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News from Madrid and Paris in April miscellany
From Madrid report an Inquisition procession ending in burnings and executions, with two Jewish women converted to Catholicism to save their lives. The King and Queen plan to travel to Aranjuez on the 24th. James Drummond, a Scottish noble, dies in the city on the 17th. In Sicily allied camps Admiral Byng arrives. talks for armistice and evacuation continue. Genoa notes Cardinal Alberoni and his host Gandolfo in Sestri. Leghorn hears Ottomans resist peace with Algiers. Paris reports Canal Briare improvements and the stock trade surge in Lyons. Parliament protests reductions in annuities. King orders immediate registration of an act. An arrest targets the Council of State amid currency and mint concerns.
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Paris
Madrid
Inquisition
St. Dominick
Aranjuez
James Drummond
Perth
Scotland
Castel Vetrano
Admiral Byng
Count Mercy
Marquis de Lede
Alcamo
Beretti
Sicily
Sardinia
Genoa
Senate
Alberoni
Sestri
Hague
Leghorn
Algiers
Constantinople
M. Crozat
Lyons
Mediterranean
Canal d’Orleans
Briare
Lourt
Sea
Ocean
Milan
Tom Lyons
Moertier
Monfieur d’ Aligre
Duke of
Noaisles
Council of State
India
Speers