Prince Stadtholder delays Friesland journey amid Groningen tensions
From the London Gazette December 13 reports Prince Stadtholder postponing his planned voyage to Friesland for a few days as violence continues in Groningen. Commissaries cff de Capelle and Persoon head to regulate affairs with full powers. Mel catwyck and Pauw depart to Delft to settle Regency. East India Company directors approve Belclavion naming Prince of Orange as Director and Governor General, with conditions to be agreed by the States General. Pretorius swears as Nor of Bergen-op-Zoom. Whitehall notes Conge d Elite to Salisbury’s Dean and Chapter to elect a bishop, with recommendation of John Gilbert to Salisbury see. News from France and Genoa covers Corsica, Nice, Villa Franca, and the Piedmontese and Austrian movements, plus the young Pretender remaining at Vincennes awaiting couriers. Country notices report several local crimes, ship arrivals, and political appointments across England.
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London Gazette
Hague
Prince Stadtholder
Friestland
Groningen
Cff
de Capelle
Persoon
Thither
Friesland
Mel
de “Catwyck
Pauw
Delft
East India Company
Chamber of Delft
Amsterdam
Prince of Orange
States-General
Pretorius
Bergen-op-Zoom
Whitehall
Salisbury
Father In God
Thomas Sherlock
London
John Gilbert
Landaff
Paris Alamain
Genoa
Sth
Corsica
Sardinia
Savona
Brown
Leghorn
Nice
Vincennes
Rome
Monsieur de Paulmy
Monsieur d Argénton
Helvetick
Monsieur de Courtille
Holland
Ogier
States General of the
United Provinces
Marquis de Mirepoix
Bankruptcy notices for merchants and tradesmen in four counties
Bankrupts include Matthew Fenton the younger Ironmenger and Chapman of Sheffield. James Murray linendraper and Chapman of Hungerford. Thomas Wheet in East Retford. Kent Nathaniel Jones of St John’s Street Clerkenwell dealer in coals. Proceedings listed under joint petition resembling early nineteenth century insolvency records.
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Matthew Fenton the Younger
Sheffield
York
Chapman
James Murray
Hungerford
Berks
Thomas Wheet
East Retford
Nottingham
Kent
Nathaniel Jones
St. John’s Street
St. James Clerkenwell
Middlesex
Grand Master Chosen At Scottish Masons Meeting
Edinburgh December 5 reports St Andrew's Day meeting of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for Scotland. Hugh Seton of Touch, Esq. was unanimously chosen Grand Master, with an evening feast and merriment concluding the event. A brigantine bound from Leith was driven ashore near Black Rocks by strong winds the previous Friday.
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