Royal Installations in Madrid and Vienna Court Ceremonies
The dispatch describes Fr. Madrid letters on March 27 detailing King and Infante Don Philip's installation as Knights of the Holy Ghost in Madrid with the Prince of Asturias and other nobles present. It covers Vienna Easter rites with Emperor and Empress, and the Venetian ambassador’s entry. Paris notes include the Duke of Bourbon in Burgundy, and Prussia letters mention King Stanislaus’s Berlin visit. An extensive testimonial advertises Mr John Moore's anti-scorbutic medicines amid scurvy symptoms.
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Don Philip
Order of the Holy Ghost
Prince of the Asturias
St. Jerom’s Church
Marquess de Santa Crux
Spain
Infante
Asturias
Don Lewis
Vienna
Wnuncia
Knights of the Golden Fleece
St. Stephen
Andrew Erizzo
Republick of Venice
d’Averberg
St. Francis de Paulo
Prince d'Aversperg
Cayarison
Cardinal de Collonerich
Paris
Prince de la Torella
Burgundy
Signor
Valentini Gonzaga
Madrid
Prussia
Stanislaus
Berlin
Meudon
Duke de St. Simon
Leghorn
Barcelona
Stepay
John Moore
Lawrence-Pountney’s Lane
Cannon-street
Amy
Meore
N.B
Joax Moone
Wholesale sale at Apple Brandy Warehouse in Strand
Advertisement notes wholesale sale at Keen's Wharf Apple Brandy Warehouse. Bisney Galvertally declared as fine as any, sold per gallon at ae, Geneva at 2s 4d, London origin, contrasting with English Geneva. Encourages all to waste without buying at half foreign price 35 6d.
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Keen's Wharf
Essex-Stairs
Strand
Bisney
Geneva
London
Port News: Several outbound ships fail to sail
Port News details outbound ships that failed to depart including Emerson Bogie for Guiney, Golden Fleece for Madison, Hannah Benner for New England, Buroe Francis for Falmouth, and Charles Read for Holland. Also notes arrivals from New England and ships from Carolina, Jersey and Guernsey with minor vessels and wind conditions.
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Deal
Emerson
Bogie
Guiney
Madison
Oporto
Hannah
Benner
New England
Buroe
Francis
Falmouth
Charles
Read
Holland
Wind
E. Gravesend
Zante
Pick
Carolina
Townsend
Lufcy
Ditto
John and Jersey
Phellial
Jersey
Providence
Willis
Guernfey
Paris Letters Report French Fund Plan and Court News
London reports from Paris that Louis by advice of his ministers has fixed a six million fund for Versailles expansions warships and fortifications. Admiral Gue Trouin recovers and is awaited at Versailles. The Duke of Main swells with a broken cheek and Monti may have private commissions to fulfill, while a Paris grand chamber trial between Sieur Rapaly and his wife concludes with Laverdy defending the wife.
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Paris
Palace of Versailles
M.du Gue-Trouin
Versailles
Duke of Main
Marquess de Monti
Sieur Rapaly
M. Laverdy
Royal Society and Court Doings in Early Summer Gossip
The column recounts court and society events: Archer Waldegrave as godfather, Swedish envoy’s lady as godmother, and a plan to shorten rambouillet journeys as the queen nears delivery. Also noted are a four year old Duke of Boufflers patient with bleeding, an Academy prize for fire and its propagation, deaths of Meflire de Netrancour and William Goodwood, a sermon lecturer vacancy, and a vivid account of a Newgate escape and a Masons procession to Fishmongers Hall with detailed pageantry and listed stewards. Corn prices in Gloucester are listed with figures for wheat barley beans and oats.
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M. Cochin
Arsenal
Hotel de Ville
Earl Waldegrave
Rambouillet
Compiegne
Sieur
John Bernoulli
Sieur Bernoulli
Basil
Meflire Francis de Netrancour
Montauban
Mr. Clements
Deceas
Isaac Bran
Noi Isaac
John Graham
Grimes
Southwark
Kennington Common
Newgate
Fleet-lane
Austen
Society of Free and Accepted Masons
Earl of Loudon
Privy Garden
Fishmonger’s Hall
Thames Street
Stewards Lodge
Weymouth
Earl
Sawl
Hody
Champion
Weldon
Pringle
Schamberg
Scott
Benjamin Gascoign
Jeff James Ruth
Gowland
Gloucester
High Water at London Bridge Reported After Noon
Water levels rose at London Bridge in the afternoon with reports noting high tide conditions. The event occurred about 11 minutes after the scheduled post Meridian time, prompting authorities to monitor the riverfront and issue safety advisories.
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London Bridge
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