France News Briefs on South Sea Debt and Parisian Affairs
The mail from France reports the South Sea Company’s 68,000 pounds Baring debt dispute with Britain and proposed settlements tied to indemnities. Keene rejects broader terms, sending a courier to London. May 2 Genoa notes war costs trigger wax and coal duties provoking mutinous sentiment. Paris-La-Main cites royal visits, Firework plan for August, Orleans charity gifts, and clergy relocations amid hardship.
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Marquess de Villarias
Keene
South Sea Company
South-Sea Company
London
Thomas Geraldino
Genoa
Gorfica
Ain
France
Moldavia
Boelder
Choczim
Brom
Paris - la-Main
la Muette
Ify
Versailles
Seela Mina
Madame
Don Philip
Duke of
Orleans
Paris
Notable Deaths and Wins Reported Across Counties
York notes the death of Thomas Bright of Badsworth a gentleman with an estate who married Miss Norton heiress of John Lowther of Ackworth and left one daughter. Hexham races see Plunder win the Fifteen Pound Plate and Grave Lady the Galloway Plate. Newcastle reports carriage charges set by Parliament and a London Carrier fined for excess rates. Durham mentions Sir Robert Eden's marriage to Miss Davison and Lancelot Allgood’s marriage to Miss Allgood with a fortune over 40000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Thomas Bright
Badsworth
Norton
John Lowther
Ackworth
Pontefract
Hexham
George Carr
Charleton
Newcastle
London
Durham
Robert Eden
Davison
William Davison
Beaumarsh
Bishoprick
Challerton
Lancelot Allgood
Brandon White-House
County of Northumberland
Allgood
Robert Allgood
Fenwick- Geld
Meri
Brest
Barrick
Thomas Stanhope
Lord Harrington
George Tilson
Deceas
the Treasury
William Luke
George Williams
Joseph Pickering
Middle Temple
St. Paul’s
Freer
Lewisham
Kent
Guildhall
William Townsend
Middlesex
Samuel Rowe
Goldfinich
Kentish Town
Capn Beckford
East-India Company
Stinkerly
Mr. Bonham
Bonham
Caroline
India
Bencoolen
Gore
France
Cota
Thomas Secker
Bihop
Oxford
House of Peers
Westminster Abbey
Charles the Second
Stafford
John Burne
Handley Green
Stoke Upon Trent
Jamnes Breet
Westminster
Gumitt
Clerkenwell
Highgate
Bishop’s Wood
Gumm
London News and Gossip From The Departing Year
London pamphlet notes report lower customs yields amid unsettled affairs. Divorce bill rejected for Sir John Dinely and his wife. Counts and courtiers reshuffled including a new Newfoundland governor and deputy secretary appointments. Naval and prisoner stories, escapes, robberies, and local court actions populate a dense tersely reported column.
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John Dinely
Edward Goodere
Rufsia
Madrid
M. Derifmes
Count Cambis
Capt. Medley
Romney
Newfoundland
Lord Monson
Anne Pierpoint
Evelyn Duke of Kingston
Isabella Bentinck
Duke of Portland
Duke of Kingston
A Peron
Dartmouth
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