Political and Military Edicts From Vienna to London
Reports detail measures for economy in state spending, with proposed cuts to generals and officers’ pay while keeping regiments intact. Letters from Vienna question a 6,000,000 florin indemnity claim against Poland Saxony and hint at a future payment to a prince. Hanover dispatches discuss the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick’s travels and a mistaken Brühl route. Paris notes punning on building and abbey revenues. Clergy appointments fill Cambridge and Norfolk livings. court acts appoint a Banbury official and record recent deaths. Horse entries for Guildford races and gold price rises spark concern over export risk. Shipping movements include trade exports and arrivals. stock markets and prices close. A letter from PLAIN SENSE criticizes ministers’ disinterestedness and references reversionary offices in the West Indies.
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Lue
Rome
Vienna
Poland
Hanover
Prince of
Brunswick
London
Aix la Chapelle
Brusfels
Ansbach
Paris
St. Germain
Shephard
Christ’s College
Cambridge
Barton-Mills
Suffolk
Davis
Pritchard
Trinity College, Cambridge
Blyth
Nottinghamshire
Robinson
Little Coates
Lincoln
Athiil
Caius College, Cambridge
Sparham and
Foxley
Hate
Benjamin Aplin
Banbury
Oxford
High Court of Chancery
White
Magdalen College
Tiinity College
Francis Hooper
Fakenham
Norfolk
Guildford
Mr. Wildman
Pam
Mr. Bevers
Young Blank
Mr. Adams
Bumper
M. Featherston
Henrietta
Mr. Stroud
Mark White
Mr. \ildman
Tamerlane
Lord Chedworth
Mr. Mac Anella
Maia
Mr. Douglas
Th. Westbrook
Mr. Shelly
Mr. Bat
Manmon
Court of King’s Bench
John Gardner
Bartheley
Literary and Entertaining Pieces From Various Publications
Readable excerpts attack a North British minister for disinterestedness while praising rewards. The writer lists honors from the Privy Council to Richmond Park, critiques policies, and recalls anecdotes about censorship and seized writings. It includes a description of a Great Room painting at Vauxhall Gardens depicting General Clive after Plaissy.
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Privy Council
Prince of the Blood
Garter
Richmond Park
Faine
de Gazerre
Pire
Che
Picure
Vauxhall Gardens
Hayman
Clive
Plaiffy
Rast Indies
Nabob
Meer Jitter
Sabah
Meer Jaffer
The General Interview Portrait Described in Detail
The British officers display in uniform with modish triumph while the Indian figures, groom, and Subh are arranged behind Meer Jaffer. An alert horse closes the foreground as an elephant looms in the background. The painter preserves precise arms and dress, yielding a vivid contrast of color and emotion.
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Meer-iffer
Subh
Nabob
Meer Jffer
East-Indies
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Monmouth
Gardner
Newton
Goodwill
Hutchinson
Sunderland
Betsey
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Holland
France
Quebec
Carolina
Trown
Streights
Konigsberg
West Indies
Fowey
Echo
Jamaica
Clark
Ditto
Cadiz
Murphy
Guadalupe
Drury-Lane
Macspeta
Covent-Garden
Bony
London-Bridge
Cre Bank Redu
Bank An
Consol
Lidia
Navy
Ditco
Calamne
Robert Walp
Tye Garter
Robert
Sir Robert
Lord B
Earl of
Bute
Pormge
Perry Charles Wyndham
Barbadoes
Cyder William Wyndham
Winter
Tam
Cyder and Perry
Gibraltar
Shakespear
Tom
Maesty
Great Britain
Cluer
Tim
Granp
Don
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