Royal Oak Appoints James Smith to Lieu tenant at Sea
The full complement was paid and commissions issued. James Smith Esq named lieutenant on board His Majesty's Ship Royal Oak a 70 gun third rate at Portsmouth under Captain Safeguard, not the Edinburgh as previously reported. Notable notices include the Royal Guardian launch at Deptford, the Earl of Albemarle sailing to Gibraltar, the death of Mr Sears at Bolt Court Fleet Street, a coroner's verdict of wilful murder in John Waller's case, and a suicide attempt by Brown the milkman and Lang's narrow drowning rescue attempt. Also present are South Sea bond and annuity quotations and other financial items of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Royal Oak
Portsmouth
Safeguard
Edinburgh
Basth Odia Company
Deptford
Royal Guardian
Earl of
Oldstreet
Performance notice for Acis and Galatea at King's Theatre
A Saturday matinée at the King's Theatre in Hay-Market promises Acis and Galatea revised by Handel. The production uses no stage action, a pictorial rural scene with chorus of nymphs and shepherds, with tickets sold at the Hay Market office for a seven o clock start.
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Her Majesty
King'’S Theatre
Hanndill
Hala Guinea
N.B
South Sea Company Notice of General Court in London
The Court of Directors of the South Sea Company give notice that a General Court will be held at their house on Threadneedle Street, London, Friday the 16th instant, at eleven in the forenoon, for special affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea Company
Threadneedle-street
London
Mission Bank
Nagg
Gracechurch Street
York Buildings House
York Buildings Company
Winchester-street
Seven Managers Warn of Lottery Ticket Certificate Entry
Seven managers announce the impending close of their commission for the 1731 lottery certificates. People with tickets not yet entered are urged to submit them by July 1 to avoid complications and charges when certificates are issued.
MEMORIA TECHNICA AND CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH WORKS LISTED
A catalog entry listing multiple works by Richard Grey and others including Memoria Technica, A System of English Ecclesiastical Law, remarks on English princes, practical mathematics, book-keeping, Charron of Wisdom, Apology of Tertullian, Travels in Arabia, religious and devotional manuals, morality tract, Devout Christian's Companion, and a chronology of Europe to 1726 with 46 copper plates. Names include Richard Grey D D, Richard Fiddes, W Webster, George Stanhope, Colonel Parsons. Locations in Westminster Hall and Canterbury appear in the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Richard Grey
William Webster
W.er
Charron
George Stanhope
D. D
Canterbury
Minutius Felix
Octavius
Tertullian
Primitive Church
Richard Fiddes
Europe
Colonel Parsons
Catalogue of Navigation and Trade Books in Six Volumes
A catalog page lists Six Volumes with copper plates and prints from manuscripts. Titles include Mr Secretary Burchet's History at Sea, De Jure Maritime & Navals, Woon's Survey of Trade, A View of the Dutch Trade, East India Trade advantages, and papers on the East India Trade plus South Sea Company proceedings. Prices appear in shillings and pence.
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Fravze
Burchet
France
C. McLloy
Woon
East India
England
House of Commons
East Indies
South Sea Company
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India
Hilf
Royal Aff
Ihuc
London AG
Ath Africa
York Buildings
Prem
Skinners Hall
Robert Alsop &J
Haberdalber
A. D . Michael Hillersdonef
City of London
Earl of Ranelaugh
Chelsea
County of
Middlesex
Gant Or Allcston
Whitehall
South Sea House
D.D. Regor
Hinton
Northamptonshire
C. King
Westminstar Hall
Cole&ion
J. WaltHox
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
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