Court assurances on treaties amid empress's death and Bavarian claims
From Petersbourg to Vienna and beyond a patchwork dispatch reports the Emperor John the Third pledging to uphold Empress Anne's treaties and friendship with Britain while the Regent seeks to keep Belgrade’s terms intact. Tunis's dethroned heir seeks French protection as court moves to fortify Transylvania and monitor Bavarian pretensions with regiments assembling in the Upper Palatinate.
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Finch
Great Britain
Romanzow
Porte
Joan
Belgrade
Malta
Tunis
Arriv
Toura
France
Vienna
Transilvania
Hungary
Bavaria
Count de la Perouse
Munich
Ferdinand the Rit
House of Austria
Bohemia
Notorious Selkirk Catastrophe and Damaging Election Feud
Edinburgh reports a shocking domestic tragedy in Selkirk where a man’s serving man and a maid murdered the suitor by knife as revenge for a broken engagement. The piece also rebukes the Courant over Sir Robert Monro coverage and questions election violence. News of wrecks between Dunkirk and Ostend, ship losses, and heavy casualties are described from Yarmouth correspondence.
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Edinburgh
Shire of
Selkirk
Molly
John
Edinburgh Courant
Dingwall
Robert Monro
Gardiner
Butler
Anne
Desperate Dog Attack In Newcastle
A Watch Dog owned by Roger Vardy attacked a woman on Sand-Hill last Tuesday morning, severely injuring her face neck and other areas in a violent assault. Local authorities report the victim is receiving care as the incident is investigated.
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Newcastle
Roger Vardy
Entrance into Borough as Candidate for Country Interest
A Taunton gentleman visited Tow, on Admiral Vernon's birthday, to offer himself as a candidate for Parliament. The corporation rejected bribes. crowds cheered with bells and guns as Buck and his ally led in promises. Notes on future pledges against ministerial pensions and new King’s Counsel appointments, plus the Lord Chief Baron Commyns’ burial and the Princess of Wales’ birthday observations.
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Taunton
Admiral Vernon
John Buck
Mx Buck
Ainifer
Gundry
Dennison
Lincoln’s Inn
Commyns
Chelmsford
Essex
Princess of Wales
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Munch
London Evening Pott
Petersbourg
Ferdinand
Ratisbon
Cologn
Palatine
Triers
Augsbourg
Upper Palatinate
Avaria
Scotland
Spor
Dunkirk
Ostend
Devenien
Yarmouth
Steward
Harborough
John Barcham
Lord Barciam
Felduin
Country News
London
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