Persian Nabob Adil Shah Seeks Justice Under Crown
Reports from Petersbourg Vienna and Berlin describe Ali Kouli Kan's rise in Persia as Adil Shah. He purges rivals with severity yet projects a milder reign while honoring peace terms. The Empress Queen weighs Saxony talks and a larger treaty as finances stabilize and troops move.
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Bathan
Babylon
Ali Kouli Kan
Leask
Tréafires
Persia
Nadir
Adil
Adil Shah
Petersbourg
Prince Galliczin
Mefched
Mashad
Khorasan
Wybourg
Stockhohn
Vienna
Poland
Elector of
Saxony
Bohemia
Berlin
William Dowdall’s death prompts port official change
Dublin reports the death of William Dowdall of Youghal, Ely, former Collector of Youghal. Frederick Gore of Ely is named Surveyor of the Port of Limerick and Collector of Youghal in his stead. Also notes the marriage of Rev. John Palliser of Rathfarnham to Miss Holmes, Alderman Howe’s niece, described as a neat match.
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Ireland
Dublin
Youghal
William Dowdall
Ely
His Majesty
S, Revenue
Frederick,Gore
Limerick
John Palliser
Rathfarnham
Miss Holmes
Alderman Howe
Bark Seized by French Privateer and Ransomed at Leith
A Stockton to Leith bark named Mercer, with corn and cheese, was pursued by a Dunkirk privateer off the Scottish coast. The master and two boys resisted in a boat as the privateer towed the vessel to sea. After ransom of 2001, the bark reached Leith with two Dundee men aboard as ransomers. The privateer carried ten carriage and ten swivel guns.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Major Cawfeld
Inverness
Imarc
Mercer
Stockton
Leith
Dunkirk
Dundee
Razifom
Salter Committed to Castle by Local Justice
Norwich dated November 28 reports William Salter was committed to the Castle by Thomas Wyndham, Efq, in a local case. The brief note indicates judicial action taken yesterday in a proceeding before the magistrate.
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Country News
Norwich
William Salter
Thomas Wyndham
Murder and Robbery Charge in Norfolk Case and Chester Address
A man is charged with murder and robbery of Christopher King at Holt Heath in Norfolk on October 17. He was seized near Old Lynn while coming from the ferry. The text also recounts a Chester assembly’s reception of instructions from the Earl of Cholmondeley praising local loyalty and resisting rebellion.
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Ifig Charg
Christopher King
Southrepps
Norfolk
Holt Heath
Old Lynn
Welch
Chesur
General Advertiser
Earl of Cholmondeley
Chester
Cheffer
Fringes of War and Local Notices From London
London reports a French West-India Merchants bid to gain from damaged ships via Folland, with 60 percent hoped. Jamaica to London vessel Dolphin captured by Count de Maurepas privateer. Nassau prize Nyomha lost off Sussex. ships Elizabeth Guthlen and others reported lost or drifting. Court life notes include St Andrew's Day ceremonies, appointments at the Admiralty, a legal move to strike off an attorney, several marriages with fortunes, and clerical dispensation and livings granted in Worcester and York.
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Creutz
Prussia
Potzdam
Thither
Prince of
Holstein-Beck
Count Keith
Breden
Rothemburgh
Walrave
Gount Neuwied
Keith
Turin
France
Spain
Nice
Leutrum
Piedmont
Riviera
Genoa
Ventimiglia
Lentrum
Dolce-Aqua
Rivarola
Corsica
Marquess de Fontana
St. Michael
Bayonne
Madrid
London Gazette
Hague
Steinbergen
Halteren
Bergen op-Zoom
Burt Setir
Admiralty
Schryver
Count Maurice of Nassau
Zealand
London
Hawke
Folland
Cannon-Street
Jeremiah Smith
Efg
Haifock
Jamaica
Count de Maurepas
St. Malo
Lisbon
Portmouth
Sussex
Downs
Elizabeth
Dunbar
Norfolk
St. Andrew’s Day
Scotland
Knights Companions of the Garter
Thistle
Bath
Royal Family
Earl of London
Flanders
Lords of the Admiralty
Gordon
Lucas of
Farnham
Court of ‘Common Pleas
Beirig
Commission of the Peace
County of
Richard Hicks
Sarum
Cooper
York
John Stabler
Arthur Edwards
Watling-Street
Preston
Fortune
Christiana Louisa
Brunswick
Richard Warren
Suffolk
Salisobury
Grundry
Milburn-Port
Somersetshire
House of Commons
Jefferey French
Michael Harvey
Efyrs
Thomas Medlycot
Charles Churchill
Red Lion Square
Edward Barker
The
London Assurance
Thomas Mercy
William Earl of Coventry
Mamble
Worcester
Hereford
Perton
William Beardmore
St. Crux
Foffgate
Canterbury
Westbury
James Acworth
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Oetraft
Holland
Constantinople
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