Gratitude to the Stadtholder and political reform praised
The piece lauds a forty years deprivation under a Stadtholder, arguing neglect and faction harmed liberty and property, and praises the ruler’s army reforms and peace efforts. It thanks Serene Highness for stable governance, a trusted council, and reduced faction while noting dispatches from Hague to Aix la Chapelle and travels of Count Bentinck and Baron Borflehen.
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Grange
Stadthallership
Juci
Hague
Aix la Chapelle
Count Bentinck
Rhoon
Pendrecht
Baron Borflelen
Fire at Closeburn House Leaves Only Chest and Silver
Letters from Dumfries report Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick's Closeburn House burned Monday night. No lives lost as a servant alarmed the family, roof fell after all escaped in shirts. Loss heavy for furniture values. Also notes a 150 ton ship wreck sighting near Corfell with no crew or papers aboard. Hazard Sloop sailed from Leith cruising. Proclamation for Spain trade lifted read by Heralds. James Balfour of Pilrig named Sheriff-Substitute Mid-Lothian. Marquis of Tweedale arrived at Yester from London.
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Edinburgh
Dumfries
Thomas Kirkpatrick
Closeburn
Thomas
Stranraer
Corfell
Lochrian
Leith
Spain
James Balfour
Pilrig
Mid-Lothian
Yester
London
Marquis of
Twedale
DUBLIN MARRIAGES AND OFFICIAL SHIFTS REPORTED
Dublin notes report Henry Alcock Esq wed Miss Jocelyn sister to Lord Newport a wealthy match and John Cooke Esq made Alderman in place of Sir James Somerville. Also a duelling incident at Dungannon narrowly avoided with tradesmen as seconds and a Chelsea pensioner intervening. Christopher Hore wed widow Finlay of New Market. Benjamin Hunt dies aged merchant and son of Alderman Percival Hunt.
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Dublin
Henry Alcock
House of Commons
Jocelyn
Lord Newport
Ireland
John Cooke
James Somerville
Dungannan
Taylor
Qeneas Wigimaker
Chelsea
Christopher Hore
Finlay
New-Market
Bride Street
Benjamin Hunt
Percival Hunt
Ship News Briefs From Gravesend and Downs
Deal reports at Downs include the Scorpion Shoop remaining in the Downs. Gravesend notes arrival of the Three Brothers from Stetin, and the Emanuel Ringhorne with the Baylick listed among arrivals.
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Deal
Downs
Scorpion Shoop
Gravesend
Three Brothers
Baylick
Stetin
Emanuel
Ringhorne
Shipping arrivals list from Ostend to Weymouth
From North Bergen Stephen and Sarah Ga lantia arrive Ostend. The Experiment Davison from St Kitts reaches Bristol. Willingmind Smallman from Guernsey arrives Lynmouth. The William Poutchin from Antigua reaches Weymouth.
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North Bergen
Stephen
Sarah
Galantia
Ostend
Experiment
Davison
St. Kitts
Bristol
Willingmind
Smallman
Guernsey
Lynmouth
William
Poutchin
Antigua
Weymouth
Treaty Alliance Rumors Stir Italian States and Dutch War News
London reports suggest a Franco Spanish Genoa treaty to back Genoa with subsidies and a standing force, with other Italian states invited. Dutch prisoner releases, ambassador movements, and a booming trade outlook amid peace hopes frame a crowded mid century news day.
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Italy
France
Spain
Europe
Liege
Avennes
Sambre
Meuse
Amterdam
Venice
Petersburgh
Hamburgh
Dantzick
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Naples
Florence
Leghorn
Levant
Bourdeaux
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Santa Cruz
Empire of
Barbary
New-York
Admiral Knowles
Cape Francois
Lenox
Tilbury
Elizabeth
Windsor
Virginia
St. Michael
Vincent de Lopez
Havanna
Ingram
Robert Jefferies
Glasgow
Margaret
William M‘cunn
Sterling
Rofe
Peter Huston
Plymouth
Madeira
Samuel
Mary
Henderson
Boston
St. Kit’s
Porto Rico
Harwich
Royal
Duke of Cumberland
Holland
Dutchess of Newcastle
Hanover
Richard Thomas
St. Clement’s
Cornwall
Exeter
Esterday
Guildhall
Arte Pe Caeig
Ico
Hon. Artillery Company
Joseph Hankey
Knt
Moorfields
Jacob Bunnisf
Daniel Osborn
Aldb
Holborn
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Justice Hammond
Justice Clark
Geneva
Puckthorp
Norfolk
Northfleet
Sheffner
Thames
Cotton’s Wharf
Fletcher
Goodman’s Fields
Whitechapel Mount
Wardour- Street
St. Anne’s
Old Bailey
Millbank
Westminster
Bridge-Street
Thomas Ellys
William Garner
Laft
Atherton
Paddington
St. Alban’s
Lincoln’s Inn
Robert Atkinson
Richmond
Isaac Venebles
Staffordshire
Lequerie
London Gazette
S. John Howard
Lavenham
Suffolk
Robert Armstrong
Swalwell
Durham
Chapman
Joseph Hill
Middlesex
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