Proclamation for a new Parliament and election guidance
The correspondence discusses a call for a new Parliament under King James the First, urging electors to choose grave, able, and religiously balanced Knights and Burgesses. It emphasizes integrity, reform, and a representative third Estate, urging Westminster Parliament to convene and proceed with prudent, loyal governance. Various notices follow, including political debates on Admiral Vernon’s candidacy and international dispatches from Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, and Paris, with updates on battles, treaties, and royal marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Bacon
James the
Westminister
Deaths of Thomas Coote and George Knox in Ireland
Ireland Dublin April 28 notices report the deaths of Hon Thomas Coote Esq Knight of the Shire for Monaghan and former Court of King's Bench judge, and George Knox Ey Knight of the Shire for Donnegail. Also a report that sheep prices fell notably in Smithfield Market yesterday.
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Ireland
Dublin
Coothill
Cavan
Thomas Coote
Monaghan
Court of King’s Bench
George Knox
Donnegail
Smithfield
Brutal assault near Edinburgh ends in danger to girl
In Scotland near Edinburgh last week a Squire assaulted a country girl after she rejected his advances and the watch he offered. He wounded her with a cutlass in many places, she was carried home by sledge and remains in danger. The dry season contrasts with rain elsewhere boosting grass and corn, signaling hoped lower provisions prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Pastoral Proclamation Seeks Clergy Votes in Cambridge
In Cambridge on May 1 a figure named R. R. Bench, once claiming renunciation of worldly concerns, issues solemn injunctions to sixteen clergy members of a learned body. The document pressures these ministers to cast votes, amid uncertain authority and public scrutiny of his actions.
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Country News
Cambridge
R. R. Bench
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Admiral Vernon
City of
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Berlin
Lord Hindford
Silesia
Baron de Ginckel
Great Britain
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Pye
Vienna
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Wells
Upper Austria
Marshal Neuperg
Kevenhuller
Prince Eugene
Miliria
Arrah
Peterwaradin
Theisfa
Marosch
Bavaria
Hungary
Tulon
M. de la Roche Allard
Manheim
Wittes
Paris
d’Antin
Brest
Roquefeuille
Trnce
Roth
N.S
Prusian
Mollwitz
Count of
Schiulenburg
Romer
Schulenburg
Neuperg
Schtlenburg
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