Prisoners of war in Belgrade and Vienna report
Dispatches from Belgrade and Vienna detail the fate of captured leaders including the Bashaw of Perecop and the Aga of the Janissaries, their lodging and provisions, plus the execution of Harum Bashaw for robberies. News notes discuss promotions, suspected deaths, and diplomacy with Persia and the Empress. Additionally, recruit efforts in Cologne and political moves in Brussels are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bashaw
Perecop
Aga
Count Lacy
Arriv
Octakow
Bashan
Oczakow
Thomas Kouli-Kan
Trubetzkoy
Sophi
Persia
Belgrade
Harum Bashaw
Vienna
Konigfege
Joseph Ragorski
Widdin
Constantinople
Ship runs ashore near Galway in Cusheen Bay wrecked without crew
Dublin reports a French West India ship ran aground near Galway a few days earlier. The cargo sugar cotton coffee indigo may be lost with little rescued. Villagers allegedly kept gold dust and crew vanished. In Dublin rumors tie to a later double murder attempt in Armagh and Essex charity tale, ending with a gunfight that wounded several attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galway
Cusheen Bay
Dublin
White
Alderman White
Meath-street
Armagh
Robert Maxwell
Tynan
Catherine Moreton
Essex
Obituaries and Fire Devastation Reported in Scotland
In Edinburgh Lat Friday deceased James Simpson, Merchant and late Dean of Guild. Grantsfield in Aberdeenshire saw the death of the Right Hon. Lady Kinnaird, daughter of Strathmore, formerly married to the Earl of Aboyne and Lord Kinnaird. On Dec 4 a fire in Kelso’s East End burned five hours, destroying eight families, Capt. Boggett’s Troop horses, forage, and multiple stacks of corn and hay, with barns full of grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
James Simpson
Grantsfield
Aberdeenshire
Lady Kinnaird
Strathmore
Earl of
Kelso
Capt. Boggettt
Sir Robert Rich
Church appointments announced for London and Sussex
Canterbury December 16 The Dean and Chapter present Rev Edward Donne LL D one of their prebendaries to the rectory of Allhallows Lombard street London void by the death of Rev Dr Egerton and Rev Mr John Bax to the vicarage of Warn ham Sussex void by the death of Mr Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Canterbury
Edward Donne
Allhallows
Lombard-street
London
Egerton
John Bax
Warnham
Sussex
Harvey
Royal Grants and Appointments Reported in London
London reports a royal bounty payment to the Lady of Sir Orlando Bridgeman and a pension grant. Sir William Wynn becomes Lieutenant to the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. Nicholas Hardinge marries Jane Pratt. Charles Bertie travels to Bath for health. Preparations hint at Britain-Prussia talks and a Spanish fort at St Juan. The Earl of Essex named envoy to Naples and the Two Sicilies. Trevor appointed Dean of Bath and Wells. Lord Viscount Mollineux dies in Cheshire hunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Bridgeman
Barr
William Wynn
Samuel Garrard
Nicholas Hardinge
House of Commons
Jane Pratt
Pratt
Occo
Fortune
Charles Bertie
Usington
County of Lincoln
Bath
Great Britain
Prussa
London
Berlin
Boston
New England
Savanna
St. Juan
Earl of Essex
Order of the Garter
Naples
the Two Sicilies
Trevor
Marlborough
Bath “and Wells
John Harris
Llandaff
Viscount Mollineux
Kingdom of Ireland
Little Oulton
Cheshire
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France
Holland
Petersbourg
Cologne
Wurtzbourg
Munich
Colldredo
Paris A la- Main
Genoa
Republick
Prince de Lichtenstein
Brussels
Brabant
Ireland
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