Ancient Min Turned Statue Sparks Foreign Discoveries
A newly found site near Garigliano reveals a fine Caligula statue fragment with a bust already in Vatican hands. artists will complete missing legs and an arm. Paris reports King Louis XVI attended the Assembly of Notables on May 25, then returned to Versailles to thank officials for their service.
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Royal pageantry and political notices from London June events
Reports from London describe a Thursday Messiah at Westminster Abbey with royal attendance and increased ticket sales, plus forthcoming ceremonial installations and church and legal proceedings. Friction with merchants over customs consolidations and a government push for virtue follows, with notices from Middlesex and references to French and Dutch reactions and European unrest on taxes and treaties.
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Patriot Plans in Holland and English Harwich Dispatches
Reports detail Patriots press for controls on Holland finances, suspending the Stadtholder from command, and mobilizing Burghers with provincial troops to avert civil war. Also noted is the launch of a 74 gun ship at Deptford and letters from Harwich about Dutch disturbances and Sir James Harris sailing to Holland at the Stadtholder’s urging.
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Lunardi Demonstrates Thames Drowning-Saver Canoe
An exhibition at Battersea Bridge features Lunardi testing a small canoe device strapped to the body to save swimmers from drowning. Crowds cheer as he travels to Fulham and Chiswick, landing safely after praising the device’s convex bottom over a cork jacket.
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Notorious smuggler captured after Norwich escape
Stamford June 1 report details the arrest of Robert Shorten at a public house in Flitcham. A noted smuggler and horse-thief, he resisted, broke free from handcuffs, wounded a constable with an iron bar, escaped briefly, then was recaptured and taken to his lodgings. He had made several cutter trips to Dunkirk and recently landed a cargo.
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Fragments from Salop and Shropshire Court Notices
In Salop, a man died after grievous injuries from a brutal assault. In Worcester, Thomas Evan Williams was fined for glove sales without stamps but jailed for three months inability to pay. Beverly, linked to cow theft near Cleobury, was captured and found with details of a past death sentence. Traunter seized his weapon. Lewes reports a Cornwall inheritance of 10000 pounds plus a gold bill, prompting a hopeful alliance between a steady footman and his favored servant as wedding attire is prepared.
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Trade Firm Change in Bristol Names 1787 Notice
Bristol May 31 1787 announces a change in the soap and candle trade names. The business formerly Fry Fripp and Co will continue under the firm of Samuel Shoe Co and the public is invited to favor the new partnership.
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