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Memorable Trials and European Diplomatic Moves
In Hertford and Reading the assizes saw murder charges, a lunatic-patient acquittal, and seven male factors condemned for horse stealing, to be transported or hanged in chains. Dispatches recount bounty trades, stock prices, and court intrigues as Europe shifts under Bourbon and Ottoman diplomacy with mentions of Chauvelin and KaoliHan. Armine Wodehouse seeks knightly office in Norfolk.
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Newgate
Richard Brocas
Tom
Thomas Hargrove
Matthew Martin
Davis
Holbourn Bridge
Laft
Hertford
Belcham
Hitchen
Priett
Newport
Reading
Berks
Baron Carter
Baron Fortescue
Abingdon
Kingdom of Ireland
Tyburn
Sutton
Campbell
Baker
Orchard
Carr
Butcher
Jenkins
Stafford
Suctan
Mary Shrewsbury
David Jenkins
Hyde Park
Morat
Black
Westminster
Shepherds Bath
Acton
Kensington
Portugal Zoo
Holland
Cadiz
Lisbon
Spain
France
Orleans
Gibraltar
Duke de Riperda
Tetuan
Barbary
Don Emanuel
Portugal
Bayonne
Vienna
Count de Taroucea
Belgrade
England
Great Britain
Russia
Britannick
Everard Faulkener
Thomas Koulihan
Porte
Rufsian
Asaph
Black Sea
Kaffa
Hague
Europe
M. Chauvelin
Don Joseph Patinho
House of Bourbon
Marshal Noailles
Italy
Sardinia
Castille
Utretcht
Philip the Fifth
Joseph Patinho
Don de la Quadra
M.chauvelin
M. de Vaugrenant
Sweden
Poland
Marquess de Vaugrenant
M. du Theil
M. Fenelon
Paris
M. Trevigne
Marquess de la Mina
Versailles
South Sea
Ys Prem
India
Royal Exchange
London
Norfolk
Armine Wodehouse