News from Europe and Mediterranean Ports Narrates Conflicts
The lettered items report confusion in the Russian Persian border region with Shah Doubs fate and Heraclius rising as master of a city, while Mogul fear grows of retaliation. Reports note French refugee settlement plans in Russia and a quarantine edict in Poland and Prussia. Port news cover Corsican forts, Corsair activity near Civita Vecchia, and Corsican resistance to Courci. Additional notes cover Dutch finance, Danish troop mobilization, and a hunting accident involving the Queen in Naples.
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Russian Empire
Persia
Falrhood
Shah Doub
Hisparian
Heraclius
Sophies
Thomas Kouli Kan
Stockholm
Kaminieck
Choczim
Poland
Prussia
Stettin
Pomerania
Copenhagen
Count Schulemberg
Naples
Ferfano
Duke de Miranda
Rome
Civita Vecchia
Chace
Genoa
Toulon
Leghorn
Fan
Corsica
M. de Courci
Corte
St. Fiorenzo
Mar
Curray
Paris
A-la-main
Prisoners from Glenrinnes linked to excise assault
From Elgin comes news that on Monday the 21st three Prisoners were brought in from Glenrinnes by order of authorities. William Stewart alias Olick, his son Robert Stewart, and Gordon are charged with involvement in an assault on excise collector Robert Grant at Glenleaver, endangering his life. William Stewart is said to have been a captain in John Roy Stewart's Rebel Regiment in 1746 at Keith, where a Campbell was slain after capture.
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Cotland
Edinburgh
Elgin
Glenrinnes
William Stewart
Olick
Robert Stewart
Iis
Gordon
Robert Grant
Glenleaver
John Roy Stewart
Keith
Campbell
Ban
Nancy
P—b—ck
Peter Leigh
Agy Jta High Batliff
Westminster
South Carolina
George Vandeput
Bart
Colonel Cornwallis
Nova Scotia
Frankfort
Prufisnhag
Spandau
Silesia
Apri
Germany
Rome
Miciiary
Nantz
Marshalls
Vola Agtus
India
Marrise
Ehrens
George Birch
Mir
Justice Birch
Chester
William Noel
John Talbot
Ely
Boul
Denbigi
Ruunys
Flintfoive
Flint
Cheshire
Castle of
Cheep
Lincoln's Isa-Hall
Penzance
Tower Barracks
Budd Nes
Maj. Ft
Bently
Endea vour of Guernsey runs aground. multiple notices
A Guernsey vessel the Endea vour, steered by Stephen Kromley, ran ashore near the Argyle. residents rescued those aboard. From Newsville a man died suddenly at the Sand Hill Coffee-house. John Voniwhe, wine and brandy merchant and former sheriff, is noted. Reports from Sunderland and Shropshire mention William Mace’s unknown fate and Somerset Jones’s death at eighty. Sherborne notes the death of Mr Gunn, post-master and organist. A man near Hasslebury lost three teeth after falling into a 20 foot quarry pit while walking home, previously fathering a child with a woman aged 53.
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Poole
Feo
Guernsey
Stephen Kromley
Maller
Argyle
Newsville
Sandhill
John Voniwhe
Sunderland
William Mace
Shields
Birmingham
Laft
Gunn
Sherborne
William Lidford
Hafelbury
Fifel
Political fears and proposed taxes stir 18th century Britain
Reports from London describe vigorous election preparations and public warns that taxes may rise. Proposals target dogs and horses for revenue, while officials name Peter Leigh and George Vandeput in governance roles. News from Frankfurt Rome and Brittany mentions plans against reformers, with arrests and clergy tensions. Local notices list Chester Circuit schedules and naval updates amid a shifting political landscape.
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Arriv
France
Peterbourgh
Bellefine
Sieur Petabou
Hage
Zealand
Holland
Ireland
Dublin
Donaghadee
Glasgow Packet
Liverpool
Clyde
Malahide
Bath and Spa
Aurora
London
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