Siege prospects and military dispatches from the Adda
Reports from Pitighstone describe open trenches and cannon fire near a besieged town with 2500 defenders under Prince Lobeowitz. Marshal de Villars enacts drainage works and aims to take the town within three weeks before marching to Mantua. News from Genoa mentions Montemar and Spanish fleet movements, while Portsmouth notes parliamentary candidates and a harsh punishment for a Jacobite salute. Nearby towns report deaths of Thormagh Garden and Jonathan Barnard. a grenadier is punished for praising the Pretender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantua
Marshal de Virlaes
County of
Trent
Mercy
Genos
Marquess de Montemar
Parma
Pietghtrene
Sardinia
Marshal de Villars
Kita
Portmouth
Simeon Stuart
Edward Lille
Eig
Caitie
Gosport
Fees
Lisle
Portsmouth
Simeon
Mr. Lisle
Isle of Wight
Exon
James the Third
Norwich
Thormagh Garden
Esy
Calthester
Jonathan Barnard
St. Nichol’s
Taylor
Meath Knight of the Shire Election Report
Ireland Cork reports a Knight of the Shire race for Meath County ending in a narrow win. Lenox Nanper defeats Hercules Longford Rowley by seven votes. new baronial seat granted to Killkenny. Coote and Vincent elected to Parliament for Monaghan and Clogher respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Cork
Nox
de Cove
Trim
Nev
Meath
John Preston
Ferey
Comamund
Es Lenox Nanper, Esq
Hercules Longford Rowley
Forte Coffe
Deffa
Killkenny
Thomas Coote of
Coote-Full
Cavan
Monaghan
Alexander Cairnes
Barc
Deceas
Vincent
Elys
Clogher
London political notices and clerical vacancies reported
Reports from London and Somersetshire recount political shifts and vacancies. Lord Chancellor ill and likely to resign. Solicitor General Charles Talbot poised to take seals. Clerical election, candidates Crank Copping Heyrick. preacher Watts resigns. Local elections show candidates for Chippenham borough and county, with Tory and country interests. Obits note Mrs Thompson and Capt. John Gee. various noble ill and rumored writs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chan Sellor
Westminter
Justice Denton
Chancery
Charles Talbot
Watts
Lincoln’s Inn
Crank
John Eyles
Bart
Rogers Holland
Mr. Long
Rolfe
Somersetshire
William Wyndham
Col. Homer
Lord Hintont
Lord Hinton
Lingling
Thompson
Philip Wilthhire
Stepney
Ely
Langford
Talbot
Earl of
Waterford
Princes and nobility note recovery and deaths in London
The Prince of Orange continues to mend as Lord Lovelace visits Somerset House to pay compliments on his recovery. Obituaries mark the death of Sir Charles Gouner Nicoll in Grosvenor Square and other notable losses, including Mrs Anne Dansty and Lady Conway, with naval and political ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Orange
Lord Lovelace
Somerset House
Prince of Wales
Princess Royal
Amelia
Caroline
Earl of Chesterfield
Somerset
James Jennings
Shiplake
Oxfordshire
Abingdon
Berkshire
Robert Hucks
Grosvenor Square
Charles Gouhter Nicoll
Most Hom Order of the Bath
Peterborough
Biizaber
Wiliam Blunden
Besingfoke
Haslipshire
Charles
Charles Goun
Ter Nicoll
Willizth Méynard
Viscount Harcourt
Brustels
Anne Dansty
William Danfey
Bishfop
Herefordshire
Francis Ruffell
Streatham
Worcesterthire
Bart
Westminster Abbey
Conway
Robert Walpole
Small
Golden Square
Lilly
Chéafitde
Mary
St. Latterice’s
Hammdrid
Mt. Hatchond
Golitier
Birtley
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France
Paris
Country News
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