Plague spreads amid royal visit and bankruptcy alerts
Reports detail a spreading plague reaching Trippelizza and Vostigia in Morea, with further sightings in Napoli Omania Corinto and Patrafia. In Florence, King of Naples and Grand Duke of Tuscany arrive, queen and duchess awaited. Notices include Lancashire Militia commissions, multiple bankruptcies and debtors surrender dates, and dividend announcements across Manchester Birmingham and London.
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Pre
Trippelizza
Vostigia
Morea
Napoli
Omania
Corinto
Patrafia
Florence
Naples
Tuscany
Intriguing War News and Court Gossip From Windsor Park to Maidstone
A Britain wide morning summary reports Lord Cornwallis near the Coromandel coast campaign progress and peace overtures from Tippa. It notes missteps by General Mepow’s foraging party, concerns over provisioning and Asiatic foes, plus royal visits to St Bride’s Church. Folkloric jests and scandal mix with a Maidstone muster and a comic clash between a Welch Bishop and a Tinker ending with the Reverend retreating.
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Windsor Great Park
India
Lord Cornwallis
Corst
Trproo
Mepow
Froyp
Tippao
Charles the Xiith
Madame du Barre
Iuitt
West Kent
Maidstone
Debates in the Diet on Dantzick and Allied Treaties
The Diet’s debate on Dantzick cession to Prussia is heated yet ends with a rebuke to Prussia and a pledge of friendship. Negotiations for alliance and a treaty of commerce with allied powers continue, while a motion for broader national representation is offered by M. Miemetévicz.
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Dantzick
Prussia
Diet
Porte
M. Miemetévicz
Nonce
Livonia
Hungarian envoy attends conference at Szistove
The Count d'Esternary, minister plenipotentiary at the Hungarian Congress, was presented to the Ottoman plenipotentiaries and allied ministers by Baron de Herbert. He received several gifts from Turkish ministers and attended the conference for the first time.
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Szistove
Count d’Esternary
Hungary
Baron de Herbert
Comte
Venetian Leaders Exit After Regatta and Talks
Bavssnis reports that on April 14 the States agreed to separate and part from M Marcy o Argen TEAU, vowing no further meetings until government meets their demands. The next day they reconvened as a battalion stood guard before the Assembly hotel to curb unrest. The Emperor left Venice on April 6 after a grand regatta the prior Saturday.
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Bavssnis
M. Marcy o’ArGen- Teau
Venice
Immortal MiraBeau puffer and Paris intrigues described
A dense excerpt mocks literary vanity and political theater featuring De la Fayette and Lord Barrymore among witty jests. It notes a theatre rehearsal on a parliamentary absence, hints at imperial diplomacy, and recounts a German watchman tale amid warlike dispatches and military mobilizations across Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania with many officers, regiments, and fortresses prepared for action.
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Mirabeau
Lave
de la Fayette
Oliver Cromwell
Paris
King’s Bench
Lord Barrymore
Wargrave
Edwin
Delphi
Carter
Hedry
Duke of
Crrissarey
Lora Carpican
Round Tower
Mahomet
Baltic
Admiral Norris
George I
Great Britain
Sweden
Peter
Vienna
Aix la-Chapellé
Frankfort
Germany
Peace or War Looms as Prussia Tracks Imperial Agent
In early 18th century tone, ministers meet Count Hertabere and King at Stolpe amid war talk. Dispatches sail to Prussia and bridges are secretly prepared for conflict. A stranger fleeing through Prussian lands prompts chase. likely Lieutenant Lin DeNnav, once in Prussian service, is sought with a two thousand dollar bounty.
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Schwienemunde
Memel
Stettin
Colberg
Pomerania
Shert
Hertzserg
Reichenbach
Sydney Smith
Octakon
Count Schulenbourg
Fan Genfau
War Department
Count Hertabere
Stolpe
Potsdam
von Bishufwerder
von Manstein
Pottdam
Prussia
London
Hamburgh
Prushan
Mecklenburgh
Lin DeNnav
Sir Isaac Heard Arrives to Invest Duke of Saxe Gotha
Sir Isaac Heard Garter Principal King at Arms arrives with a commission from the King to invest the Duke of Saxe Gotha with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. The duke had previously been chosen as a Knight Companion.
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Sir Isaac Heard
Duke of
Saxe. Gotha
Order of the Garter
Lord Mayor Hosts City Feast Amid Foreign Ministers
A Monday dining event at the Lord Mayor’s residence drew about 300 attendees, including Bishops of London and Carlisle, Earl Free, Lord Hoon, and various foreign ministers. Ministers were largely absent. A small party of ladies attended, twenty couples danced after a dinner with seasonal delicacies. The Lady Mayoress opened the minuet with Captain Espaille. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress exuded affability and praised the feast.
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London
Caxraigie
Hoon
MuseRave
EspAiLe
Lavy
Political unrest and a late medieval protest in press
Fragmentary report outlines protests by the Trith Minority Lords and a broad patriotic faction in the Common Council, with references to papal leniency on capital punishment and the movement of Russian troops toward Ottoman conflicts. It also recounts legal anecdotes about libel dangers, the Barnet clock case, a Wiltshire murder by Edward Spire, and an Old Bailey highway robbery alibi error, highlighting judicial vigilance.
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Common Council
Great Patriotic Party
Amiredean
Thefore
Papal
Petersburgh
Constantinople
Siberia
Persia
China
Russia
Bannat
Danube
England
Barnet
St. Aiban’s
Hertford
William Watson
Whitley Common
Melksham
Wilts
Edward Spire
Watson
Old Bailey
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