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Courtly Ball Ends in Duel and Exile in Rome
From Bologna to Madrid and London, reports recount a noble ball at Cafali Palace with Count Ruffo and Marquess Montori clashing over dance, leading to duels and orders for departure. Madrid notes swift health, Mequinez news, and royal finances while London describes a royal parade, theater bills, stock quotes, and street notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Flanders
Bologna
Hanibal Ringhieri
Cafali
Chevalier de St. Ceorge
Ruffo
Ferrara
Sig
Antonio Sampieri
Marquess Montori
Benedict Vittori
Count Vittori
Montori
Marquess de Monteleon
Spain
Italy
Florence
Madrid
Tetuan
Mequinez
Muley-Hamet
Sibuljah
Muley Abdelmelech
Luz
Paris
M. le Blanc
Count de Maurepas
Prince of
Saxony
Count de Rottembourg
Marquess of Brancas
M. de Blanc
Versailles
London
St. James’s
Newmarket
Cambridge
Trinity College
Marquess Rangoni
Duke of
Grenadieys