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Annuary Royal Academy Proceedings and European Notices
Lisbor reports the Royal Academy of History meeting at the Palace to honor the Queen's Birthday with eloquent oration by Father Emanuel Caetano de Sousa the Vice-Commissary General of the Bull of the Crusade and director of the academy. Contributions from Don Joseph da Cunha Brochado and Don Juan Alvez da Costa noted. Father Emanuel de St Damaso joins as Supernumerary Member. Death of Antonio Galvas de Castello branto reported. News from Vienna Frankfort and Paris include imperial councils, Danish affairs, and the death of the Polish King with expected depuration. Copenhagen notes King Christian VI accession and commerce prospects. Swiss and Italian reports cover papal nuncio entertainments, counterfeiting prosecutions, and Cardinal Fleury observations. Londonderry and French city dispatches detail court entertainments, art gifts, funeral processions, and royal reception items. Shipping arrivals list vessels from London, Lisbon, Jamaica, Virginia, and other ports.