Royal marriage proposal and European updates spread
Madrid reports the Infante Don Philip to wed the eldest daughter of the Most Christian King, a union seen as uniting royal houses. Paris notes envoys and talks in Berlin, while Vienna and Hanover relay military and political maneuvers. Britain mentions princes, money negotiations, and an upcoming envoy, with various local executions and prebendary installations in England and Salisbury reporting trials, crimes, and sentences.
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Spain
Don Philip
France
Don Phy
Naples
Vienna
Belgrade
Turky
Shhach Nadir
Sophy
Hanover
Steinhorst
Duke of Cumberland
Prussia
Great Britain
London
Paris
Assur
Marquess de la Chatardie
Berlin
Berry
Sieur Moreau
St. Amand
Discovery of Coiners Near Derby Sparks Local Probe
Reports from Derby dated March 12 describe several coiners in the area. A Presbyterian preacher and a Hofier with substantial real estate face inquiries. A mould-maker sues for unpaid wages amid plans to use coin presses and armed figures roam the countryside as authorities pursue others involved.
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Derby
Birth of a Prince Delights London Amid Royal Jubilation
Yesterday between noon and one the Princess of Wales began labour with midwife Mrs Cannon assisting. The King sent a message to the House of Peers, who adjourned as the Privy Council and bishops went to Norfolk House. By about three the Prince was born, with both mother and child reported to be doing well. Bells, bonfires, and illuminations marked the occasion across London and Westminster.
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London
Princess of Wales
Duke of Dorset
Privy Council
Bishops
Norfolk House
Westminster
Prince of Wales
Ireland
St. James’s
Mediterranean
Haddock
Brown
Jamaica
John Barnard
House of Commons
Earl of Selkirk
Lord Register
Scotland
Lanarkshire
Clidsdale
James II
William III
George I
George II
Ocol
Earl of Jersey
Christopher Wyvill
St. Paul’s Church
Atty of
Northaw
Kilpin
Moorgate
Clapham Church
Miss Addington
Addington
Cross-Lane
St. Mary Hill
Richard Savage
Richard Earl Rivers
Germany
Holland
Saxe Gotha
Augusta
Prince George
Robert Walpole
the Treasury, Admiralty
William Athburnham
Hastings
Sussex
Pelham
New Nassau Street
Finch
Jon
Daniel Finch
Charles Cafar
County of
Her
Kentish Town
le Heup
Matthew le Heup
Thomas Gery
Kat
Holdsworth
Duke of
Dorset
Townshall
Devon
Exeter
Stuckenham
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London Evening-Post
Madrid
Newcastle
Warwick Grainge
William Errington
Northumberland
Gloucester
Ratcliffe
Pembroke College
Oxon
Paulerspury Fields
Sarum
George William Harris
Yarminster Prima
Butler
Bristol
Bradford
Melksham, &c
Winchester
Humphry Over
Sarah Farmer
John Edwards
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