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Distemper in Auvergne and Paris Riot at Drury Lane
Dispatches detail a Dec 12 execution in Auvergne with four spared and a convict shot, while Avignon and Carpentras suffer disease and Linguedoc sees spread. London reports Dec 16 to Dec 23 include Irish Commons motions, new lord appointments, riot at Drury Lane gaming house ending with a death, and assorted stock and burial tallies.
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Duke de Roquelaure
Quarantaina
M. de Cauffade
Gevaudan
Lower
Auvergne
Great Britain
A&t
London
Richard Earl of Scarborough
Deceas
Northumberland
Newcastle Upon
Tyre
Durham
Earl of Scarborough
Thomas Lord Lempstr
Stile
Earl of
Pomfret
Pontefract
York
Drury-Lane
Somerset
Leicester House
Somerset House
Fred
Henry Bowes
William Wade
Mile-End
Sir William Thompson
Bristol
Newgate
Josiah Rhodes
William Murphey
Robe. Wilkinson
Robert Simpson
Wade
India
Royal Exchange
York Buildings