News from Holland Madrid and Orfova Siege Updates
Yesterday's mail from Holland and Madrid reports partial treasure from New Spain and preparations as the fleet nears. Turks renew efforts at Orfova with four new batteries and road obstructions while imperial relief may soon arrive. further, excise officials change in Scotland and notable deaths, marriages, and court notices fill the rumor mill.
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New Spain
Pizarro
Cadiz
India
Naples
the Two Sicilies
Fienna
Orfova
Horrid murder at Wayford shocks Crewkerne
On a Tuesday morning in Wayford Richard Elfwood of Clayton killed his Uncle Father Norris after discovering his wife in bed with Norris. Elfwood beat both, leaving the wife severely injured but recovering, and told neighbors the story before being committed to Ivelchester Gaol.
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William Fitz-Maurice
Earl of Kerry
Dyfarth
Queen’s County
Gertrudge Lambert
Earl of
Edmund Ball
Buckeridge
Ware
Hertfordshire
Whitehall- Chapel
William de la Creuze
King-street
Covent-Garden
Olimpia
de la Farelle
France
Spain
Holland
Great Britain
Erasmus Owen
Ely
Milford Haven
Henry Laying
John Laying
Wells
Nottingham
Lord Weymouth
Lord Gower
Mr. Neale
Galloways
Greswood
England
Joseph Webb
Robert Waltham Bowes
Durham
Bath
Ensign Seymour
Foot-Guards
Robert Walpole
Grange Walk
Southwark
Dimbleby
St. Mary Magdalen Bermondsey
Mitcham
Surrey
William Selby
Whitsters
East India Company
Sussex
Madagascar
Portsmouth
Country News
Crewkerne
Wayford
Richard Elfwood
Clayton
Father Norris
Elfwood
Norris
Altho
Ivelchedter
London Appointment Clarifies Rhodes as Appointee
Christopher Rhodes, Esq. is appointed to a position in London. The record corrects a prior misidentification that listed John Gough, Esq. in several papers. The update confirms Rhodes as the valid appointee and notes the oversight in earlier reports.
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Ondon
Christopher Rhodes
John Gough
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The
London Evening-Post
Arriv
Madrid
William
Anne
Lincoln’s Inn- Fields
Charles Street
Covent Garden
Dover
William Byrd
Poultry Compter
London
Kingston
Baron Valmouté
Hanover
Chandos
Jewers
Ila
Lord Walpole
Robert
Houghton Hall
Cobham’s
Earl of Pembroke
Regiment of Hose
Evans
Hounslow-Heath
Baron Reynolds
Ireland
John Boyle
Orrery
Lord Boyle Baron of
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