Mail from Holland reports Ottoman plenipotentiaries stalling talks
The letter from Nimirow dated Oct 16 details continued suspension of conferences as Ottoman ministers refuse to engage without new court instructions. Mustapha Effendi is named secretary to the new Grand Vizir and will not return. timing of a new plenipotentiary remains unknown. Reports from Vienna and Amsterdam differ on Niffa and Utrecht correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustapha Efferdi
Constantinople
Mustapha Effendi
Utrecht
Effendi
Niffa
Vienna
Count Seckendorff
Count Philippi
Doxat
Expres
Saxe-Hildbourghausen
Rarfcha
Grand Council of War
Afitza
Aga
Vicegrad
Iris
Tuscany
Palfi
Konigsegg
Hayes
William Walker
Mercers Hospital
Stephen’s Street
Tholfel
Pearson
Simon Bradstreet
Cork
Clonmed
Yeterday
Tipperary
Nehemiah Donellan
Joseph Damer
Deceas
Reeturned MP for Longford and Dublin marriage report
Ireland news notes Richard Edgworth reelected as Member of Parliament for Longford Borough. Brewster Laughlin, Dublin collector, wed Miss Percival daughter of the late Rev Percival. William Empson, Dublin Alderman and Justice of the Peace, dies after short illness, leaving a son to inherit a fine estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Richard Edgworth
Longford
Brewster Laughlin
Miss Percival
Dean Percival
William Empson
Smuggling crackdown shocks Kent coast at Folkestone and Dover
Exon reports several smugglers seized by Mr Phillips head supervisor of the Customs Kent. The arrests at Folkestone and Dover Castle cause consternation among smugglers as seizures mount and townsfolk grieve the upheaval on the coast. Authorities predict smuggling may end in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exon
William Martin
Canterbury
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Dover
Morelle and Barker Wedding Noted on Anniversary Day
The Rev Mr Morelle assistant preacher at Kew Chapel near Richmond wed Miss Barker eldest daughter of Henry Barker of Chiswick Middlesex a few days ago. The anniversary Thanksgiving recalling the Gunpowder Plot and King William’s landing at Torbay is observed with reflections on liberty from standing armies septennial parliaments and prerogative encroachments.
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Morelle
Kew Chapel
Richmond
Miss Barker
Henry Barker
Chiswick
Middlesex
William
Torbay
Astrological Occultations and News from the Era
The piece bundles royal marriage notes, naval appointments, and weathered notices. It records landings near the Isle of Wight tied to Gunpowder Treason lore, births and marriages in Newcastle and London society, Admiralty promotions, and a forthcoming Jupiter occultation observed by Tycho Wing and others. It also notes deaths in Cambridgeshire and London, plus a France-lent intelligence on Kelly escaping the Tower and residing in Avignon.
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William
Burnet
Dover
Calais
Ile of Wight
George Stevenson
Efi
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Northumberland
St. Lawrence’s Church
Guildhall
Smith
Aldermanbury
Frances Meadows
Philip Meadows
Duke of Kingston
Mt. Meadows
Brook-street
Peregrine Bertie
Duke of
John Morse
Board of Admiralty
Matthew Williams
Pool
Ludlow Castle
Tycho Wing
Mons. Caffini
Paris
Whitton
Cushall Grange
Cambridgeshire
John Hanchett
Fuller
Saffron-Walden
Great Marlborough-street
Robert Bristow
Winchelsea
His Majesty’s Board of Green- Cloth
Islington
Nee Fen
Mills
William Mills
France
Kelly
Avignon
Duke of Ormond
Italy
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Holland
Nimirow
Ireland
Londoyw
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