Madrid News: Court Delays, Robberies, and Naval Movements
From Madrid and Port St Mary reports update royal plans to stay through October while peace talks advance. News cites robberies near Cadiz, preparations for a bullfight, fugitives Wharton and Ormond, and ships refitting to chase Barbary corsairs. Letters mention Russian trade talks and Catholic Church tensions with Portugal and Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port St. Mary
Banieres
Duke of
Buen Retiro
Cadiz
Count de Castijo
Barbary
Prince Sherbatow
Marquess de la Paz
Russia
Cape Finistre
Lisbon
Inquisition
Holy See
Portugal
France and Flanders Mails Report and Court News
From Port St Mary to Rambouillet to Cadiz and London, letters and dispatches relay court notices and naval movements across France, Spain, and Britain. Bonie wins French Academy prize again for a piece on Navigation under Louis XIV. Naval traffic and harbor arrivals plus local crimes and executions fill the daily sea and town briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rance
Port St. Mary
Duke
Offuna
M. Bonie
Gifors
French Academy
Lewis XIV
Cardinal de Polignac
Paris
Sacred College
Baron Sparre
Seden
Forges
Vernon
Rambouiller
Versailles
Rambouillet
Duke of
Cadiz
Spain
Sieur Maire
Diep
Jesuits College
le Geau
M. Tardif
Falmouth
Yetterday
London
Rice
James
Croffick
Neptune
Crofwick
Champion
Dartmouth
Fuly
William
John and
Lucy
Topsham
Rotterdam
Lisbon
Evans
Mary of
Webster
Boston
Plymouth
Pallet
Amsterdam
Dublin
Clover
Blew
Newfoundland
Gosport
Spithead
Moor
Dispatch
Butler
St. Sebastian
Blandford
Rogers
St. Sebastian’s
Southampton
Warwick
Ork
Deal
Leo
Nancy
Barbadoes
Swift
Marshal
Gibraltar
Bourdeaux
Beach
Peirty
Riga
Liverpool
Gravesend
Faly
Whitlow
Story
Norway
Happy Return
Stolt
Fortune
Curling
Dolphin
Robertson
King-fisher
Cornelius
Industry
Disdell
Greenland
Harford
Nelly
East India
Francis
Nicholls
St. Kitt’s
Providence
Hammond
Dunkirk
Leavone
Hitchins
Keningsburgh
Joseph
John Willinton
Ditto
John
Anne
Low
Amserdam
Grand Debate at Lincoln's Inn Fields on a Subjekt of Importance
A notice announces a 7 PM event at the Corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields near Clare Market. It promises a public disputation featuring a Doctor a Prince and a Lady in a ceremonial court setting. The poster stresses novelty pomp and a decisive outcome by a unexpectedly wise participant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Clare-market
France
Royal family dine at Richmond then return to Kennington
London report notes the royal party will travel to Richmond for a midday meal and return to Kennington in the evening, with the schedule reflecting a brief royal visit and public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herately
Richmond
Kennington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madrid
Flanders
Charles Wager
Portsmouth
Commissioners of Excise
Thames-street
the Excise
Excise Office
Matthew Lane
His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer
Scotland
Great Britain
Jeremiah Jones
Billingsgate
Earl of
Edinburgh
Miss Stewart
Francis Stewart
Earl of Murray
Stewart
Lord Blairhall
Leith
Baron Miller
Londar
Wade
Chelsea College
Highlands
Stirling
Inverlochy
John Hay
Sterling
George Ducairn
Holland
Redhouse
Meath
Pocock
Foot
Newgate
Thomas-strees
Kilmainham
Castle-street
Oratory
Times
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