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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Extract from Paris letter: Count de Guignes appointed ambassador to England, receives financial gift from King; Duke d'Aiguillon ordered to account for administration without full recall; complaints against old ministers referred to Parliament.
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"It is determined that the Count de Guignes shall return to England with the character of Ambassador, and he is to set out very soon. The Parliament has granted him what the Chatelet refused, so that his affairs are now settled: and as he has constantly acted as Ambassador since he left London, the King has made him a present of the amount of his appointment for ten months, which will enable him to return to London with eclat.
The Duke d'Aiguillon has not received his recall, nor permission to return; but a limited order to come and give an account of certain transactions during his administration, which will soon be made publick. All complaints against the old ministers are to be referred to the Parliament, the King being determined not to interpose his authority in the administration of publick justice, which his Majesty entrusts entirely with that tribunal."
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Paris
Event Date
Nov. 28
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count de guignes granted ambassadorial status and ten months' appointment as gift; affairs settled by parliament; duke d'aiguillon receives limited order to account for transactions; complaints against old ministers referred to parliament.
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Count de Guignes to return to England as Ambassador soon, with affairs settled by Parliament after Chatelet refusal, and King's gift enabling return with eclat. Duke d'Aiguillon not recalled but ordered to give account of administration transactions soon public; King entrusts justice to Parliament without interposing.