The L Epingle Noire Trial Report Continued
The proceedings against L Epingle Notre proceed with no new developments. Notable attendees include Lord Ellenborough Lord Holland Sergeant Copley and Mr Brougham as the accused deny any plot to overturn the Government. They claim a Prussian in origin society aimed to free their country from foreign rule and dissolved after peace. The key witness Grimaldi, a police spy with a tainted record, is challenged on credibility while the court allows his testimony to stand. The piece contrasts English Scottish and French legal practices and complains of French judges being subtly contemptible.
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Lord Ellenborough
Lord Holland
Copley
Watson
Brougham
Prussia
Sieur
Grimaldi
France
Sieur Grimaldi
the Prizoners
England
Castles
Scotland
Lead us not into temptation moral tale
A heart read tale warns that the proud and innocent alike must guard against temptation. The author urges mercy for a poor criminal and notes the parental sorrow, suggesting a moral: he who thinketh himself grand should take heed lest he fall.
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Cutor
Bermuda Fees and a Crisis at Cashel in August
The Bermuda Gazette reports a new reduced customs fee table approved by the Treasury for Bermuda and its West India colonies. Merchants welcomed the change, with strict enforcement promised under threat of dismissal. The piece also recounts dramatic events at Casel involving officers Huth, Rottmann, Haustein, Feuner, and Vultejus, their arrests, trials, and the strong public reaction across German territories, framing it as a clash over military discipline and honour.
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Bermuda
Treasury
Lushington
Floridas
Spain
United States of America
Wrenchman
Swift
Duke of Marlborough
Roxe
Palais Royal
Huth
Rottsman
Cassel
Rottumann
Tuneford
Haller de Rottmas
Frat-Marac
Oshirs
Cacel
Wilhelmshohe
German Observer
Pose
Ohnoxigusna Oer
Ielf
Baltic
Rhaetic
Hia Reginenc
Hin
Rons
Ius
Germany
Lie
Eoatem
Thas Liabetau
State of Germany continues clashes over Hessian rule
The piece describes the Grand Duke of Weimar gaining public esteem while enacting liberal reforms, contrasting with the Lord Grave of Hesse Kassel who reversed national property sales and expelled many officials. It notes suppression of opposition, a harsh censor, and arrests of officers who petitioned the States for intervention.
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Germany
Trrttaday
Baxe Weimar
Europe
Pélat
Hesse Cassel
Jerome
Baron Stein
France
Turkey
Hesse Cassel Clmp
Cassel
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Dublin Journal
Old Spain
Apotacca
Bay of Biscay
Republic
Britain
Rio Janeiro
Brazils
Spanish America
Bolivar
Morillo
Pyrenees
Allende
Harape
Greece
Great Britain
Bonaparte
Henry of Burgundy
Alexander
Fox
Napoleon
Louis EV
Lord Bolingbroke
Cresey
Poictiers
London
Poland
Austria
Bavaria
Italy
Moreau
Charles
Hungary
Bohemia
Tyrol
Leipsic
Schwartzenberg
Austerlitz
Antanas
Robert Wilson
Persig
Avia
Mount Hawus
Danube
Soemusg
Tchichakoft
Buresina
Beruia
John Malcolm
John M
Persia
Lord Lyttleson
Johnson
Cesar
Rome
J. Malcolm
Darius
Caravajal
Pizarro
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