Neutrally Charged European Affairs Draw Much Interest
Naples reports wait on M Como letters as nations weigh neutrality proposals. Jews to lend money to the King with annual interest, while Spanish privateers seize ships for Spezzia. Berlin notes Prussian health decline amid French and Swedish intrigues and maritime activity in Brest and Toulon. London Petersbourg alliance ratification and 30,000 Russian troops pledged, with Britain to supply twelve ships. Sweden Sweden’s reaction to French diplomacy and Chetardie’s mission to Petersburg analyzed amid Baltic tensions. France faces sailor shortages as some join Spain, while local Norwich crime notes a robbery suspect, Robinson, jailed after minimal theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Como
Great Britain
Paris A-la-Main
Genoa
Spezzia
Berlin
Prudian
France
Prince Royal
Prussia
Juliers
Bergue
Paris
Prince de Lichtenstein
Marquess de Maurepas
Stockholm
Sweden
London
Petersbourg
Finch
Russia
Amsterdam
Brest
Toulon
Cadix
America
de St. Giles
Republick
Marquess de la Chetardie
Wybourg
Finland
Spain
Earl of Marchmont Buried with Great Pomp in Canongate Churchyard
In Edinburgh on March 17 the late Earl of Marchmont's corpse was carried in a richly adorned hearse to Canongate Churchyard. The coffin was covered in crimson velvet with coronets and plumath feathers atop the carriage. Nobility and Lords of Session led the procession as thousands watched, and Sir William Purvis of Purvis Hall, Bart., lordship's son-in-law, acted as chief mourner as the family burial took place with notable ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Earl of Marchmont
Canongate
Lords of Session
William Purvis
Purvis Hall
Death of Mr Serjeant Eyre Recorder of Bath
Brisol March 22 reports the death of Mr Serjeant Eyre the Recorder of Bath a notable gentleman of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Brisol
Serjeant Eyre
Bath
London News and London Society Notices
London reports the Patent passing seals for creating Madam Valmoden Countess of Yarmouth and appointments to the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners for Torchington and Mift. A May-Fair Lands valuation for a Flesh Market near St George Hanover Square is ordered. The death of Mr Justice Denton in Bath at 61 is noted with legacies to nephews. Possible judicial shifts include Baron Parker and others. Lady Frances Meadows gives birth to a daughter in Grosvenor Street. A Great Seal grant to Murray Crumbler appoints Receiver of duties in Jamaica. The South Sea Snow Captain Steven rare arrives from Buenos Ayres with fortune and notes on ships and war with Spain. The Rome burial of George Dainwood and the death of Joseph Hinxman MP prompt a new election writ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Valmoden
Yarmouth
Torchington
Huntingdon
Mift
Smith
Taylor
Deceas
St. George Hanover Square
Nathaniel Curson
William Pulteney
Bath
Justice Denton
Court of Common Pleas
Prince of Wales
George Chamberlain
Buckingham
Boate
Judge Boate
Ireland
Baron Parker
the Common Pleas
Serjeant Birch
John Idle
Thomas Bootle
Frances Meadows
Duke of Kingstor
Philip Meadows
Grosvenor-street
Murray Crumbler
Jamaica
Richard Fill
South Sea
George Dainwood
Sig
Rome
Custom-House
Oxfordshire
Joseph Hinxman
Christchurch
Southamipton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Don
Naples
John Scrope
Lime
Vernon
Henley
Norwich
Robinson
Shippon
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