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Newspaper
Daily Courant
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1735
Page
2
Milan reports the arrival of Don Emanuel de Sanda, ambassador of the Catholick Majesty to the King of Sardinia, who has landed from Cremona. He is expected to stay several days before proceeding to Turin.
A letter from Gy the Printer urges Onslow for speaker and praises his honesty and eloquence. The text likens political contention to ancient Rome with Cato cited as a model and questions whether the sun is light, reflecting public discourse and concern over leadership.
Yesterday in the Old Bailey 25 prisoners were tried with one capitally convicted Elizabeth Ambrooke for murdering her bastard child. Eighteen were sentenced to transportation and nine acquitted. The King appointed the Earl of Balcarres to command a regiment of horse in Ireland. Lord Bangor paid homage at St James's upon translation from Bristol. Lord Rom n ey expected home from France. An enormous eagle was shot near Warkworth causing havoc. Five bishops to take seats in the House next Thursday. A warrant ordered ounces of silver to the Speaker.
Yesterday the Marquis of Tweddale arrived from Edinburgh. Last week Mr Eades a Cow-Man at Turtlefields Westminster was found drowned at Whitehall Stairs. Last night the Lady Duke lay dangerously ill at her house in Sackville-street.
Prices of stocks and bonds listed with South Sea 82 1 half and New d 106. Honds 31. Its 3 per cent 94 95 Bank 138 half. Circulation 41. York Buildings 4 African 20 Indig 144. Bonds 41. 1$ 3 per Cent d 21. Royal Air London Aff. 12 1-8th Salt Tallies 2 1-half 3. Ex chequer Orders 2 a-half Discount.
Notices urge those who solicited a subscription but have not submitted lists to send names to Duartes Rivington in St Pauls Churchyard or Leake in Bath. Books will be delivered March 1 or later by Rupert Barzer at Ponp’s in Covent Garden from 10 am to 6 pm. Receipts left with non-subscribers may prompt inquiry into who they subscribed for.
This Day edition lists a dialogue in the style of Plato on the superiority of understanding pleasures over senses. Printed for T Cooper at Pater-noster Row, price two shillings. Also advertised are Mirrored works and translations, with second editions and prefaced Hague printings.
A catalog of fabled works printed for T Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster Row. Including Mercurio influenced pieces on Autumnus's Apartment, Devils, False Fame, and poems and epistles by Welstead, Websted, and others. Listings describe prices and subjects from politics to satire and literature.
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