Palace Preparations for Empress Coronation Weekend
Yesterday arrived mails from France and Holland informing preparations at the palace including a magnificent bed for the Empress coronation anniversary. Rumor places a room reserved for Princess Anne of Mecklenburg as Count Gallowin heads to Wolfenbüttel on a court commission. Military dispatches report Crim Tartars retreating after probing lines near Samara. Grand Army to assemble near Kiev under Field Marshal Count Munich. Biron to lead a flying camp toward the Bog. Vienna notes Hungarians to march to Belgrade forming the Grand Army under Wallis with 20 000 men at Temeswar. Turkish forces of about 3000 harass a frontier post near Croatia, Temeswar is preparing artillery for a potential siege, while Sari-Bey-Oglou reportedly seizes Smyrna in archipelago reports.
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Anne of
Ukrain
Samara
Munich
Kiew
Poland
Count Biron
Vienna
Hungary
Belgrade
Count Wallis
Bannat of Temeswar
Wallis
Croatia
Temeswar
Sari-Bey-Oglou
Natalia
Smyrna
London News: Alliances, Revolts, and Local Deaths Reported
News from Petersbourg and Belgrade notes the marriage of Princess Anne of Mecklenburg to Prince Anthony Ulrick of Brunswick Wolfenbüttel to be declared on the Empress’s coronation anniversary. Reports of Albanian loyalty to the Emperor and a Crimean famine probe reveal Tartars scarce and grain prices high. Letters from Mentz speak of a Dutchies concession to Sultzbach with Juliers and Bergues sustenance. Corsica reports prompt promotions and funeral preparations for Earl of Selkirk in Henry VIII’s Chapel. Local obituaries in Camberwell and Southwark mark notable deaths. Market and naval details, indictments, and theatre events fill the page with London life.
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Dantzick
Petersbourg
Anne of
Constantinople
Bacciefarari
Kaflen
Mentz
Sultzbach
Juliers
Bergues
Paris A-la- Main
Marquess de Maillebois
Corsica
M.de Villemur
Baffigny
Count de Boisfieux
Monte
Maggiore
Paris
Jerusalem
Earl of Selkirk
Henry the Eighth
George Villars
Duke of Buckingham
Charles the Firfe
Camberwell
George Overman
Lincoln’s-Int
William Overman
Martin
Surrey
Blankard
George Harqueness
Ax and Bottleyard
Southwark
Dover
His Majesty
Carshalton
Fudge
Namie
Flatting
William Lindsey
Duke of Argyle
Barton
Westmoreland
Ackerton
Cumberland
Carlisle
Maitland
London
Graveseund
Stephen Yeates
John Lade
Peck
Port News Deal April 12 in Downs and shipping movements
Deal April 12 reports His Majesty's Ships remain in the Downs. The Wilmington from East India and the homeward-bound ships sail for the River. Essex and Cock put back for Virginia. Carolina Gill arrived from New York. Wind unknown.
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Deal
His
Downs
Wilmington
East India
Virginia
Arriv
Carolina
Gill
New Yorks
Winde
Tragic Tale of Turpin and Stead Executions at Tyburn
York April 16 report that Richard Turpin and John Stead were hanged at Tyburn for horse stealing. Stead died penitent. Turpin showed bold defiance to the end. A tragedy titled Edward and Eleonora is advertised with subscriptions via multiple booksellers and coffee houses.
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York
Richard Turpin
John Stead
Tyburn
South Sea Stock and Annuities Opening Prices Report
Market bulletin lists South Sea Stock at 101 and Annuities at 113 5 8 to 3 qrs for opening. Various bonds and shares shown with prices including Royal Exchange Assurance 102, African 43 1 half, English Copper 31, South Sea Hands 219s, and several per cent annuities and cheques with minor fluctuations.
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South Sea
New South Sea Annuis
Tnt
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Englis Copper
Ditto
S.h
Mine Adventure
Emperor's
Dico
Spring Gardens Entertainment Proposals Open for May
Proposals for the Spring Gardens entertainment open May first for three months or longer with illuminated displays and other additions. A thousand tickets sell at 25 shillings each, admitting two people nightly except Sundays. non-ticket entry costs 1 shilling. Receipts available from Cox and Stagg, with ticket engraving and subscriber receipts urged to speed delivery by April 19.
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Vaux-Hall
L’icthe
Abe Sefon
Thomas. Cox
Bookfeller
Royal Exchange
John Stagg
Westminster Hall
Spring Gardens
Ee Eges N. B
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France
Holland
Petersburg
Sunderland
Lincolnshire
Richard Lee
Mary
John Taylor
Thomas
Anne
Hugh Bell
Africa
Maryland
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Robin. Goodfellow
Covent Garden
Peteus
Audromeda
London Bridge
Port News
Country News
Royal
Edward
ELEOA
Thomson
A. Millar
Sc. Glement
The
Strand
R Willock
Cornhill
J.gray
J. Davidson
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