Empress Queen's Answer Stirs Berlin Harmony on Guaranties
UK intelligence reports in Hamburg that Berlin pursues no reply yet to Vienna's claims for Brandenbourg guaranty. The Empress cautions reliance on her aims and calls for renewed Pragmatic Sanction guarantees, while Sweden imitates intrigue against Russia. Letters from Vienna and Constantinople spark speculation on Turkish troop movements and mediation. An Hanover pamphlet warns France seeks Belgian domains, urging European powers to defend liberty against Bourbon expansion.
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Berlin
Podewius
Brandenbourg
Dresden
Anner
Vienna
Sweden
Russia
House of Austria
Germany
Porte
Wallachia
Servia
Constantinople
Poland
Breda
Ilanover
Low Countries
France
Europe
Great Britain
House of Bourbon
Hague
Provence
Count Brown
Lyons
Paris
Marshal Belleisle
Italy
Republic
Baron de Reisbach
Earl of Sandwich
Republick
Brown
Regiment Movements Around Edinburgh and Linlithgow
Report from Edinburgh dated February 6 describes Barrells Regiment of Foot sending five Companies to the Castle while the others go to Berwick. Col Lee's Regiment is quartered in the Cannongate and will march to Glasgow soon to be replaced by Barrells.
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Edinburgh
Linlithgow
Barrell
Foot
Castle
Berwick
Col. Lee
Cannongate
Glasgow
Poetic Philosophies and Court Notices from London
In a London column the piece opens with a verse dialogue about the four elements and air rights, then shifts to literary critique of Middleton and Colley. It continues with a royal proclamation granting pilots equal prize shares and notes marriages and deaths including James Sinclair and Miss Lucy Bidington, plus a Hackney Horsekeeper and Mr Amey.
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Earl of Kildare
Kingdom of Ireland
England
James Sinclair
Whitehall Chapel
Lucy Bidington
William Bidington
Southampton Street
Cook
Hackney
Lords of the Treasury
Miss Way
John Way
Charing-Cross
Amey
Court of Requests
Notable Deaths and Dispensations Across Kent and Suffolk
A Gentleman found dead near Colchester is Mr Collet of Woodbridge, an eminent attorney. Walbrook Church reports the death of Mr Burges, former dissenting minister. Dispensation passes enable Rev Tunstall to hold Vicarage of Minster and Rectory of Great Charte. Walter Walker and Rev Butts receive similar dispensations and a presentation to Rev Butts for Glemsford and Blumisham. Christ's Hospital Governing Board agrees to admit 150 children next Easter. International notes discuss Ottoman Persia peace mediation, potential northern war, Swedish and Russian fears, and France’s peace moves. Knaresborough honors William Thornton with a silver waiter for courage in late rebellion. John Murray, late secretary to the Pretender, faces treason proceedings and asserts surrender before the July deadline.
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Colchester
Collet
Woodbridge
Walbrook Church
Burges
James Tunstall
Minster
Isle of Thanet
Kent
Diocese of Canterbury
Great Charte
Walter Walker
Chiddingstone
Chedingston
Canterbury
Hayes
Butts
Henry Lord Mountford
Glemsford
Suffolk
Norwich
Blumisham
Huntingdon
Lincoln
Christ’s Hospital
Ottoman Porte
Persia
Thomas Kouli-Kan
Berlin
Breda
Hambourg
Petersbourg
Russian Empire
Stockholm
Czarina
Teflin
Russia
Hague
France
M. Puyfieux
Versailles
Provence
Knaresborough
Yorkshire
William Thornton
Gulielmo Thornton
Scotia
Burgus
Murray
John Murray
Edinburgh
Muray
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London Evening-Post
Scotland
London
Mem
Characer
Cicero
Middleton
Tully
Golley
Cibber
Sar
Rome
Colley
Gooddy Cibber
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