French and English War Diplomacy at Cross Purposes
An extract from The Hague dated August 19 discusses a neutral ity declaration by the States General and its impact on Britain Spain and France. It notes Cardinal Fleury’s stance to maintain impartiality while reserving power for unforeseen events and questions reports of a Franco Spanish commerce treaty amid war. It also recounts a Petersburg letter detailing executions punishments intrigues and court violence including Wolinski Mikhail and others with imperial guard measures and a taming of court excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States General
Madrid
Marquess de Villarias
Cardinal de Fleury
Marquess de St. Giles
Earl of Wallegrave
Great Britain
Spain
France
Marshal de Noailles
Brest
Toulon
Marquess de Fenelon
America
Petersbourg
M. Wolinki
Mullin Pudkin
Hinpress
Violent Storm in Dublin Spreads Havoc Across City
A fierce storm battered Dublin from Tuesday afternoon to Thursday noon. Three men were washed overboard near King's End, four gabbards sunk, ships driven ashore, and several sailors drowned. A Wicklow head wherry with five men lost. Gardens and houses suffered, fruit stripped from trees, and many trees torn up. Matthew Ryan, tied to robberies in Waterford and Kilkenny, was tried after court proceedings showed feigned lunacy and dumbness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
King’s- End Point
Dunlary
Wicklow Head
Matthew Ryan
Waterford
Kilkenny
Allize
Pica
Sentence of peine fort et dure in historical practice
The text explains the peine fort et dure punishment where a prisoner is kept in a dark cell, laid on the ground, restrained with cords, and fed meagerly until death. It notes attempts to induce a plea by tying thumbs and cites cases in which peers or women who refused to plead faced the judgment. A Downpatrick example during a royal assent mentions execution by pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trubetskoi
Siberia
Mailin Pafkin
Duke of
Elizabeth
Munich
Empress
Winter Palace
Peine Fort
Alajesty
Downpatrick
Wrmithhead
Extract of a Letter from Exon Aug 13 England justice
London report details the affizes ending with six men and one woman given death sentences, the woman to be hanged for horse stealing and church robbery, nineteen ordered for transportation, while Sir John Noëris remains in Torbay and the winds shift west. The Mayor and Aldermen meet to grant honorary freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exon
Noéris
Torbay
Naval Wars in Europe and Parliament Farewell Mention
Fragmented OCR notes describe naval routes from Cadiz to Mahon and Ferrol with references to British fleets and supplies. The text shifts to a 6th Infantry meeting at Devizes thanking T Gag for parliamentary service, and plans to set up Sir Robert Long, Fark, and Edward Popham for a county position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Cadiz
Mahon
Fee Haddock
Ferrol
Balchin
Childceil
Noedis
Legion Ts
Devizes
Wilthirg
T. Gag
Tits Long
Robert ‘Long
Fark
Edward Popham
Ets
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The
London Evening-Post
Thurssday
Hague
Ireland
London
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