Court sentence in Empress affair ends in death sentence
Reports from Hamburgh and Brussels describe the trial of Count Bestu chef-Rarnin, accused of abusing power to undermine Empress authority. The Commissioners find him guilty, sentencing death. property confiscation planned but Empress allows confinement at a country house with options for his family. Multiple dispatches detail military movements across Europe and related preparations.
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Hiolland
Patenfourgh
Bestuchef-Rarnin
Fength
Mani
Elba
Hamburgh
Dantzick
Thorn
Marienwerder
Vitula
Dresden
Corps of Observation
Pringe
Henry’st
Qopice
Frannid
Auiark
Duke de Broghio
Gagrifohi
mma-Gate
Brusels
Leige
Cologn
Prince Henry
Prussia
Ferdinand of
Brunswick
Francfort
Paris
Martha] Thomond
Languedoc
Norling
Tharis
Rousillon
Saer
Switzerland
Bern
Ganion
Zurich
Embargo on River Ships and Privateer News in London
London reports an embargo on ships in the river with Gibraltar dispatches noting the Preston Man of War capturing a French ship laden with silk and cotton valued at 12 000 pounds. Marlborough Privateer also carried Colombe from St Domingo to port and Broderick Privateer delivered French ship Thomas Fardo from Tunis to Leghorn. Also notes two marriages in York and Holborn, a fatal fall, a suspected arson commitment at Cambridge, and a royal grant to Samson Sitean of Spalding with a price of one penny.
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London
Gibraltar
Preston
Marlborough
St. Domingo
Broderick
Leghorn
Thomas Fardo
Tunis
Marseilles
Newton
York
Miss Topham
Roger Topham
Ely
Amersham, Bucks
Robert Arbor
Cambridey
Isaacson
Burwell
London Gazette
Whitehall
Jie King
Samson
Jideon
Samson Sitean
Spalding
Lincoln
Price
Belvidere Baronetcy and Admiralty Notice in Kent
Belvidere in Kent and heirs male are summoned for a baronetcy. Captain Knight of His Majesty's Ship Liverpool reports capturing a French privateer at Yarmouth with eight carriage guns, muskets, and five men from Dunkirk. Ann Daw and Joseph Daw of Lewes are described as bankrupts. William Marnar of Andover and William Richards of Bristol listed as traders and dealers.
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Belvidere
Kent
Gegotren
Kingdom of Great Britain
Admiralty Ofire
Cap'ain
Yarmouth
Dankirk
Ann Daw
Joseph Daw
Lewes
Lynx
Masons
William Marnar
Andover
Southampton
Chapman
Willim ‘Richards
Bristol
Mercer, Linnen-Daper
Prizes for Youth Drawings in Arts and Manufactures
A long 18th century notice outlining premiums offered by the Society for Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce. It lists numerous competitions for youths under various ages to submit chalk, pencil, or ink drawings of human figures, landscapes, animals, ornaments, and original designs. Prizes include guineas and medals, with deadlines in early 1760 and related conditions.
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Society For the Encouragement of Arts
Yous
Academy For Painting
St. Martin’s Lane
Duke of Richmond
Callico
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Man
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Thomas Helly
Queensborough
Drogheda
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Pigot St. George
William Parsons
William
Hogghill
Chichefer
Edward Chichester
Earl of
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Edinburgh
Berwick
Atfotte
Frith
Leith
Falmouth
Lisbon
Corunna
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Weazle
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Wales
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