Prince of Orange presents redress points in Holland assembly
London Gazette notes the Prince of Orange presenting three redress points to the Holland States. Zealand deputies publish a proclamation on abolishing imports, urging deputies to consult for reform. Amsterdam magistrates offer 500 florins for riot ring leaders and a similar reward for armed burghers in future alarms. Other items mention Czernichew’s journey, Boufinelli to Britain, and British trophies under cover by midweek. Whitehall reports ratifications of Aix la Chapelle preliminaries by Spain and Genoa.
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Prince of Orange
States of
Amsterdam
d’Osorio
Czernichew
Hanover
M. Boufinelli
Great Britain
Republick of
Spain
Republic of Genoa
Aix la Chapelle
Peace prospects and court politics amid European talks
Reports from Madrid, Vienna, and Paris describe moves toward a peace settlement in Europe. Officials note plans for army reductions, questions over Gibraltar, and Fast-moving negotiations involving France, England, and Spain. Dispatches detail Polish and Dutch concerns, strategic troop dispositions, and speculative outcomes of ongoing preliminaries.
Scottish items and notices from Edinburgh June 77
Edinburgh dispatch reports Hon. Mrs. Anna Drummond’s funeral at New Church Isle and several local incidents. Customs officers seized two hogsheads of brandy near the city, with twelve more seized on a fishing boat from the North Country. An Egyptian mummy arrived for Advocates Library from Earl of Morton, said to be 2000 to 3000 years old. Glen Tanner woodfront fire near Aberdeen devastates young trees. two men responsible are still at large. Three people drowned in the River Clyde while bathing last week.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Anna Drummond
T Viscount of
Leith
London
Advocates Library
Earl of Morton
River of Clyde
Commodore Pocock sails long voyage after war gains
Dublin news reports Commodore Pocock defeating two French warships and thirty two merchantmen off Martinico and sending them to Antigua. Also notes the illicit condemnations of ships at Lisbon and Bath, deaths, inheritances, and appointments in Dublin and Roscommon, with society premiums for paper mills and legal notices.
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Baltimore
Liverpool
Pocock
Martinico
Antigua
Hugh Baillie
Philip Hore
Polehore
Wexford
Thomas Hore
Francis-street
Richard Rofe
John Hunt
Lord Kingsborough
Roscommon
Dublin Society
Fune
Bath
Robert Henry
Hugh Henry
Henry Bellingham
County of
Louth
Joseph
Henry
Thomas Millwood
King’s Beneth
Bellingham Boyle
Elys
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