Prisoners of war used to fortify Russian frontier
From Petersbourg March 18 the court says 4000 Turkish and Tartarian prisoners, including 2000 sent to Livonia, will man fortifications in that province and Cronstadt. Distinguished captives are spared labor while kept prisoner, with humane subsistence and special handling for Aga or Murfe. Peace talks show the Porte has lowered demands but Octakon remains disputed. Ambiguities exist on other war matters.
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Livonia
Cronstadt
Oczakow
Perecop
Pruth
Black Sea
Stockholm
Ecclesiastick
Count de Teffin
Vienna
Count Wallis
Hungary
Presbourg
Affizes sentences on robbery burglary and crime in Devon and nearby towns
Exon March 31 reports Affices for Devon ended with Philip Davy sentenced to death for burglary while Joseph Barrow Anne Ratcliff and Henry Bunker receive sentences including reprieve for Barrow Ratcliff and Bunker. A gentleman of Tiverton faces a verdict of 1000 for criminal conversation. Death noted for Amial Knight. Gloucester April 3 covers Shrewsbury and Hereford affizes with sentences of death transportation branding and whips.
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Exon
Devon
Philip Davy
Joseph Barrow
William Maddox
Anne Ratcliff
Henry Bunker
Tiverton
Amial Knight
Corporation of the Poor
Gloucester
Shrewsbury
John Ryley
Joseph Buckley
Bridgnorth
Hereford
Handel's New Oratorio Stirring London Musicians
London reports praise and controversy over Handel's Israel in Egypt at the Hay Market as permissions allow. Parliament numbers rise and local bids vie for Ashburton, Shaftsbury seats. Royal ships surgeon’s leave, Fane dies, an extent targets a Queen's servant, and mischief in marriage and magic hinge on Lombard style tales.
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Israel
Egypt
Handel
Orpheus
Taylor
Ashburton
Devonshire
Richard Reynell
Roger Tuckfield
Deceas
Thomas Drury
Bacon
Ilford
Essex
Shaftsbury
Bennet
Jamaica
Kensington
Henry Fane
Earl of Westmorland
Cambis
Paris
Stephenson
Viscount Bolingbroke
Dawley
Romsey
Hampshire
Henrietta Godfrey
Walter Godfrey
Lee
Ee “Thompson
St. Clement's Danes
Westminster Bridge
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Schafhausen
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de Kulan
Elbe
D. Kiel
Holstein Gottorp
Juliers and
Bergue
William Duke of Cleves
Julie
Notre-Dame Des Prez
J. Jones
W. Powell
Monmouth
Stafford
Thomas Willer
Thomas Plant
Mere Heath
Richard Edwards
Robert Whitmore
Thomas Ansell
Godfrey Wheeler
Worcester
Humphrey Crow
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