Reflections on Attendance in Parliament and Duty
A London Evening Post letter urges unwavering attendance in Parliament on the 18th to defend liberty and national interests. It denounces returning officers for corrupt practices, warns of public scorn for absence, and stresses that Europe and commerce hinge on honest representation and timely votes.
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Empress Seizes Papers as Munich and Osterman Fortunes Revealed
Petersoourg December danger grows as C Mnt d Osterman and 18 in his family remain inside the Fortress while two of the Count's secretaries are detained. Papers in cypher detail secret engagements with a German court. Veldt Marshal Count Munich's papers yield key findings, including a copy of Capt. Kuttler's order to seize Major Sinclair's papers. Possibility of bringing back that Captain from Siberia looms. The Empress orders trials of Counts Munich and Osterman by end February in Moscow. Dolgheruchi brothers restored to honors with pensions. Princess Katherine Dolghovucky granted substantial pension. An inventory of Munich and Osterman riches is underway for confiscation. revenues of Count Munich's estates in Sngermania, Livonia, and Estonia totaling 60,000 rubles annually are sequestered. Major-General Lacy alerts court on Swedish march toward Wybourg. Pragu e reports Marshal de Broglie and Count Thoring move. In Willinlow, Saxon troops seize Neje pin, a village, as Hungarian forces threaten, and a captain resists surrender amidst a village fire.
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Petersoourg
Osterman
Munich
Capt. Kuttler
Major Sinclair
Siberia
de Munich
Irgre
Moscow
Basil-Wolodimerowitsch Dolgheruchi
Michael-Wolodimerowitch- Dolgheruchi
Schlifelbourg
Ivanograd
Novogorod
Katherine Dolghovucky
Peter II
Ofterman
Anne
Europe
Sngermania
Livonia
Estonia
M. Bertycheff
Duke of Holbéin
Lacy
Maula Mafa
Wybourg
Willinlow
Nejepin
Finhmon
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