Saxe to Paris and Dutch governance reshuffle
London Gazette notes Saxe to depart for Paris with Lowendahl to replace him, while M de Seychelles sails to Flan ders. The Prince of Orange delays return due to burghers demands for reform and a new War Council. Amsterdam plans a Trade Board. French and Spanish troop movements and a Paris escapee, Count de la Salle, surface in reports.
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London Gazette
Bru Rls
Saxe
Paris
M.de Seychelles
Flanders
M. Lowendahl
M. Saxe
Hague
Prince of Orange
Amsterdam
Oud Raad
Provence
Count de la Salle
Dantzick
Diplomatic Dispatches from Warsaw and Europe on October Troop Movements
Foreign affairs from Warsaw report General Dyet to begin October first, with remonstrances planned over Soviet troops in Livonia and Dyer. Marseille notes Mediterranean hostilities easing, commerce revives, and a Paris envoy’s cautious optimism. Aix la Chapelle covers St Severin’s return and hopes for swift treaty signings, with Spain Hanover issues delaying progress. Additional letters discuss Petersburgh, Corsica, Italian settlements, and Franco-Austrian bargaining ahead of a definitive treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Dyet
Republick
Dyer
Petersburgh
Rudia
Livonia
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Levant
Sieur M
Aix la Chapelle
Count de St. Severin
France
Maastricht
Low Countries
Madrid
Hanover
Spain
Earl of Sandwich
Thomas Robinson
Great Britain
Count de Chavannes
Sardinia
Savoy
Nice
Provence
Don Philip
House of Austria
Italy
Parma
Placentia
Guattalla
Count de St. Sererin
Dresden
Bavaria
dix-le-Coapeui
Poland
Bohemia
Moravia
Vienna
du Theil
Corsica
Edinburgh Dispatches on Regiment Baggage and Sheriff Appointment
On August 28 the baggage of Col Battereau's Regiment shipp'd from Leithmouth near Elgin for Leith, with plans to quarter the unit in Glasgow this winter. Aberdeen reports John Burnet of Campfield returns from London after two years eight months confinement tied to late troubles. James Balfour of Pilrig, Advocate, is appointed sheriff substitute of Edinburgh, sworn in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Battereau
Loflie-mouth
Elgine
Leith
Glasgow
Aberdeen
John Burnet
Campfield
London
James Balfour
Pilrig
Murder Charge Precedes Monmouth Goal for James Watkins
Gloucester reports James Watkins known as Fish Watkins was committed to Monmouth Goal on Saturday for the murder of his wife. He stabbed her beneath the left breast and she died within minutes. Also noted are horse purse races at Ludlow in Shropshire with results and participants.
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Gloucester
James Watkins
Fish Watkins
Monmouth
Ludlow
Shropshire
Lord Ferrer
Cornwall
Maritime Movements and Arrivals at European Ports
A fragmented shipping note records vessels sailing and arriving in early September. The Industry Kemp and several London-bound ships parade Tinmouth and Guernsey routes, with arrivals including Endeavour Foster from Newcastle. Other entries mention Diana Todd bound northward, Scorpion from Vera Cruz arriving Lagos, and Draper Leeth from Dublin near Dover, plus Legonea Angwin and Nancy Glart en route to Jamaica via Madeira.
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CNL
Industry
Kemp
Tinmouth
Sarah
Rolls
William and Thomas
Stevens
Elizabeth
Mills
Endeavour
Blake
London
Mary
Thompson
Guernsey
Southampton
Foster
Newcastle
Happy Return
Gordon
Deal
Diana
Todd
Pariffina Conception
Vera G Azyis
Lagos
Draper
Leeth
Dublis
Dover
Legonea
Angwin
Nancy
Glart
Jamaica
Madeira
Portsmouth
Lifben
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Foreign Affairs
Worms
Offorio
the Hague
Friezland
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