Court of Stockholm and the Porte 3 figures in letters
London news items recount a Danish role in Newfoundland letters noting a British ship destroyed French fishing stages on Cape Breton. Dublin reports General Conway arriving after inspecting Scotland forts, planning Dublin stay then Wales bound for England. A young woman inherits a fortune after hosting a supper. a duel in Hyde Park injures one, smugglers seized in Borough. robberies reported in Ryegate and Smitham Bottom. Royal Exchange orders curb on apprentices gambling. a Fieldlane murder linked to jealousy. Hicks's Hall indicts for seditious ballads. 29 prisoners tried at Old Bailey with 4 capitally convicted and 9 transported. Marriages, deaths, and donor bequests noted. Public notices on eligibility for army and navy pensions and time regulation. A citizen of London signs off.
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Stockholm
Porte
Newfoundland
Cape Britain
Dublin
Conway
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Hyde Park
Remmington
Ryegate
Smitham Bottom
Royal Exchange
Fieldlane
Hicks’s Hall
Jacob Snarbo
Michael Parys
Suffolk Street
Joseph Stackhouse
William Litchfield
Sampson Jefsop
Paddington
John Hinemarth
Jonatha Cock
Hadley
Joseph Bland
Lime Street
Cockbed
Barnsley
Yorkshire
Bevan
Mosely
Colchester
Barnet
M's. Dinton
Berkeley Square
Margaret Webb
Robert Webb
France
Levant
Garrick
Shakespeare
Stratford
Foote
Stratford Uponton
Seaton
Eddie
Andrew Chadwick
London
Andrew
Mr.Wilkes
Sir Andrew
Sir Andréw
Wilkes
Watkes
Londoni
Hertford
William Coopers
Téwi
Boulogne
Tateham
M‘quirk
Brentford
Paris
Cantaray
Black Sea
Pera
Salata
Dardanelles
Hellespong
Propontis
Venice
Pér
Pharsday
Cheapside
Ait Knee
Wedgelday
Han
Willian Batldnag
Revolutionary ballot reform proposals in London debate
A Middlesex Journal letter urges sweeping parliamentary reform including annual sessions ballot voting by all electors multimember representation for London and other towns ballot voting rights for all households stricter candidate counts and nonreinstatement after taking a place with loss of constituency pay peers heirs ineligible for Commons gain a model for national election practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Ballor
London
Deftead
Westminter
Southwark
Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth Speaks on Mercy and Duty to the People
The queen expresses gratitude for the subjects' steadfast respect, credits them with saving her from a perceived political misstep, and pledges governance for the public good. She warns against exploiting royal privilege, notes accountability before God, and defends a just, transparent rule.
Turbulent Poland Reports and Turkish Pushes Across Europe
Reports from Constantinople Warsaw and nearby cities recount a major victory by Abdalha Pacha in Poland with thousands of prisoners and tens of thousands of livestock seized. Riotous bands threaten law and order as Confederates swarm Lithuanian provinces and Ottoman forces maneuver near Choczim. News mentions Russian and Prussian movements and a British minister’s arrival amid growing military activity.
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Constantinople
Abdalha
Poland
Balta
Palatinate of Braclaw
Warsaw
Pr. Gallitzin Till
Choczim
Lithuania
Suwarow
Novograd
Nummers
Studgard
Linski
Convent of Oliva
Marienburg
Kingdom of
Prussia
Kingdom of Poland
Potsdam
Choc
Zim
Danube
Wroughton
England
Peterkau
Lower Elbe
Zsaco
Yalli
Political and military dispatches from Europe and the Levant
A collage of reports dated Aug to Sept covers moves by the Emperor in Moravia and Bohemia, Jesuit disposals, and diplomacy with Portugal. News from London notes changes in royal household posts, legal debates, elections, and Mass Bay affairs postponed pending Ireland. There are also arrivals from Amsterdam, Venice, and Dover and a Jubilee plan with Shakespeare relics.
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Waphs
Vienna
Olfchad
Neifs
Moravia
Bohemia
Count de Larcy
Berli
Neils
Silesia
Italy
Rome
Pallavicini
Portugal
Amsterdam
Paoli
St. James’s
Edward Hawke
Count Malzhan
Hanover S Square
Berlin
Turkey Company
Earl of Rochford
Earl of
Jersey
Houthold
Viscount Beauchamp
Orford
Suffolk
Earl of Hertford
Charles Hardy
Massachusets Bay
Francis Barnard
Charles
New-York
Bedford
Earl of Hillgorough
Irelland
Versailles
Great Britain
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Middlesex Journal
Queen Elizabeth's
Holland
Flanders
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