Persecution of Christians in Philippine Islands and Baltic dispatch
Reports from the Philippines recount Moorish persecutions of Christians and Missionaries on Mindoro Calamian and Tidore including constraints and killings. In Europe notes details of prisoner exchanges ransom rates and a letter from General de Schmettau seeking service change. Edinburgh July 21 reports Barley harvest progress and a scandal trial involving Duke of Hamilton statements about plans to overturn church and state.
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Philippine
Iles of
Calaminnes
Mindoro
Consecrated Plate
Idand
Tidor
Ordnance
de Schmettau
Prussia
Birch
Hungary
Torgau
Saxony
Alexander Hamilton
Innerwick
Ely
Board of Excite
Garver
East Lothian
Edinburgh
Scilion
Duke of Hamilton
William Wyld
Lanerx
John Bala
Duke of
Chritopher Balantyne
Daying
Duke Harmilton
High Sheriff Changes and Dublin Harbour Raid
Ireland July 21 report: John Smith appointed High Sheriff of Wicklow following a death. James M Manus named High Sheriff of Kildare in place of the deceased Joseph Ath. Henry Jackson, High Constable, led a Sunday raid at Reed House on the North Wall. eleven foreign service bound men and the harbourer were captured, but the captain escaped and others remanded to Newgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Baltiboy
John Smith
Wicklow
James M‘manus
Kildare
Joseph Ath
Henry Jackson
Reed
Secur’d
Newgate
Deaths in Scotland and Glencairn family line
In Edinburgh on July 20, John Aitkin secretary of war to the forces in Scotland died. On the preceding Wednesday John Cuningham Esquire, brother German to the Earl of Glencairn, died at Finlafton, the family seat.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
John Aitkin
Finlafton
Glencairn
John Cuningham
German
Earl of
Great Cause and Trials Across York County
On Wednesday last a major case between Lord Portmore and the Parishes of Thorne and Hatfield over Tythes yielded a verdict against the lord. A Saturday suit by Tho Hill against the Hundred of Strafford and Tickhill recovered 7s 18s 6d after nine hours of witness testimony. Hill had been robbed on Wales Common in November. Robert Kelfee was tried for uttering false money, but acquitted. The long disputed Scarborough Corporation affair was dropped after amicable adjustment.
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Country News
York
Lord Portmore
Thorne
Hatfield
Guildhall
Robert Kelfee
Portugal
St. Peter’s
Corporation of
Scarborough
Observators Note Flux in Politics Between Paris and London
London observers remark the political tides between Paris and London rise and fall unevenly like the Thames current. Reports say troops thought bound for Germany will not depart this year due to sea conditions favoring a campaign of inaction. A large reinforcement from old regiments is planned to be sent to the West Indies as part of a grand Jamaica scheme.
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London
Paris
Thames
Germany
Seaon
Colchester
Barnes- Common
Hounslow
Windsor- Forest
West-Indies
Jamaica
Political and naval news from Europe and Jamaica
Reports from Sietia Berlin Vienna and Paris show no change in European affairs though ships and Admiralty orders hint at readiness for action. Jamaica dispatches detail Vernon and Wentworth preparing another expedition with reports of disciplined Negroes to sail for Panama. Lisbon letters note privateering actions and arrivals of ships bound for Cadiz and Brazil Fleet.
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Eusrope
Belle-Isle
Sietia
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Versalles
Holland
Hanover
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Royal William
Richard Betty
Polkerries
Cornwall
Martha Lovel
Lancaster
Kerfoot
darton-Mills
Liverpool
Peyton
Jamaica
Porto Bello
Anton
Cape Horn
South Seas
Arica
Pizarro
Cape
Buenos Ayres
Mertyn
Deptford
Port Royal
Santa Martha
Cadiz
Carthagena
Havanna
Vernon
Wentworth
Admiral Vernon
Chagre
Panama
Anson
Lisbon
John Norris
Cavendish
Ferrol
Cape J’inisterre
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London Evening-Post
France
Madrid
Ireland
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