Versailles Parliament to Remonstrate King on Act Form
Versailles December 2 Parliament met last Wednesday to resolve to remonstrate to the King on the form and foundation of the act of royal authority. The first president reported efforts toward rewriting the exile of Befangon and considered a private audience, but realized war affairs require the sovereign's full attention. Edinburgh reports sixteen pilots recruited for Commodore Boys’s squadron, with the Banner Frigate and other ships arriving near Leith after a missing ten days. Prisoners confined in the Castle attempted escape, aided by breaches and rocks, with several captured or injured in the event.
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Befangon
Scotfrland
Edinburgh
Greenock
Martin
Boys
Warsaw
Port News Dispatches From The Downs In 18th Century
Deal port reports royal ships anchored or cruising in the Downs including Centurion Commodore Sir Percy Brett and a list of ships such as Dover Lynn Woolwich Prince Edward Aurora Niger Tweed Liverpool Deal Castle and others with victuallers and warships. Winds shift east to northeast and blow hard amid naval movements.
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Port News
Deal
The
Downs
Centurion
Percy Brett
Dover
Lynn
Woolwich
Prince Edward
Aurora
Niger
Tweed
Liverpool
Deal-Castle
Tastar
Alarm
Portmahon
Dispatch
Jamaica
Speedwell
Happy
Duke of Marlborough
Broderick
Britanata
Royal Exchange
Experiment
Thomas and Jane
Barlow
Elizabeth
Brown
Amity
Longbottom, Victuallers
French King Seizes Four Million to Pay Contracts War News
Reports state the French King forcibly took four million sterling from Farmers General funds planned for tobacco and other contracts, harming British merchants. France demands restoration of North American conquests as peace terms, signals continued war against Hanover, and naval disarmament notices accompany a cautious stance for spring campaigns. Notable figures referenced include the Earl Cowper and Bishop Bristol, with various scattered remarks on Paris ferment and ecclesiastical backsliding.
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Londcon
Hague
Eng
North América
France
Flanders
Hanover
Ballance
Louisbourg
Quebec
Paris
Pancient
Tien
Sida
Warbartin
Bristol
Gisetester
Zooun
Dispensations and Appointments in Kent and Devon
Dispensation passes the Great Seal for Edmund Filmer to hold crungall and Hisixhill rectories in Kent and the Canterbury diocese. John Hockin to hold Oakhampton vicarage and Lydford reguary in Devon and Exeter diocese, valued at 3001 per year. Thomas Welch to hold Rumbald rectory in Essex and London diocese. Several livings vacant after deaths. candidates include Dodd Hang Ridley and others. Lord Berkeley to appoint Kirkes Towner among clerics. Also notices of deaths in Hart Street Bloomsbury and Clapton residences.
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Johnson
Worcester
Warburton
Prior-park
Allen
Bath
England
Edmund Filmer
Gorpus Christi College
Oxford
Mary
Raymond
Crungall
Kent
Hisixhill
Canterbury
John Hockin
Pembroke Hall
Cambridge
George Lord Littleton
Oakhampton
Lydford
Devon
Exeter
Thomas Welch
Rumbald
Esex
London
William Harper
Stanwell
Middlesex
Stent
St. Olave
Hart-Staett
Crutcher Fryars
Traufisgie
Reid
Ieee
Hart Street
Bloomsbury
Charles Lethieullier
Smart Lethieullier
Aldersbroke
Essex
Charles Gore
Tring
Asylum for Orphans Charity Details and Appeals
A distressed notice describes an asylum near Westminster Bridge on the Surrey side dated December 12, 759. It notes a subscription from an unknown donor of one hundred pounds and a ten pound legacy by Adolphus. appeals to benefactors at Harkey and Partners, Campbell and Coutts, Hoare, Day, and others to send names and contributions. It invites ladies interested in the management and notes divine services with prayers after the 7th hour.
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Westminster Bridge
Surrey
Yas Daywan
Leki
Whitly
Henry ‘Hoare
Adolphus
Harkey
Fenchurch-street
Sroftey and Partnersy
Lombard-street
Sy Hoare
Fleet-street
Af Campbell and Coutts
Charing Sole
Pal R Benjamin Day
Covent Charity
Guardians
Dexo
Entouragement of Arts Grants For 1759 Survey Prize
Strand December 12 1759 report the Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce offers two gratuities totaling 190 2 for anyone who conducts and publishes an accurate trigonometrical survey of a county. The prize requires precise horizontal distances bearings and latitudes and longitudes with maps of cities markets and buildings noted. A further 50-pound bonus for a river survey suitable for navigation is promised after publication and a separate incentive for an improved river survey plan.
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Parsons
Leicester Subscription for Soldiers in King’s Service 1750
The Leicester Borough at a Common Hall resolves to open a subscription for able-bodied men to volunteer for His Majesty's Forces under terms of service not beyond Britain, with discharge after three years or at war end. The Mayor and selected Aldermen announce payments and collection points at the Guildhall, Smalley and Simpson, inviting county gentlemen to subscribe ten pounds or more.
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Leicester
Gzerce II
Great Britain
France
Treland
Smalley
Nicholas Throsby
Ald. Phipps
William Wright
Ald. Simpson
Alderman Ludlam
Ald. Sifmey
Alderman Gabriel Newton
Richard Beale
Herrick
Lorcester
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