Negotiations End Over Austrian Towns and Finances
A Zurich Canton deputy secured terms ending a dispute over two towns' property with Austria, demanding the towns be held as Austrian fiefs and a 180,000 florin payment. The envoy leaves for home after confirming accommodation details. Paris reports Duc de Praslin news from Bengal with muslins and goods valued at 2.2 million livres, plus expected East India Company sales. Chandernagore artillery may have been seized by the British. In Lyons a tragic double suicide occurred as a couple, blocked from parental consent, planned to marry and swore fidelity before killing themselves. the boy was a fencing master’s son and the girl the innkeeper’s daughter.
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Sieur Ott
Zurich
Las
Thall
Paris
Port l’Orient
Duc de Praslin
Bengal
Coromandel
Chandernagore
Fune
Lyons
New Trial Denied in Westminster Libel Case at King's Bench
At Westminster Hall a full court led by Lord Chief Justice Mansfield ruled against a renewed trial request in a libel case against Mr. Almon. Serjeants Glynn and Lee argued that substantive criminal intent and identity of the pamphlet seller were not proven, but the judges held the evidence conclusive and refused a new trial, warning about juror affidavits and the danger of undermining juries.
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Almon
King’s Bench
Westminster-hall
Mansfield
Afton
Willes
Ashurf
Serjeant
Glynn
Kirid
Lord Mansfeld
Mackworth
Lord Mansfield
Verdi&t
Lee
Mr. Mackworth
Mr. Almon
Fitz-Gibbon
Judice Wright
Eli
Zabeth Nut
Barnardiston
Davenport
Coke
Moore
Moreton
Jong
Altho
Justice Afton
Justice Athhurst
Wailes
London Museum
Unidentified Political Updates and Court Notices
Fragmented notes recount a pamphlet dispute over publication rights, royal acknowledgments, and civic appointments. Reports include Lord Cholmondeley as Chester Castle governor, a debated ambassadorial power, and various municipal elections and religious seeings alongside local arrests and incidents.
Hosiery Stocking Manufactory Sale in Strand
An advertisement announces a hosiery sale opposite Beaufort Buildings in the Strand. It claims large stock from top manufactories with prices fixed and discounts up to a+ percent for ready money, aiming to undercut imports and expose inferior goods while promising substantial savings on silk hose, waistcoat and breeches pieces, with warnings about rivals trying to thwart the venture.
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Groot
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