Concluding Reflections on War and Peace in French Letters
An excerpt discusses Cardinal Tencin’s pacific sentiments, the Breda Congress hopes, and a Varied mix of European news. It covers royal favor toward peace, German and Polish reactions, a Dresden letter on Saxony and the Dauphin marriage, plus dispatches from The London Gazette and Copenhagen on campaigns, fortifications, and naval affairs. The sources note shifting alliances, militia drafts, and troop movements across France, Spain, and Italy.
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France
Cardinal Tencin
Lyons
Congress of
Breda
Count de Clermont
Namur
Flanders
Europe
Dresden
Poland
Saxony
Elbe
Hague
Berlin
Ferber
Spandau
H N
Germany
Fieme
Paris
Fontainbleau
Scotland
England
M. d’Argenton
London Gazette
Grace
Antibes
Savoy
Britany
Nice
Montalban
Villafrancha
Assur
Sardinia
Turin
Brown
Copenhagen
Rosenpalm
M. de Holstein
Russia
Jagersbourg
Christiansbourg
John Ligonier
Lord Rothe
Provence
Dauphine
Brussels
Maestricht
Maubeuge
Sambre
Trips
Toulon
Distress Letters Led to Meeting With Earl of Albemarle
In Edinburgh on November 13 the General Assembly’s Commission held its quarterly meeting. Letters from Northern brethren described robber bands attacking houses at night. A committee was appointed from their number to report the issue to Earl of Albemarle.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
The
General Assembly
Earl of Albemarle
London
St—m
House of Peers
St. James’s
Princess of Wales
Leicester- House
Duke of Cumberland
Amelia
Amsterdam
Frederick of Hesse
Utrecht
England
Earl of Ashburnham
Deceas
Lord Hobart
Earl of
Buckinhamshire
Lord Milton
Ears Fitzwilliams
John West
Hatheld
Hertfordshire
Hughs
St. Paul’s
Covent-Garden
St. Mary- Hill
William Parker
Billingsgate
Omart’s Key
Emmett
Lincoln College, Oxford
Settle-Bridge
George Stevens
St. Asaph
West Clindon
Surrey
Winchester
Isleworth
Middlesex
Germany
Letter Admires Fresh-Water Captains for Bath Service
The author praises a reader's letter urging Fresh-Water Captains be moored at Bath to replace warship captains, arguing for humane treatment of sailors and swift benefits. He notes many Act officers and the need to select a suitable commander at Bath after extensive inquiries into Mr L. and the nation’s service, while acknowledging mixed opinions.
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Bath
London Rumor of Peerage Deal and Court News
Reports from London describe a famed actor possibly joining a third company as negotiations near completion. The House of Lords thanked the king, who spoke of governing for the people. Birthdays, marriages, deaths, appointments, and church postings fill a broad page of transfers and obituaries across society.