Vigilance of magistrate foils plot amid Dauphin nuptials
A city plot by thieves aimed to extort and disrupt celebrations during the Dauphin’s nuptials. Several conspirators including women were arrested as steps were taken to scatter the gang and thwart their plans. Meanwhile, news from Warsaw notes General Czaronski’s return and confederate activity near Petrikau. Ancona ports repairs proceed and the Pope orders restraint on powder and foreign stores.
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Czaronski
France
Zaremba
Weymar
Bender
Tuks
Kolpakov
Laely
Crimea
Bohemia
Ancona
Rome
Germany
Spain
Mamachi
Loss of the sloop John and Sally and other shipwrecks
A Lynn letter dated January 10 reports the sloop John and Sally lost on the Lincolnshire coast while coal loaded and sailing for Blakeney. A masted ship without spars wrecked near Cromer with no crew aboard. several death certificates found. Master possibly David Davidson. A Holland to Leith ship let off Scarborough, all hands drowned except one. A cutter wrecked near Flamborough Head with all aboard dead. Cambridge notes Batchelors commencements with graduates from various colleges.
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Fen
Lynn
John
Sally
Chaplin
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Suicer’s Bay
Cromer
Ecogland
Flamborough -Head
Bridlington-bay
Cambridge
Batchelors
Batchelors of Arts
Levee Meeting Involving Duke Of Bolton And High Office Appointments
Yesterday at St James s the cabinet council met with the Duke of Bolton taking his seat among the Privy Council. A commission was appointed to fill the office of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain during the king s pleasure. Lord Mansfield presided in the House of Lords due to the chancellor s demise. The House of Commons chose Sir Fletcher Norton as Speaker amid a division of 237 to 121. His Majesty will be asked to approve the pick at the bar of the Lords. Lord Camden was also noted in yesterday s proceedings.
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House of Peers
House of Commons
John Curt, Bart
Fletcher Norton
Thomas Townsend
Lord Camden
Earl of Chatham
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Ancaster
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Earl of Waldegrave
Duke of Beaufort
Yorkshire
Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
Ordnance
Conway
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Jeffery
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Bart
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de. Grey
Charles Yorke
Earl of Hardwicke
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British Museum
Dover
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Freeman
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William Beauchamp Proctor
Lord Chatham
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Earl of Bristol
Thomas Hales
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Trevanion
Sir Thomas
Eletor
Dove
Arnold Nesbitt
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Sussex
Freeholders of
George Saville
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North America
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Toulon
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Smithfield
Carmarthen
Wales
M. Powell
Landillo-vaur
Athwood
Mewgate-street
William Collins
Wood-street
Barkhamstead
Chethunt
High Court Rumors and Political Shakeups Abroad
Reports from the House of Lords amid resignations and new appointments. Mentioned are the Duke of Ancaster, Earl of Waldegrave, Sir Jeffery Amherst, Lord Camden, and Lord Mansfield. Also covered are political intrigues, potential reassignments, a pending Speaker, and public notes on recent deaths and governance matters.
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