Court Lestock and Countess scandal unfolds in Petersburgh
Reports from Petersburgh recount the arrest of the Hanoverian Count Lestock in a court intrigue linked to his first wife’s family. The Empress may decide the case before leaving for Moscow, while the Countess confesses some particulars. Other dispatches note tensions with Sweden and ongoing European diplomacy citing Ban on Russians, Prussian trade plans, and Corsican politics.
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Lestock
Peter
Astracan
Elizabeth
Chapoucheff
Moscow
Stockholm
Petersburgh
Hungary
Bohemia
Great Britain
Anthony Ulrich of
Brunswick Beverin
Germany
Russia
Sweden
St. Petersburgh
Schloss-Gericht
Court of Justice
Ruffia
Vienna
Italy
Count de Haugwitz
Baron. Breitlach
M. Waffenaer
London
Berlin
Bartick
Ocean
China
Marriages and murders and ships in Ireland and beyond
Dublin notes report the marriage of Thomas Christmas to Lady Catherine Berisford at Waterford, a murder in George's Lane, hospital donations and appointments, and local improvements in Kerry. Shipping arrivals include Seaford and Princess of Wales, with several vessels listed bound for Lisbon, Oporto, Leghorn, Jamaica, and Newfoundland.
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Deal
Seaford
Lisbon
Princess of Wales
Harry
East-India
Boulter
Allen
Lineaux
Snelling
Leghorn
Lilly
Ownfen
Oporto
Eagle
Marham
John
William
Carr
Wind S
Etwell
New-England
Elizabeth
Stewart
Endeavour
Carrol
Cork
Ditto
King William
Key
Terranova
Blackston
Rebecca
Hayman
Warren
Newfoundland
Thomas
Anne
Parsons
Phoenix
Swallow
Batty
Seaflower
Viscount
Baline
Jersey
Royal Assent Granted to Malt and Cyder Duties Bill
On Thursday his Majesty approved the Malt Munn Cyder and Perry duties bill for England and Scotland for the year 1749. The Lords adjourned to January 17 and the Commons to the yoth. About 1400 sailors from seven ships petitioned for prize money, escorting the King to the House of Peers, and receiving the Prince of Wales in the Park. Derby member election results favored Thomas Rivett over Capt Stanhope by 382 to 311. Polls opened for a Commons Council seat in Farringdon Ward Without.
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Lond Qqn
House of Peers
Perry
Great- Britain
England
Great-Britain
Scotland
House of Commons
Rowley
Medley
Byng
Mediterranean
St. James’s
Royal
Prince of Wales
Derby
John Stanhope
Thomas Stanhope
Earl of Chesterfield
Thomas Rivett
Stanhope
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Foreign Affairs
East Indies
College of Admiralty
Gibraltar
Barbary
Hamburgh
Prussia
Nice
Count Brown
Duke de Belleisle
Marquis de Las Minas
Riviera
Aix la Chapelle
Madrid
Corsica
Republick
Brussels
Alsatia
Landau
Count de Lannoy
Bergen-op-zoom
Dublin Journal
Meath
Lord Mornington
James I
William III
Lyndon
Feid
Dublin
Thomas Christmas
Catherine Berisford
Marcus Earl of Tyrone
Waterford
John Ligonier
Royal Irish Dragoons
Viscount Molesworth
Simeon Keane
George’s Lane
Clayton
Ball’s Bridges
Dr. Steven’s Hospital
William Hawker
Thomas Baker
Green
Sheestown
Kilkenny
Richard Shee
Bernard Ward
Justice Ward
Ann Magill
Lord Darnley
Killarney
Kerry
Lord Kenmare
Commons
Farringdon
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