Gloomy Dispatches from Genoa and Paris Across Warfronts
Letters from Genoa report fourteen Spanish men of war and several transports ready for embarkation, with Don Lucas Spinola expected to begin the game. Cadiz ports prep for imbarkation while Marseilles notes Spain’s fleet heading to Sicily. In Paris, the Queen’s condition hints at a late-august delivery and Jesuit election moves, amid court intrigues, and arrests for illicit notary dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink
Barcelona
Lervers
Spain
Catalonia
Don Lucas Spinola
Constantine
Port St. Mary
Indies
Cadiz
Zinago
Thursiay
Cape Refi
Barbary
Frize
Thas
Marquess de Castel Novo
Naples
Ebro
Tortosa
Marseilles
Sicily
Paris
Fathers of the Frafers
Jesuits
Rome
le Fame
Cary
Bastille
Rochelle
Brunswick
Val de Grace
Maubuisfon
Amieres
Palace of
Luxembourg
The Wife of a Tradesman Rejected by Worm Medicine Claim
A wife in the Borough of Southwark suffered colic and stones and used John Moore’s Worm Medicines and Green Sickness Powder with relief. The notice lists multiple sellers in London, Hungerford Market, Canterbury, Plymouth, Bristol, and St Thomas Street Bristol. It warns that any sold without the official seal or inscription is counterfeit. Note: Worm powder sold in many market towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souchwark
John Moore
Laurence Pountneys Lane
Cannonstreet
N.B
Leader
Hungerford
James Abree
William Aylert
Canterbury
Benjamin Smithurst
Bookfeyier
Plymouth
Peter Brown
St. Thomas’street
Bristol
John .Moore
Lord Middleton to be Comptroller of Army Accounts
London reports Lord Middleton to replace the late Hon James Bruce as Comptroller of the Accounts of the Army. Died recently were Rev Dr Wetham of Ockingham and Mr Bird the wine merchant. Justice Page and Justice Lee moved about court duties as summer vacations begin. Bath stage coach robbery on Hounslow Heath left a passenger with fifteen guineas. Richard Quaille jailed for stealing a silver tankard. Night House disorderly crowd in Covent Garden faces hard labour and fines for falsehoods and wife misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Middleton
James Bruce
Elys
Bath
Wetham
Ockingham
Essex
Gloucester Street
Bird
Justice Page
Oxfordshire
Baron Thomson
Justice Lee
Buckinghamshire
Hounslow Heath
Richard Quaille
Newgate
Justice de Veil
Anne Rayman
Drury-Lane
John Gonton
His Majesty
Tothill-Fields
Prices and notices in an 18th century advertisement page
The item lists South Sea Stock and other securities with bid prices, then shifts to theatre posters, upcoming performances, and notices of hunts and horse races. It includes a dog lost near Hanover Square and a five shillings reward, race plates at Bellsize and Kellfire, theft note at Twickenham with rewards, and a large Leatherhead estate for sale with chambers offering particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
George Morgan
Paulig-stree
S. Georges Church
Hanover Square
Bell
Hickney
Kellfire
Galloways
Bellfire
Gallways
Hellize
Pontes
Puney Galloway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pott
France
Flanders
Genoa
Vincennes
Grand Priory
Malta
Saptini
Cardinal Cibo
Signor
Corfini
Chevalier de St.George
Compiegne
Verailles
Deal
Tilly
Row
Barvary
Isabella
Clear
Streights
S. W. Deal
Moor
Philippa
Osburn
Falmouth
Mary
Cape
Lane
Virginia
London
South Sea
Bank
New Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Asieyrance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Sos Welch
South
Goodman’s Fields
Tottenham Court
Tom
Bedlam
Squire Numicul
DocGeter
Numicul
Penkethman
Mad Tom
William Giffard
Abella
Haughton
Wm. Friendly
Huddy
Jeremy
R. Willams
Duck
Pearce
Barler
Machell
W. Wolliams
Robin
Numfeul
Thomas
Friendly
Mountfort
Bey
Palmer
Justice Gripeal
Coliet
Ag's
Gerfe
Sandhaus
le Sieur Labifle
Brance
Mons. &. Luce
Theatre Royal
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Drunken Man
Mr. Wilcox
Booth
Thomas More
Twickenham
William Blacklock
John Newman
Queen’s Square
Westminster
N. B
Leatherhead
Surrey
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