Mails from France and Corsica news reach Europe
Reports from Naples Genoa Paris and Lisbon detail court intrigues and policy moves. Empress travels planned with limited retinue. Corsican regulation talks. Barbary corsairs threaten Sardinia. Genoa discusses Corsican regulation and French temperaments. Berlin and Lisbon correspondences show power shifts and shipping concerns. News covers prizes restitution debates and lottery plans.
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Alexander Swiersky
Moscow
Naples
Felz
Fune
Ecclesiastick
Genoa
Versailles
Corsica
Republick
Florence
Leghorn
Sardinia
Italy
Venice
Parma
Carpentero
Spain
Berlin
Hague
Cologn
Prussia
Palatine
Europe
Duke of Orleans
St. Thomas Aquinas
Lisbon
Portugal
Liften
Our. P
Franckfort
Lower Palatinate
Wirremberg
Alsace
Paris
de “Mirepoix
Aix-la Chapelle
France
Russia
Austria
Bavaria
Saxony
Mentz, &Ex &c
Germany
Capt
Thompson
Downs
M. Glibzke
Blanks
William Kiddleside
Bridewell and
Berklein
George
Ecclesiastical Tours Listed in Old Durham Remarks
A fragment lists churches and chaplains with names including St James Chapel Whitehall St Pauls and St Olavs Hart-street. The Dean of Durham Dr Jenner Dr Moss and others such as Dr Dalton Dr Wilton and Ds Ellys appear linked to various parish notes.
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St. James’s Chapel
Durham
Whitehall Chapel
Jenner
St. Paul's Cathedral
Moss
St. Olavé
Hart-street
Dalton
St. Ann
Aldersgate
Bett
St. Andrew
Helbourn
Wilton St. George
Bloomsbury
Ds. Ellys
Royal commissions announced for Irish regiments
In Dublin on February 22 His Majesty signed commissions for numerous officers across regiments. Gilbert Mellifont becomes cornet in Lord George Sackville's Horse. Thomas Wetherst appointed surgeon to St Georges Dragoons. James Brown cornet in Lt Reade's Dragoons. George Fielding captain in Sir John Whiteford's Dragoons. Other appointments include lieutenants, ensigns, chaplains, and a major across Foot and Irish regiments.
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Ireland
Dublin
Gilbert Mellifont
Corntet
George Sackville
Thomas Wetherst
St. George
Robert, Norton
Chudleigh
Morgan
Thomas Tickell
William, Fairbrother
William Cooper
St. Clair
Royal Regiment of Foot
Charles Pellisier
Col. Pole
Regiment of Foot
Joseph Prince
Henry Follitt
Charles Stewart
Thomas Pilgrim
Col. Folliow
Royal Irish Regiment of Foot
Cecil Forrester
Thomas Ash Lee
Col. Murray
Regiment
of Foot
James Pottinger
Alexander Drummond
Philip Hughes
Peter Halket
Clerical Appointment and Brutal Murder Incident in Salop
From Ludlow comes news that Rev Francis Wilde of Ludlow is presented to Ryton living by the Lord Chancellor. A Clinton woman near Bishop’s Castle killed a child and attempted more murders before neighbours intervened. This week Mary Reade and James Blewit of Longhope were committed to the Castle charged with murdering her illegitimate child.
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Gloucester
Ludlow
Francis Wilde
Ryton
Salop
Clinton
Bishop’s Castle
Castle
Mary
Reade
James Blewit
Longhope
Hidden ministerial shifts hinted after April moon
The piece frets that occult theories fail yet hint at forthcoming ministerial changes and unexpected removals around the April new moon. It notes observers in the West Indies warn that halting rival lumber supply and aiding domestic planters could improve prospects for a revival.
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Shondon
West Indies
Retover
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