Gaeta strengthened port works ordered by the King
Naples reports the King plans to fortify Gaeta as a Mediterranean stronghold adding works on sea and land. Don Claudius Raichertingher discovers marble quarries in the realm equal to Persian marble. Venice and Madrid dispatch accounts of ships bringing gold and cargoes to Cadiz. A Lisbon envoy incident over a fire and diplomatic apologies concludes peacefully. Paris notes Parliament burning a polemical work and canal plans on the Loire Rhone noted.
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Gaeta
Mediterranean
Don Claudius Raichertingher
Persia
Madrid
San Experidion Arriv
Cadiz
Carthagena
America
Vienna
Hague
Portugal
States General
Prince of
Brunswick
M.d’Alva
Friesland
M. d’Alva
M. d
Alva
Portugae Embassador
Mont. d’Alva
Paris
Alsace
Flanders
Wis
Paris -La-Main
Loire
Rhone
Chatelet
Two Ponsonbys Die in Dublin and Armagh Estates
Dublin March 20 two children of John Pon sonby Esq a commissioner of His Majesty's Revenue died at his house in Henrietta Street Friday night. Saturday died at his seat at the Hill in the county of Armagh Robert Cope Esq Knight of the Shire for that county.
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Ireland
Dublin
John Ponsonby
His Majesty’s Revenue
Henrietta Street
Armagh
Robert Cope
Death of Right Hon Rachael Pauncefort Countess Dowager
Edinburgh reports the death of the Right Hon Rachael Pauncefort Countess Dowager senor of Kincardine at her house in Fife after a long illness. The piece also records various court and political items from the same period including royal movements, shipping for the Greenland fishery, labor emigration suspicions, naval orders, and appointments in the royal household.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Fife
Rachael Pauncefort
Senor
Green Park
Earl of Granville
Earl of Holderness
Kensington
Pope
Duke of Cumberland
Newmarket
Greenland
Dublin
Spain
Admiralty
Boulogne
Julian Legge
Shoreham
Thomas
Leeward Islands
Coningsby
Col. Conway
Regiement of
Dragoons
Amelia
Harriot Bridges
Miss Somers
Body found of Mr William Maude near Boldon
Newcastle reports the body of Mr William Maude, missing since January 24, was found near Boldon by a country boy. The coroner’s inquest sat, verdict not yet given. In Birmingham, Stafford assizes sentenc es for several theft and robbery cases with capital convictions and later reversals. Salisbury notes the sudden death of Mr Francis Price, architect and clerk of works for the Dean and Chapter of Sarum.
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Country News
Newcastle
William Maude
William Wardle
Joseph Williams
Mathews
Wolverhampton
James Lockley
William Wilson
Islington
Davis
Thomas
James Williams
Thomas Williams
James
Warwick
Salisbury
Francis Price
Sarum
Beaten Shipwrights Appeal To London Readers
A Plymouth letter protests against discharges of shipwrights and other artificers. It urges moral support for the helpless and condemns falsehoods that damage workers. The writer accuses a designer of exploiting long service only to hasten a fall, while veteran craftsmen are discarded and slandered.
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Plymouth
Paul
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Heylin
Bartholomew the Great
Best
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Milles
London
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