Reign of foreigners ends as Spanish prefer native officials
Madrid reports praise for King Ferdinand as the new regime emphasizes appointing Spaniards to vacant posts based on merit, signaling a shift from foreign influence. Hague and Leghorn dispatches note English war actions against Genoa, movements of Don Philip and Modena, and varied European diplomatic maneuvering.
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Flanders
France
Duke de Huescar
Italy
Sardinia
Don Philip
Pacific
Europe
Hague-Gazette
Leghorn
Republick of
Genoa
Jeast
Bologna
Modena
Viareggio
Felucca
Marquess de Misepoix
Lucca
Gehaa
Count de Vitzhum
Poland
Elector of
Saxony
Germany
Lacy
Dangir
Vienna
Marquesade Castiglioni
Marquess de Botta
de Bernes
Berlin
Teenk
Tysoh
Franconia
Anfpachigeni
Cleves
Wese
Brandenbourg
Semsins
Wihal
Camp at Fort Augustus still not broken up
Edinburgh August 14 report says the camp at Fort Augustus remains intact with provisions prepared for army use. Regiments from Inverness marched toward Forres Nairn and Elgin while Blakeney and Batteray units returned to Inverness. Prisoners moved toward Carlisle guarded by Col Lees troops, including Lawrence Mercer and Captain Patrick Lindsay. John Nairn and Capt O Brian among prisoners moved from Canongate Jail.
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Edinburgh
Fort Augustus
Royal Irish
Handafyd
Inverness
Forres
Nairn
Elgin
Blakeney
Batteray
Col. Lee
Lawrence Mercer
Lethanty
Patrick Lindsay
Braes
Angus
Hamilton
John Nairn
Greenyards
O Brian
Birh
Canongate
Trials and sentences from Carlisle Affizes amid Edinburgh rebels
Newcastle reports from Carlisle describing rebels captured from Edinburgh to face trials. Valentine Clarke and son condemned for shop breaking. a fourteen year old for murdering and robbing a boy. Others reprieved for transportation. John Stewart sentenced to hang for shop breaking. Glouceper and Bisley punishments listed for thefts and bread theft.
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Newcastle
Carlisle
Edinburgh
Col. Lee
Valentine Clarke
Carlisfe
Anne Sarah
Sarah Hawthurn
Samuel Mewtis
Robert Gallon
John Forster
William Bell
John Stewart
Hooper
Cooper
Ealing
William Phelps
Bisley
William Flowers
Warwick
Conquest of G- i- da Seems Summer Target
Fragmentary note suggests plans for conquest of a region named G- i- da this summer. Reference to Ex-nd People hoping for strong backing from doves in a coy display. Text is incomplete and obscured.
Questionable plans for expedition and recent royal dispatches
Questions arise about feasibility and risk of an Arctic expedition via the St. Lawrence with August timing and F at Sign post. News notes Jamaica fleet safe arrival at Bristol, appointments and marriages, Cape Breton death of Col. Gorham, Magdalen master Abbot found dead, India Company ship funding, and accounts of rebel lords at Tower Hill with executions.
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St. Lawrence
Brest
Bristol
Earl of Holderness
Republick of
Venice
Holland
England
Thomas Robinson
Bart
Barbadoes
Ifland
Mr. Murray
Lord Elibank
Oxford Chapel
St. Hypolite
Henry Mackworth, Bart
Anne Hamilon
Newington Church
Surrey
Mr. Mott
Cape Breton
New England
Shurbell Gorham
Massachusetts
Barnstable
Port Royal
New Anapolis
Magdalen College
University of Cambridge
Whitehall
His Majesty’s Guards
Great Britain
Minorca
Gibraltar
the India Company
India
Surrey and
Hertsfordshire
Stockholm
Ariest
Norway
France
Marquess de Laumerie
M. de Chavannes
States General
Italy
House of Bourbon
Heidelberg
Elector Palatine
Kilmarnock
Tower-Hill
Forster
Balmerino
Earl of
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Paris
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