Unruly Genoese Target of Royal Enmity in Naples
A Genoese man named Signior Joseph Galaratti, once in the king's guards, attempted to strike the king's porte chaise with a stone after a lapse of reason spurred by passion. He is confined, likely to Sicily's madhouse, while the court argues over Ottoman and European diplomacy, with news of Moldavia's prince and a reform of justice across Pomerania.
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Joseph Galaratti
Sicily
Venice
N. S
Constantinople
Vienna
Grand Signior
Hungary
Christendom
Persia
Versailles
Porte
Shah Nadir
Count Bonneval
Asia
Bonnéval
Crim Tartars
France
Dresden
Poland
Moldavia
Giovanni di. Scarlati Mauro Cordato
Valle
Europe
Berlin
Fune
Maesty
Pomerania
Dlay
Admirals for Sea Service Debate on Navy Reform
A letter argues for six new admirals amid French losses to justify using many flags. It proposes stationing two admirals at Plymouth Portsmouth and Deal to check seamen grievances and curb abuses, expand admiral authority, and log dangerous actions like brothel raids and fireship seizures while noting the claim that superseded captains receive admiral pay.
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Bath
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Deal
Indemnity Needed to Ensure Free Elections in Scotland
PHILOPATRIS appeals to the public for an indemnity before Parliament’s dissolution to guard free elections in the Scots counties. He warns that pardons may tempt electors to barter votes, risking despair, foreign refuge, and hostile reaction against the ruling power, urging timely protection for the upcoming vote.
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Scotland
United Kingdom
Scorch
Distemper Strikes Horned Cattle and Dover French Boats Captured
Reports from Yirk indicate a contagious distemper has reached the county. A Finnengly farmer buried five cows last week. The Duke William Privateer brought two French fishing boats with fifteen men into Dover, hinting at potential French restraint on fishermen.
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Yirk
Finnengly
Doncaster
Canterbury
Zune
Dover
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Berkshire
Admiralty
Charles Medley
Porte Mahon
George Fox
Bishopsgate Street
Somerset Chapel
Drinkwater
Horflydown
Miss Tanner
Roger Tanner
Stretham
Kent
Moorfields
John Verden
Hush Smith
Weald-Hall
County of Essex
Samuel Newman, Barr
Old Palace
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