Europe and Asia News Roundup from August 1736
From Naples to Petersbourg the London Evening Post chronicles military moves. Albanian Hussars recruit deserters in France, Milan trade bans considered, and the Sicilian harvest prompts free corn export. In Russia, Cap. Munich negotiates with the Crim, while war with the Ottoman Porte looms. Persia sends gifts, Vienna notes growing conflict, and Italian campaigns shift toward Hungary. The Rome France Naples tension festers as St Aignan demands Polish gate control.
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Milaneze
Two Sicilies
Milan
Sicily
Petersbourg
Munich
Crim
Russia
Asaph
Count d’Ostein
Vienna
Jate
Porte
Hungary
Croatia
Schmettau
Trieste
Italy
Belgrade
Widden
Niffa
Count de Fuenclara
Venice
Rome
France
Spain
Naples
Duke de St. Aignan
Canillac
Poland
Paris
Portious Murder Sentence Appeal Sent to London
Edinburgh August 26. We are assured that a second petition to the Crown, signed by several persons of distinction, in favor of John Porteous, sentenced to be hanged on the 8th of next month for murder, was dispatched to London on Tuesday night.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
John Porteous
London
Deaths and appointments fill news from Grimsthorpe to London
Obituaries note the Dutchess of Ancaster and Kestevan passing at Grimsthorpe near Grantham with heirs including Peregrine, Marquess of Lindsay. Other deaths include Mr Yates, Mr Cam, Mrs Lever, Mr Hayes, Col Disney, Rev Duncomb, Mr Stone, Mr Ingram. Cambridge reports Thomas Sclater Bacon’s estate. Clerical livings change with dispensations and new rectors. Weymouth customs post and Pensioners travel costs rise. Barham Downs victory for Merry Andrew marks a royal plate win.
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London
Laft
Grimsthorpe
Grantham
Lincolnshire
Grace
Sir John Brownlow, Bart
Elizabeth
Earl of Exeter
Brownlow
Alice
Francis Lord Guilford
Francis
Lord North
Eleanor
Brownlow, Bart
James Lever
Bow Church
Hackney
Hayes
Whitecross Street
New Church
Old-street
Long-Acre
Col. Disney
Blue Regiment
Westminster Militia
Jaft
Chertsey
Surry
Mr. Duncomb
Mr. Stone
Bow Street
Covent Garden
Benjamin Ingram
Horflydown
Fair-street
Southwark
Cambridge
Thomas Sclater Bacon
Catlitch
King
Trinity College
Earl of Arran
Bagshor
William Boman
Earl of Hoptoun
Dewsbury
Albury
York
St. Andrew’s Wardrobe
St. Ann’s Black Friars
Savage
Duke of Bolton
Merry Andrew
Barham Downs
Canterbury
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