Discord in Corsica and European Movements News
Letters from Leghorn and Vienna report Corsican unrest with a Corsican captain Costa arrested for treason. Turkish troop movements reach Dalmatia as European powers debate East Friesland’s legal status. Paris reports court proceedings and religious and civic building disputes amid royal intolerance and urban crime notes in Coventry and Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baffia
St. Fiorenzo
Costa
Sieur Guiliani
Corsica
Vienna
Dalmatia
Berlin
Brussels
Arberg
Blois
Hague
East Friesland
Imperial Diet
Germany
Brandebourg
H Anover
Diet
Aulic Council of the Empire
House of Brunswick
Paris Alamain
Chatelet
Dauphin
Stanislaus of
St. Genevieve
Eustathius
Colbert
Chapter
Notre Dame
Count de Donges
Cate
Reflections on reform and virtuous conduct in Britain
A May 14 report from Birmix notes a murder commitment at Wiwick Gaol by Girton Peake and presents lengthy philosophical reflections on modern expedients to strengthen the state. It discusses preventing decadence, cautious remedies, corruption, and the duties of officials, ending with details of a London Freeholders gathering for Lord Wenman and Sir James Dashwood in St. Paul’s Court Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmix
Wiwick Gaol
Girton Peake
Richard
Reafn
Queen’s Arms Tavern
St. Paul’s Church Yard
London
Lord Wenman
James Dashwood
Lord Parker
Edward Turner
Newmarket Races and Court News in One Issue
The report lists four year old horses with weights and horses names including Lord Gower and Bay Horse and Chesnut Mare, plus dun colt favorite in a Newmarket race. It covers royal progress from St James's Park to Kensington, knighthood for William Bentley, election notes for Downton and Durham, appointments at the royal household, naturalization discussions, and several marriages and deaths in Bristol Manchester and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Gower
Jubilee
Charles Sedley
Cade
Duke of Ancaster
Mr. Martindale
Starling
Lord Portmore
Cartouch
Lord Chedworth
Buffcoat
Lord Eglingtown
Lord Fylingtoun
Mr. Vernon
St. James’s Park
Kensington
St. James's
Marquis of Hartington
Duke of Grafton
Lord Falconvery
Earls of
Tranville
Holderness
Lincoln
Cadogan
Chetwynd
Kensington Palace
Richmond
Amelia
Caroline
St. James’s
William Bentley
Mounts Mill
Cornwall
Downton
Wilts
Col. Vane
James Hayes
Holyport
Berks
Durham
County of
Henry Vane
Hugenr
Princess of Wales
James Ekersale
Elydes
Lords of the Treasury
John Tiddy
House of Commons
Downe
Ireland
Graves Chaworth
Fitzgerald
Arthur Jennings
Cheapside
Manchester
Thomas Birch
Bristol
Samuel Birch
Efy
Ardwicke
Inner- Temple
Nathaniel Jacobs
Lincolns Inn
Great Buffel Street
Bloomsbury
Allen
Capt
Sedington
Janes Lewes
Southwark
Blue Green
Wainwright
Gracechurch Street
Edinburgh
Kev
Withart
Winchester
Liltistones
Southampton
Uthmpton
Southwold
Shep-on
Maller
Somersetshire
Wells
Warminster
Paul’s Alley
Barbican
Stock
Mewgate Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yeterday Arriv
France
Leghorn
Rea
James Calland
Glasgow
King’s Head Inn
Coventry
Joseph Thomas
Warrington
Frengthen Tate
Newmarket Races
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