French Envoy’s Pacification Plan in Corsica Under Scrutiny
Reports from Paris and Madrid outline a busy diplomatic week with Chevalier Chauvelin pressed over pacification proposals for Corsica. Meanwhile a Paris court bans Boutord the curate for seditious homilies and prescribes heavy penalties. Also noted is a French court action in Langres over funeral rites and a noble family notice for Miss de la River Williams.
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France
Genoa
Chevalier Chauvelin
Senate
Marquis de Curfay
Madrid
Prussia
Paris
Langres
Muffi l Eveque
Boutard
Baptism and deaths reported at Hamilton and Salton estates
Edinburgh reports the baptism of Elizabeth, infant daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, and the death of Mary Lady Salton, sister of the late Earl of Aberdeen. From Inverness comes news two soldiers from Perth perished in a snowstorm on the Hill of Drummochter. A Foveran farmer’s house burned, with husband and wife perishing, before help could arrive.
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Seotland
Edinburgh
Duke of Hamilton
Elizabeth
Kinnairdshead Castle
Mary Lady Salton
William Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Salton
Inverness
Perth
Drummochter
Athol
Badanoch
Foveran
Prisoner Commited for Tea Smuggling at Felist on
Ipswich reports Thomas Cunningham of Houghton near Halesworth committed to the County Gaol for smuggling a large quantity of tea at Feliston on March 2, 1747. He was captured Friday at Houghton by an Excise officer and two dragoons, resisted, and wounded in the thigh by a pistol before surrendering. Norfolk brief notes a highwayman robs Mrs. Dade of Hedenham near Norwich Market, taking a moidore, silver, and small coin. a brown horse with switch tail and blue coat described. Bristol item notes a petition to Parliament to move the two grand fairs in the city to March 1 and September 1. An obituary line ends fragmentarily: Thursday last died of a consumption at her mother’s.
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Ipswich
Thomas Cunningham
Houghton
Halesworth
Felixton
Excise
Dragoon
Norstich
Dade
Hedenham
Norwich
Kirstead
Bristol
Poachers and game laws probe rural tensions in Wiltshire letter
A Wiltshire reader laments frequent poaching damage by horsemen trampling corn and fences, recounts stories of harvest-time depredations, and urges militial readiness and legal reform. The piece links rural sport, taxes, and public policy while noting foreign treaties and upcoming Newmarket races with detailed horse lists.
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College-Green
de la River Williams
Sir John Williams
Llangibby Castle
County of Monmouth
Bart
London
Lang County
Wilts
England
A. Bz. P.S
Holand
Amsterdam
America
Newmarket
Earl of Porimore
Martindale
H. Scipioy
Regulus
Panton
Cartouche
Lord Chedworth
Meredith
Brown H. Afercury
Cade
Stockbridge
Croft
M. Amelia
Godolphin
Asabian
Duke of Ancaster
Ribb
Huntingdon
John Moore
H. Aerlin
Leathe
Mr. Martindale
H. Archer
Mr. Witty
H. Grenadier
Blaze
Marmaduke Wyvill
H. Artele
Scarborough
H. Tempe
Old Sarling
Lord Sandwich
Lord Portmore
Mr. Revell
Lord Gower
Mr. Leathe
Parker
Thigh
Fiv
Marquis of ‘Rockingham
Brown H. Cade
Beverley
York
William Sr. Quintin
Lightfooty
Mr. Scroop
Danby Cade
H. Slouch
Lord Strange
H. Shortsman
Whitefoot
Grantham
Foxhunter
Mr. Vernon
H. Crab
Crab
Mr. Panton
Chesnut G
Hobgoblin
Whintingdon
Hind
Duke of Marlborough
Bay
General
Ancaster
Dart
Smits
Lord Wortmore
Long Caretouche
Brown H. Surley
Mr. Crawley
Mr. Offley
Marquis of Rockingham
Marquis of Hartington
Lord Downe
Mr.Warfon
Duke
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