Turbulent European Dispatches From May Reports
Letters from various cities describe Turkish troop movements near Oczakow and Bashans arriving to assume command, signaling likely limited secrecy of plans. Genoa notes anarchy with chiefs seizing power, while Rome and Madrid discuss beatification prospects and West Indies trade talks, and Paris weighs new commissions amid ecclesiastical and legal actions.
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Oczakow
Otoran
Genoa
Grimaldi
Republick
Cossica
Tmland
Juliani
Rome
Congregation of the Rites
Cardinal Bellamin
Society of Jesus
The
Jesuits
Beltarmin
Madrid
London
West Indies
Cordeliers
Simoneau
Troyes
Colet
Grand Chamber
Paris
Rouen
Verneuil
Mark
Cardinal de la Rochefoucault
Bourges
Brussels
Exhortation to Passive Obedience Against a Supposed Law
A London letter pleads anxiety over a potential naturalization bill for Jews and urges Britons to practice passive obedience while petitioning for repeal. It warns against joining political or religious factions, calls ministers to fasting and prayer, and appeals to freeholders to demand repeal before voting.
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Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Old England
Engel
Lincoln
Birth of a Son to Lady of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Viscount Strangford
From Dublin May 26 reports the Lady of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Viscount Strangford gave birth to a son in Londonderry on Saturday. A Naples courier tale recounts Dr. Shan dying after a pistol duel in a carriage accident. Also noted is a Lord Mayor warrant for a clandestine marriage attempt by a merchant’s clerk and a separate rescue attempt leading to Newgate charges. Bevans is bailed but severely wounded.
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Zrelan
Dublin
Viscount Strangford
Londonderry
Naples
Shan
Charles Quin
Newgate
James Blackham
John Bevans
Bevans
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Versailles
Mirepoix
Hague
Vienna
Charles Hanbury Williams
Imperial Court
Dresden
Our Lady
d’Atocha
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Council of Peers
Epsom
Thussday
Vernon
H. Little
Beaver
Ben
Rodgers’s Bay
H.eaven
Inne
Tom Forrester
Aaron
Oftaldiston
Driver
Aarons
Onslow