Proposals on Medicis Revenues and Danube Disaster News
Reports from Florence discuss Vienna's response to the Medicis allodial revenues claim and a protest by the Spanish minister. From Presbourg comes word of a Danube bridge disaster drowning 125, with Imperial forces advancing on Bosnia and Ufitsa. Edinburgh notes the Porteous murder trial and local church disturbances amid public proceedings.
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Vienna
House of Medicis
Prince de Craon
Cosmo III
Presbourg
Danube
Hungary
Bosnia
Ufitza
Mahometan
Nisfa
Ity
P.S
Afitza
Death of Captain Boyd in Flanders and local murders
From Namur in Flanders comes news that Captain Charles Boyd of General Coulz ier's Regiment died there. He was the Grand Uncle to the present Earl of Kilmarnock and served from Stein kirk through William III and Queen Anne's reigns. In Edinburgh a wigmaker Mr Menzies was killed by a feather-stoup blow during a neighbor dispute. The house was sequestrated and pawn-broking dealings exposed. Also Mr William Jamison, Leith merchant of good standing, died after a short illness. Lady Heriot Campbell, wife of John Campbell of Shawfield, is mentioned in connection with the night.
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Scotland
Edinburgh
Namur
Flanders
Charles Boyd
Coulzier
Earl of
Greig
William Jamison
Leith
Heriot Campbell
John Campbell Younger
Shawfield
Convict Runaway Apprehended After Robbery Attempt
In Ely a runaway convict who escaped from Lincoln Prison after sawing off irons was captured near Denny Abbey and Streatham Ferry while riding a suspected stolen horse linked to an Norfolk attorney. He faces transportation and was remanded with guards tightened. Along the Capel to Hadleigh route two children perished and others narrowly escaped during a flood described by Ipswich and Canterbury reports.
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Ely
Gallaways
Denny Abbey
Streatham
Ferry
Srirbitch Fair
Lincoln
Ferrers
Norfolk
Ipswich
Rope
Capel
Suffolk
Hadleigh Fair
Miffen-Bridge
Bury
Claydon
Canterbury
Great Chart
Vord
Clarke
William Hill
Thomas’ Randolph
Pelham
Waltham
Thomas Newsham
Westgate
St James Ship Taken by Spaniards Placed at Porto Rico
Bristol ships bound for Jamaica are seized by Spaniards and carried to Porto Rico. The interruption of trade may force many vessels to seek convoy through the Gulf by an English warship. Autumn weather brings illness in Bristol with feverish disorders but few deaths reported. most recover in a few days.
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Bristol
St. James
Curtis
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Marriages at Somerset House and public affairs noted
London remarks ponder sanity monetary value and nodding doubts. Two weddings took place at Somerset House Chapel Thomas Drury and Martha Tyrrell and Joseph Townsend with Miss Gore. Obituaries praise Samuel Lynn Esquire detailing a public service career and character. Navy yard cuts and South Sea Company reform are discussed amid ongoing industry shifts.
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Somerset House Chapel
Thomas Drury
Martha Tyrrell
John Tyrrell
County of
Essex
Joseph Townsend
Miss Gore
John Gore
Thomas Bacon
Ilford
Tidmarth
Berks
Samuel Lynn
Imber
Hitchcock
Richard Hyat
John Hitchcock
Deceas
The
South Sea Company
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France
Holland
Florence
Porteous
Charg
Country News
London
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