Mail from France and European diplomacy notes
Yesterday arrived the Mail from France with updates from Parma and Madrid about salaries and promotions in Fianances, a Spanish officer named Andrew Bueno who died at Badajoz and a 1663 battle action. Letters from Berlin to The Hague detail Malta affairs and Prussian Saxon negotiations, plus cautious moves on Finland and Orkey diplomacy. Paris reports Parliament actions against schism promoters and local church pages, with a Perth rain loss story and a Dugwall water incident.
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Spain
Madrid
Fune
Badajoz
Andrew Bueno
Asexial
Castile
Berlin
Bailif de Froglay
Order of Malta
Silesia
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Malta
Prutha
Hague
Prussia
House of Orange
Meutfen
London
Charles Hanbury Walliams
Saxony
Great Britain
Electorate of
Moscow
Guy Dickens
Finland
Tapis
Orkey
Servia
Russia
Poland
Haydamacks
Guarda Costas
America
Paris
Aix
Forcalquier
Oratory
Sisteron
Lamain
Pontoise
Scotlands Edinburgh July report on captured MacDonnell prisoners
From the north we learn that Captain Ferguson, commander of a royal vessel, recently apprehended two individuals named MacDonnell in Knoidart and one named Time in the Isle of Skye, and lodged them as prisoners.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Ferguson
MacDonnell
Knoidart
Skey
Escape of Felons From Carlisle Gaol and Related Robberies
A Carlisle letter reports eleven felons escaped from Carlisle Gaol on Monday night with four recaptured next morning and eight still at large including Richard Knowles for highway robbery and William Hartley William Cottell and Daniel Barns for horse stealing, all once death sentences but later reprieved. The Salisbury entry notes a robbery near Milbourne Post with two footpads taking two guineas and causing a chase, while Sherborne reports unrest over rising prices and damaged mills amid deamers.
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Country News
Newcastle
Carlisle
Richard Knowles
William Hartley
William Cottell
Daniel Barns
Salisbury
Ferfun
Burfledon
Hampshire
Milbourn Post
Somersetshire
Shaftesbury
Sherborne
Tminster
Haselbere
Blasphemy Law and Jewish Naturalization Debate in London
An 1790s era letter protests a Parliament Act against blasphemy as a penalty for dissent, arguing the law favors foreign blasphemers over natives. The author urges repeal, condemns selective naturalization for Jews, and warns of political manipulation amid religious tension in England.
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France
Parma
Fort William
Perth
Cargil Parish
Mackenzie
Contin
Dugwall
Hillam
Westminster