The Trial and Execution of Laurence Ferrers Earl Ferrers
A reflective notice describes the 1760 execution of Laurence Shirley Earl Ferrers in London after a murder conviction. It covers his composed deportment at the Tower, the public curiosity about his words and actions, and a call for mercy and restraint in reporting such details. It notes letters of consolation, the possibility of penitent remembrance, and ends with a musing on mercy and judgment.
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Succinét
London
Middlesex
Laurence Shirley
Laurence Shirley Earl of
Ferrers
Leas
Mo' As
Aterry
Lord Ferrers
Tower
Earl of Ferrers
Tole
To the Author of the Pastre LepcEr
A reader requests lines be inserted to please the audience and a potential volunteer correspondent. The verse praises AsszL1n and Auretti in Hanover Square and notes Al Barberini's place with May 6 1760 as the setting.
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Eavy
al BarBerini
Auretti
Hanover Square
Mail from Flanders Report From Leipsick April 18
Last night a mail from Flanders reports troops preparing for a retreat of the Prussians. Detachments are ordered to send waggons and horses to the king’s army and follow. Magazines at Magdeburg and Torgau are scarce to sustain the army for a month. The monarch intends to defend and join cannon fire at Magdeburg when Marshal Daun’s two corps are extended.
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Franfort
Count de St. Germain
Marshal Broglio
Hanover
Prince Ferdinand
Hamelen
Maubert
Wezel
Dorlien
England
France
Russia
Prussia
Leipsick
Torgau
Magdeburgh
Ottoman Porte Intervenes to Shield Dutch Merchants Abroad
Foreign intelligence notes the Sublime Porte ordering protection for Dutch merchants from Athens to Smyrna and other ports. It cites Ottoman dating, a Vienna finance motive, and war costs with Austro imperial troops, Magdeburg prisoners, and French magazines at Würzburg. The report mentions six percent interest and broader empire burdens.
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Gunstantinople
Sublime Porte
Baron de, Hochepied
Athens
Smyrna
Vienna
Immiense
Nerenberg
Empire
Magdebourg
Wurtzbourg
Arrival of naval ships at the Downs May Day notices
The Amazon, Dover, Elizabeth, Thomas and Jane, Amitys Ad vice, Longbottom victuallers, Keppell, Young for Antigua, East India Yatcht, and other craft called at the Downs. Vessels from Bremen Rotterdam Norway and Bremen routes passed by Loving Friends Clifton and Two Brothers. Cathcart from Rotterdam arrived at Aloway.
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Deal
Downs
Deptford
Dover
Elizabeth
Brown
Barlow
Amitys Advice
Longbottom
Victuallers
Keppell
Young
Antigua
Robinson Gravefind
Clifton
Bremen
Derick
Vinck
Rotterdam
Cudric
Norway
Prince of Wales
Potts
Kent
Boxer
Industry
Field
Britannia
Scott
Mary Ann
Anderson
Gidden
Hannah
Gilbey
Weler
Aloway
Cathcart
Donald
London Extra Letter Frets Ratifoon April 48
An extraordinary London letter fragment frets on events in April 48. It mentions the emperor and Prussian king’s adherents, presented to the dyet on the 14th insta, with notable passages amid a chaotic note.
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London
Ratifoon
Prussia
Imperial powers debate peace terms amid empire tensions
Fragmentary 18th century style text discusses Austria Prussia and other imperial states, debate over indemnities and losses, and how revolved power and finances may shape terms of a forthcoming peace. The fragment mentions Napoleon era like messaging and calls several states to align with imperial decrees.
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Praffia
Brandenbygh
Austria
Spessar
Empire
Prufsia
House of Brahdenbut
Wright
Canston
Guadaloupe
Senegal
Goret
Germany
France
Defipi
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Lepéeau
Theodorus
Flanders
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