Dated Dispatches from Leghorn and Paris on Corsica and Genoa
A long mixed digest reports Corsican faction infighting and Genoa privilege disputes, with Paris coverage of the Royal Chamber registration, Chatelet actions, and a machine display. It notes London and Madrid commentary, naval prep for the East Indies, and various courtly and public notices including marriages deaths and Epiphany celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsica
Republick of
Genoa
Paris
Soiffon
Royal Chamber
Council of State
Ludovicus
Yearly Bill of Mortality for Dublin 1753 summary
Extracts from a London letter report new measures from Parliament including stricter electoral rules to prevent disputes and corruption. Proposals require freeholders to hold ten pounds yearly for a year and a day and pay half a year's rent to vote. Also notes church and burial totals for Dublin city and suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Prince Edward
Earl of Westmoreland
Mereworth
Kent
Gentemen
Edward Dering
Simons
Morden
Hertfordshire
Globe and Dolphin
Hertford
Ralph Freeman
Peggen Hale
King’s Waleden
Edward Gardiner
Pithobury
Charles Gore
Tring
Paggen Hale
Ireland
House of Commons
Earl of Kildare
House of Commons of
Woolsey
Moscow
Count Bertucheff
Esterhaff
Vienna
Europe
Witchna-Walofchok
Petersbourgh
Warsaw
Tribunal of
Lublin
Danube
Prague
Berlin
Schafgoth
Breslau
Silesia
Irelan
Dublin
London
Germany
Smuggler Morley Captured and Local Tragedies Reported
Norwich reports Morley the Smuggler captured at Wells and sent to Walsingham Bridewell, with a second smuggling suspect said to have shipped for Holland. Elizabeth Flood of Wendling near Dearham killed her infant by severing its head and then drowned herself, while a Cambridge note mentions a recent accident near Whapload and Crowland involving a pregnant woman and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Morley
Wells
Walsingham Bridewell
Holland
Elizabeth Flood
Wendling
Dearham
Cambridge
Whapload
Crowland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leghorn
Reading
Fan
John Headington
John Falwaifer
Maidenhead
Canterbury
Thomas Smith
Thomas Shindler
Modena
Turin
East Indies
M. Duvelaer
French India Company
Iit
Parise
Zelimote
Sorbonne
Weezell
England
St. Martin’s In the Fields
John Whitmore
Sheperton
Sarah Nicholls
Matthew Micholls
Eccleston
Lancashire
Elizabeth
Bazil Thomas Eccleston
Edward Dicconson
Wrightinton
Prescot
Christ
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