War news from Warsaw Vienna and Naples May to June
Letters from Biaś lacerkiew report offers for peace, Russian forces commanded by Marshal de Mu nich paused near Perewloczka and Krzemienczuck. Emperor names Duke of Lorraine generalissimo of Hungary. war preparations and ammunition shipments continue. Naples notes Mount Vesuvius eruption with flames and ash lasting hours, villages terrified by falling stones. Dublin reports death of Mr. Fenner, election of Alderman Walker as Lord Mayor, marriage of Alexander Steward to Miss Cowan, and wheat arrivals from America amid reports of mistreatment of natives seeking passage home.
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Biaślacerkiew
Count de Munich
Baristhenes
Perewloczka
Krzemienczuck
Vienna
Duke of Lorrain
Hungary
Patt
Funerz
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Dublin
Fenner
His Majesty
S Court of Common Pleas
Dawson
William Walker
Derry
Ireland
Alexander Steward
Cowan
Robert Cowan
London
America
Ireland Towns Fight Wool Trade War Sparks Coast Watch
In Mallow on May 24 and Kinsale May 27 reports warn the wool trade clash between Combers and Weavers and exporters. A Cant of over 100 Packs of Woolf sold under guard with Captain’s Guard decreed, yet order held. Combers plan a coast watch, arguing it will prevent loss and danger and benefit the public.
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Ireland
Mallow
Kinsale
Patterson
Edinburgh Clergy Move and Notable Murders in Scotland
Last week the Presbytery of Jedburgh transferred Rev. Mr. Kennedy from Cavers to minister the Scots Congregation at Rotterdam, a living valued at 1700 Guilders per Angum. East Friday Isobel Walker, from Dumfries, was imprisoned for her father's murder, and Margaret McGaghock from Air was jailed for murdering her own child.
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Edinburgh
Jedburgh
Mr. Kennedy
Cavers
Rotterdam
East
Isobel Walker
Dumfries
Margaret M‘gaghock
Rioters Suppressed at Coast. Courtenay Return and Bell Ringing
A command of 140 men marches toward the Pool to quell rioters hindering corn shipping. In Bristol, Henry Courtenay and his newly married wife arrive as a cathedral bell is rung. A farm house near Wells burns. a thief steals twenty guineas, and locals fund the farmer's loss. Vale of Evesham residents halt corn exports, blocking all bag departures.
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Exon
Pool
Henry Courtenay
William Courtenay
Bristol
Balstonborough
City of
Wells
War
Vale of Evesham
Taunton Nominated as Southampton Burgess Candidate
London reports that at a general meeting the Mayor and Corporation of Southampton nominated Alderman Taunton, a merchant, to represent the town as a Burgess in Parliament. The nomination followed broad support from inhabitants who seek a candidate true to the country’s interests. Burgesses urged to attend and vote.
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Southampton
Alderman Taunton
Weart
Election Fray and Clerical Moves Stir Early Autumn Week
In a crowded political note, Mr Taunton challenges Thomas Lee Dummer in a ward election set for Friday next with other nominees named. The piece also reports clerical appointments, including Rev Dr Herring possibly as Bishop of Bangor, and transfers within Trinity House and the royal household.
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Taunton
Thomas Lee Dummer
The
Wardrobe
Eleston
Kay
St. Austin
St. Faith
St. Paul's
Sampson Letfome
Tippifig
William Popple
Lords Commissioners For
Onslow Burrish
East India Company
Mocha
William Abe
Society of the
Trinity House
John Norris
Charles Wager
Capt
Whaley
Deptford
Pontack
Stephen Poyniz
Caroline
Mary
Countess of Peterborough
Regiment of Foot
Tatton
Kent
Scotland
Scarborough
Abbey of Paisly
Thomas Earl of
Rufsia
Lord Byron
Faulkland
Lee
West Indies
Herring
Rochester
Bangor
Cecil
Bleedingly
Surrey
Deane
Grimmond
Lechmere
Salters Company
Elliot
Churchill
Dragoons
Earl of Grantham
Lord Cadogan
Oliver Lambart
Earl of Gavan
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