Foreign Affairs and Church Notices from Paris and Durham
Summaries of dispatches from Paris and London noting Eden at a foreign ministers meeting, church discussions ahead, Dutch civic oath exoneration, and a Congé d Elire granting Durham Cathedral authority to elect a Bishop with Thuylow as possible candidate. Abdrahaman Aga grants audience in London.
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R. Eden
Paris
Hacue
Holland
Schutters
London
Durham
John Egerton
Thomas Thuylow
Lincoln
St. James’s
L’hajec Abdrahaman, Aga
Pepelis
Address of Thanks and Royal Response in Commons
Report notes that the House waited to know when the Address of thanks would be attended with the royal speech. The King replied that he thanked the loyal address and the expressions of attachment, promising diligent consideration of objects recommended. Pitt announced plans to move on next week for Treaties with France and Spain. Also ordered no private-bill petitions after March 9 and a Supply report to be received Monday. The fifteenth Public Accounts report was read.
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Pitt
Commissioners of Public Accompts
London Gossip on Trade Alliances and Official Appointments
London dispatches report the French Ambassador’s audience with the King at St James's, expected Spanish ambassador arrival, and convocation prorogation to March 28. Rumors place Lord Barrington as Postmaster General, Baron Eyre named Lord Chief Baron, and discuss French treaty implications, new taxes, and shop tax opposition. Mentions of spinning schools in several counties and a letter from Mr. Howard in Vienna.
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St. James’s
Paris
Barrington
Earl of
Yankerville
Eyre
Exchequer
France
England
Versailles
York
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire
Northamptonshire
Devon
Webb
Lady Lansdown
Excerpts on Prisons, Clergy, and Lottery Claims in 18th Century Europe
A long extract notes reforms by the German emperor, church allowances to marry, and public sympathy for debtors. It mentions Mr Howard recovering from fever in Venice, audiences with rulers, and prison alterations. It covers ecclesiastical and civic changes, law cases in Leith and Bath, and a detailed promotional claim for SHERGOLD lottery shares promising high returns with assurances of no deception.
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Vienna
Lazaretto
Venice
Germany
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Mentz
Dofor
America
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Poppi
Tuscany
King’s End
England
Pegasus
Barbadoes
St. Vincent’s
Prince William Henry
Stauds
Africa
Bath
Reading
Paris
Blackwall
Portsmouth
Botany Bay
Eprinzpuren
Court of Exchequer
Thomas Williamson
Meff
Ramsay, Williamson, and Company
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Corbet
Excise
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Fleet-Street
Gal
Cali
Bristol. For Kingston Jamaica. The Su1 Britannia
Notice dated January 1787 directs that freight or passage on the ship Protheroe and Claxton be inquired for by January end. It names Alexander Muirhead and references matters concerning the vessel and its sailing from Bristol to Kingston, Jamaica. Contractors urged to respond before the last day of February.
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Jamaica
Alexander Muirhead
Protheroe
Claxton
Ll. Merchants-Hall
Clifton Down
Durdham Down
Clifton
Society
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John Brittain
Hambrook
Winterbourn
Gloucester
John
Brittain
Gayner
Felton
F. Ward
Exchange
Bristol
One Guinea Prize Draw Payouts and Draw Dates
The notice lists prize tiers in pounds and shillings for a lottery style draw. It specifies payment amounts for numbers drawn on specific days including the 1st, 7th, 16th, 14th, and last day. It notes differing payouts for tickets depending on whether they are the first drawn on certain dates or the last drawn on the final day.
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Hornspy and Co
Avesant
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