Anniversary of the King's Birthday Observed at Lisbon Palace
Lisbon records the king’s birthday anniversary with a mass at the Church of the Mother of God and a Royal Academy gathering. Foreign ministers and nobility kissed the king’s hand while Don Francis Xavier de Menezes delivered a harangue. A tobacco warehouse fire caused damage and a Brazilian fleet with six thousand rolls of tobacco and three thousand chelis of sugar nears Rio de Janeiro.
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Francis Xavier de Menezes
Ereceira
Academy
East Indies
Brazil
Rio di Janeiro
Imperial Dispatches From Seville Cause Dark Public Mind
Letters from Vienna and Hanover describe negotiations and hints of plans over Trieste and Fiume, with debate on financing and timing. Reports from Berlin and Dantzick note court orders, royal discomfort, and Polish ladies headed for France. Shipping lists from Southampton reveal numerous vessels bound for the East Indies, Cartagena, Lisbon, Oporto, and Seville.
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Vienna
Imperi Cours
Conigregg
Seville
Spain
Hanover
Trieste
Fiume
Old City
Berlin
Pragia
Dantzick
Leczinski
France
Rome
Chevalier de St. George
Se Ville
Utrecht
Don Carlos
Southampton
Kirrel
Bristol
George Wadmore
Himburg
Anne
Small
The
East Indies
Prince William
Kendal
Cartagena
Princess Anne
Burnet
Marmalduke
Aresxin
Elizabeth
Gipt
Puleston
Cape
Bruce
Berry
Pomeroy
St. George
Roberts
Edward and
Mary
Mitchel
Dove
Buryden
Lisbon
Dorset
Ellis
Madieva
Champion
Franklyn
Dorro
Sandlefield
Rose
Bennet
Oporto
Pebella
Clear
Bridgen
Webster
Leganea
Toll
Mermaid
Crawford
Chandler
Shipping Arrivals and Deck Crew Names for Major Colonies
This day arrives the Amelia Capt Brooks from Leghorn with wind W. The list notes captains and vessels bound for Caribbean and North American ports including Canaries St Kitts Nevis Jamaica Nevis St George and Boston with ships like West India Merchant Mermaid Dragon George and Mary Samuel and John and others under captains Standard Jolly Bass etc.
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Wiltshire
Adams
Concord
Spelman
Kent
Brooks
Mermaid
Millison
Dragon
Pollen
George and
Mary
Bird
Samuel
John
Bugles
Boston
Amelia
Leghorn
Curtain Lectures At The Oratory Near Clare-Market
A Victorian era notice advertises a curtain lecture at the Oratory near Clare-market. Entitled What is the Inside and Outside of Matrimony the program lists topics on fundamentals schisms heresies and social mores with a long garland of playful and provocative headings and mock sermons. The event promises lively discussion on marriage politics and gender roles with supplementary entertainments and visual curiosities.
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Wedeck
Jances
Countes
Virginia
Maryland
N. B. Lovely
Oratory
Soldiers petition Chelsea Hospital and mutiny at Leicester
London reports detail a petition by three Gibraltar veterans to enter Chelsea Hospital. A Leicester dragoon mutiny followed orders to seize horses. Wade travels to quell the disorder. Other items include trials at Westminster, executions at Old Bailey, a death at Somerset House, and Dublin prison committee actions.
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London
Haymarket
Gibraltar
Chelsea Hospital
Leicester
Wade
Wills
Ensign Wills
Franclin
King’s Bench
Westminster
Raymond
Owen Moreton
James Dalton
Dr. Mead
John
Hawkins and Turnkeys put in irons at Marshalsea Prison
A report from London notes Hawkins and two Turnkeys placed in custody of the Serjeant at Arms and sent to Marshalsea Prison in irons amid earlier accusations of inhuman barbarities. The City heard the Merits of the Election of Alderman Somerville, who was declared duly elected by the House of Commons after a full hearing. In Dublin Castle, news arrives of Sir Edward Crotton's death at Capel Street, while royal Letters Patent grant Robert Bel Jew the offices of Searcher and Gauger at Youghal and Dungarvan. Market updates show South Sea stock activity and other securities, alongside theater listings for Drury Lane and the Hay Market. A sale by the Customs Office advertises a December 1 sale of tea and spirits, with catalogues available at the King's Warehouse. A local physician, John Moore, promotes a cure for head pains and vertigo, offering gratis treatment to the poor when vouched for by parish officials.
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England
Carcer
Sir Edward Crotton
Capelstreet
Dublin Castle
Umo
Robert Bel Jew
Castle Manior
County of
Cork
Youshall
Dungarvan
Henry Purdon
South Sea
Bank
Royal Exchange Atturance
London
Atturance Rr
Yors
Basguth
Welch Dicco
India
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Veterday
Holland
Hague
Lincoln’ s-Inn- Fields
Clare-market
His Majesty
Companis of
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Justrer
Sir Harry Wildair
Waks
Larewell
Oldfield
Argelica
Rook
Colonel Stadard
Mr. Meils
Alde
Man
Johol
Ms Her Youn
Clincher
Mr. Oaces
Wizard
Willacy Mills
Norsiss
Lady Dartirs
Ty Mars
We Cheriit
Park
Mrs
Mile
Boor
Comedie
Tremorcow
Lesember
Ovutwitter
Fielding
Mutlart
Lacs
Welle
Stonler
Vir. Reynolds
Mullacy
His Majesty’s Customs
Custom-house
Geneva
King’s Warehouse
Eivice
N.B
Kine
Virginia-streec
John Moore
Lawrence-Pountney
s-Lane
Cannon-street
Mr. Moore
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