Widening global notices from February and March 1753
Mail from Holland reports ongoing Senate debate on abolishing the Governor General post in Finland and troop recall, with King present at sessions. Earthquakes shaken Angermanland. Danish harbor plans near Niebo. Warsaw reports troop withdrawals and citadel maneuvers. Military list shows 146,257 effective men and ~eleven million crowns annual cost. Reports from Utrecht and Paris cover Spanish fleet readiness, French camps in Alsace and Flanders, Sorbonne’s doctrinal disputes, and Paris bishop affair with papal-ordered sacraments suspension and parliamentary clash over Unigenitus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Stockholm
Dyet
Finland
Angermanland
Copenhagen
Elfineer
Niebo
Hirsholm
Dresden
Warsaw
Zamoski
Zamofc
Branicky
Zamofe
Hanover
Berlin
Silesia
London
Potzdam
Vienna
Klinggraff
Utrecht
Barcelona
Spain
Paris
Alsace
Flanders
Compiegne
Sorbonne
Arret
Orleans
S. Loup
Lewis
France
Navarre
Irish News Roundup of Murders and Public Notices
Ireland Belfas February reports detail a brutal home murder at a house near White Rock on Black Mountain, while Galway notes seized trading boats and Cork reports a poisoning aboard the Plain Dealer with casualties. Dublin items list clerical appointments, revenue collectors, and hospital chaplaincy. Wicklow records a devastating fire at Johnstown Out-Offices and a brutal wake incident in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irelan D. Belfas
Richard Cole
Drower
White Rock
Black Mountain
Belfast
Richard
Galway
Cork
Glandore
Baltimore
Plain Dealer
Walter Walsh
Bourdeaux
Donavan
Jay
Dublin
Morley Pendred Saunder
Saunders Grove
All Ireland
Martha Stratford
Col. Stratford
Belan
Kildare
John Cavendish
Kingsale
Thomas Disney
Ely
Adam Newman
James Davis
Afton’s Quay
Thomas Phillips
Daniel Beauford
Tuam
Dean Stopford
Cloyne
George Wilson
Athelfel
Relickmurray
Villagolfuda
Ballygriffin
Brickindon
Cashel
William Tisdall
St. James’s
Royal Hospital
Kilmainham
Ferns
William Gray
Aherd
Loughlin
Mahon
Kishon
Offery
Chamberlain Walker
Rosconnel
Jones
Chartres
Blackrath
St. Mary’s
Kilkenny
St. John’s
Clara
Chandler
Barnes
Johnstown
Mount Kennedy
Wicklow
Cobler
Patrick Kearney
Church-street
Charles Font
Kearney
Dorset Murder and Inquest Report from Wareham
The report describes a stabbing in which Font died at the ntabe Infirmary after a knife wound to the groin. The coroner’s inquest sat. verdict recorded fault as a boarder. Additional items from Canterbury note a marriage at Charborough and a highway robbery near Faversham with a wife and son involved. A grey mare was reportedly taken and found near a road.
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Font
Wasntabe
Tueay Jaff
Wareham
Dorsetshire
George Turner
Penly House
Westbury
Charborough
Trew
Canterbury
Grinstead
Faversham Fair
Cook’s Ditch
Royal Prerogative and Public Liberty Echo in London
A 1753 London letter condemns attempts to erode Magna Charta rights and warns voters to resist proposals that would destroy corporations and trade freedoms. It notes royal appointments, Empress Queen actions, and recent Whig measures, including taxes, salt duties, and military discipline, while reporting royal events and royal visits.
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London
Bristol
House of Austria
Board of Ordnance
George Fern
Ely
Fort George
Inverness
Lynn
Norfolk
Keene
Charles Keene
Efy
Benjamin Keene
Madrid
Lord Bisshop
Chester
Worcester
House of Peers
Great Britain
Cumberland
Bewdley
Yorkhire
Horse Guards
Prince of Wales
Duke of Cornwall
Prince Edward
Earl of Granville
Aringston-atrees
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