War rumors and court intrigues from the Hague to Versailles
Extracts report on European power dynamics and possible alliances as the death of the Emperor looms. The Hague letters discuss Britain Russia and Denmark pacts, while Versailles debates Brest and Toulon squadrons, neutrality, and the imperial succession. The piece notes fears of war and shifting allegiances across London Madrid and Paris.
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Hague
Republick
Spain
Great Britain
Russia
Denmark
Greenland
Germany
London
Versailles
Madrid
Tuscany
Bavaria
Bohemia
Tyrol
Saxony
Joseph
Epte
France
Low Countries
Europe
Prussia
Henry IV
Dublin Morning Deaths and Local Incidents Report
In Dublin on Sunday morning three people died after short illnesses or events. Mrs Macarell, wife of Col John Macarell Alderman and late Lord Mayor, died at about three. The widow Roan, famed distiller, died at her Dame-street house. Mrs Hume, wife of Loftus Hume, died from miscarriage following a fright during a city fire. A Lady suspected of Kellymount robbery was captured in Durty Lane. A Havre de Grace visitor described ships near the harbor and Spanish vessels attempting to seize prizes. amid wartime supply news bread is said to be cheap locally.
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Ireland
Dublin
Caple-street
Kellymount
Durty-Lane
Thomas-street
Johnson
Kilmainham
Havre de Grace
Freeholders of Kincardine oppose placemen in Parliament
In Scotland at Kirkcudbright on Michaelmas Head-Court the Freeholders elected Jona M Kie of Polgown as Prefes and Alexander Goldie as Clerk while adding eleven new Freeholders. They urged the Representative to support bills limiting placemen and shortening Parliament and cautioned against unlimited votes of credit, warning war costs and crown dignity require prudent finance.
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Scotland
Kirkcudbight
Jona _M‘Kie
Polgown
Alexander Goldie
Edinburgh
Bazil Hamilton
Baldoon
House of Commons
Thaggis
Stonehive
Uncommon Misfortune Near Penzance Refining Tin
Report from Penzance notes an incident last Wednesday at a local making house where workers had brought black tin to refine into white merchantable tin. While the process continued, horses left in the adjacent yard may have contributed to the mishap. Investigation and details remain scarce, with authorities awaiting fuller accounts.
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Penzance
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London Evening-Post
Fontainbleau
Cardinal de Fleury
Ing almoIt
Ila Lyon
Naples
Brest
Toulon
America
Paris
d’Antin
West Indies
Chevalier de Roche-Alard
Duke of Orleans
Miniter
States General
Elizabeth
Tournefort
Levant
Siraac Newton
Opticks
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