Royal Marriage Announced As Cannon Firing Illuminates Naples
Naples reports the King declared his marriage to the Princess Royal of Poland Eleonora and Saxony after presenting billets to nobles and the city. In Venice the Grand Signor orders inquiries into officers from the Octakow siege. Reports from Transylvania describe plague closing communications, while Bligh dies in a gunpowder accident and Henry Sandford, collector at Coleraine, dies amid public contempt.
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Poland
Saxony
Venice
Conantinople
Octakow
Vienna
Transylvania
Cronstadr
Hermanitzer
Irregular Marriages and Murders Reported in Kilmainham Area
Fragmented 18th century notices speak of a marriage involving Hon Arthur Fill and Miss Anne Stafford, amid reports of executions and grave discoveries near Kilmainham Bridge. The text alleges secret burials, alleged miscarriages of justice, nursing abuses, and vows by authorities to pursue broader investigations.
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Irela
Kilmainham ‘Bridge
Ehttsend
Tetr Fendaies
Mamibex
Severab
Tile Nickes
Thomas Court
Kilmainham
Bradstreet
Amd
Bar- Ratong
Gort
Edinburgh Man Executed for Murder and Robbery
In Grass Market Edinburgh yesterday Dougal M Farlane aged 22 was executed for his role in the murder and robbery of John Woore an Excise Officer at Crieff. He pleaded he acted under the influence of a wicked mistress who lured him with promises.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Dougal M‘farlane
John Woore
Crief
Recorder Elected In Newcastle After Judge Lingwood Death
In Newcastle on Thursday Edward Collingwood Esq, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Northumberland, was elected Recorder of the town in place of the late John Hancor Esq. The report also notes Hereford awarding Welters Cornewall Esq the Freedom of the City after a celebratory entertainment and speech. A separate Middlesex item reports Col Williamson of the Guards found dead at Egham, with coroner declaring him of unsound mind.
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Bligh
Thomas Bligh
Liett
Colerain
Henry Sandford
Newcasle
Edward Collingwood
Northumberland
John Hancor
Gloucester
Hereford
Welters Cornewall
D. Wells
John Collins
Red-Lyon
Bihop
a.Sizh
Molly Collins
de Moar
London
Great
Essex
Leonard Monk
Edward Baugh
Stephen Power
Tim Harris
Egham
Surrey
Col. Williamson
Guards
Geotleman
Samuel Tatem
Ely
Tower Ward
Middlesex
Fortune
Hampstead
Samuel Dawes
House of Lords
Father
Charles
House of Commons
Wilcox
Ss Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Biercers
Clark
Beadle
Trinity Hospital
Greekwich
Petty, Degease
Walters
Belov
Co Yetterday
Abamnes Fet
Jenkins
Billingspare
Bellamy
Cloth-workers Company
Old Palace-Yard
Westhinster
Parsons
Dug. Parsons
Grace
Verdict in Wilfud Murder Trial Shocks Court
On Tuesday the jury returned a verdict of murder in the Wilfud case. The defendant, described as a cruel wretch, is noted to be pregnant with a child at the time.
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Esterday Arriv
Holland
Naples
Fas
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