Extract from Amsterdam letter on early peace terms
An extract dated May 26 from Amsterdam reports preliminary articles signed by Count Kaunitz for the Empress Queen and similar moves by de La Chavannes and Marquis de Sotto Major for Sardinia and Spain. It notes that the German, Italian, and British plenipotentiaries prepared to act on return to Versailles while public opinion accepts terms. Also included are conjectures from The Hague about reasons for rapid preliminaries, including Prussia's stance, possible separate peace talks, and Cumberland’s military review. The item then shifts to varied Dublin and London items, including a duel, new appointments, court cases, noble titles, and naval movements with several ships and prizes seized or released, ending with civilian feats and a horse race.
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Amsterdam
Mareyck
Count Kaunitz
Aix la Chapelle
de la Chavannes
Sardinia
Marquis de Sotto Major
Count de St. Severin
Count de Kaunitz
Versailles
Ing
The
Hague
Prussia
States General
United Provinces
France
Vienna
Turin
Madrid
London
Duke of Cumberland
John Ligonier
Earl of Sandwich
Republick
Genoa
Spain
Don Philip
Dunkirk
Channel
Bristol
Holland
Robert Henley
Glanvill Wooton
County of Dorset
Lyme
Henry Holt “Ione
Lord Anson
Earl of Clarendon
St. James’s Square
Horatio Walpole
Woolerton
Norfolk
George Bubb Doddington
Dorsetshire
Wimple
Cambridgeshire
Andrew Fletcher
Scotland
William Tilfley
Penstrood
Llandinam
Montgomery
Bingor
Tilfley
Farriden Reed
Francis Earl Brooke
Marnham
Nottingham
York
Somerly
Lincoln
Samuel Arnold
Augustus Earl of
Berkely
Thruxton
Southaupton
Winchester
Lutton
Wilts
Sarum
Anglesea
Treasury
Mason
St. Thomas’s
Bonny
Africa
Manchester
Brown
Calabar
Martha
Jackson
Carolina
Guardaloupe
Warren
Jamaica
Crooked Island
Havannah
Oliver
Leeward Islands
Boston
Mar
White Hart
Tottenham
Stones End
Shoreditch
St. Jame’s Park
Faculty Seals Granted for Church Positions in Dublin and Tuam
In Dublin May 21 letters of Faculty passed the Seal enabling Rev Sir Philip Hoby to hold the Deanery of Ardfert with Kilmatalway Prebendary Vicarage of Clon dalkin in Dublin and Rectory Vicarage of Lemanaghan in Meath. Also Rev James Stopford to hold Kilmacduagh Deanery with Provostship of Tuam Cathedral and Killaloe Archdeaconry Finglass Vicarage. Local nuptials and a burglary case noted amid limited details.
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Dublin
Philip Hoby
Ardfert
Kilmatalway
Clondalkin
Diocese of
Lemanaghan
Kilmacduagh
St. Mary Tuam
Tuam
Killaloe
Finglass
Benjamin Garffin
Phrapper Lane
Hariot Minchin
Shangary
Tipperary
Robert Lane
King’s Bench
Lane
Hugh Dean
Privateer Vesconte Engages French Ship in Biscay
Extract from Guerilty May 23 reports the Prince of Orange Privateer near Biscay engaging the French ship St. Victorie with 16 guns and 49 men. Vesconte is wounded in the thigh, his lieutenant hit twice yet they press the fight for seven hours. The prize, 350 tons, laden with wine and brandy, is captured. voyage from Bourdeaux to Canada. Deal May 26 notes other sailing and arrivals including Dak Clark from Jamaica and ships from Virginia St Christopher's and St BIEL.
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Prince of Orange
Vesconte
Bay of Biscay
St. Victtorie
Bourdeaax
Canada
Deal
Nancy Gould
South Carolina
Madeira
Dak
Clark
Jamaica
Henrietta
Henderson
Virginia
Charlton
Symonds
St. Christopher’s
St. Biel
London
Moody
Marshal Saxe
Aithop
Rhode
Tfland
Cardinal Tencin’s Stance On Peace Revealed
From page three we learn that Cardinal Tencin shows signs of political prudence as the approach of peace nears. He vows to publicly uphold his word and to avoid any act that might jeopardize the hoped for settlement, striving to preserve stability.
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Tencin
Gervain
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Westmeath
Lord Petersham
Earl of Harrington
Rourke
Suffolk-freet
Marshalsea
Somerset Hamilton Butler
Witsounr Ferrin
Earl of
Edward Edgeworth
Robert Edgworth
Edward
High Court of Chancery
Cranary
Longford
Robert Udgworth
Marlborough-street
Walter Blake
Bart
Thomas Blake, Bart
Walter
Willam
Limerick
Kinsale
Legg
Muaitinico
Bourdeaux