Traders unite to suppress hawkers and pedlars
A frenzied London meeting at the Half Moon Tavern seeks swift action against hawkers and pedlars. A solicitor from the House of Commons will join to file a formal petition before Parliament. The group vows to press for taxes and rents to be paid to the government, framing the effort as defense of urban trade and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Westminster
Gorcdending
Kingham
Pubien
M.P
Flace and Company
Emperor of China ambassador to Moscow arrival expected
Moscow notices an ambassador from the Emperor of China expected to congratulate the Czar on accession. A gentleman will travel to meet him on the Siberian frontiers in about ten days. First Pekin envoy to Moscow. Russians maintain extensive trade with China and have sent solemn embassies. China has never sent a minister to Moscow, only commissaries to Tobolsk for trade oversight.
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Cadiz
Spain
France
Brussels
Allis
Hanover
Seville
Andis
Altho
Italy
Europe
Belgrade
Nilsa
Count Beneval
Baronn Stein
Wolfenbussel
Brunswick
Berlin
Brussets
la Merveille
Vienna
East Indies
Antwerp
China
Siberia
Pekin
Moscow
Tobolskoy
Be trothing of the Emperor at the Summer Palace
A Dec 5 report from Moscow notes the Be trothing ceremony of the Emperor with Princess Catherine Alexiewna at the Summer Palace. Attending were the Princesses of the Blood, court nobility, foreign ministers, and other distinguished persons.
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Esterday
Andrew
Russian Empire
Summer Palace
Catherine Alexiewna
Alexis Gregorowitz Dolggrucki
Court Pageantry and Dispatches From London Society
Reports from London describe Knights of the Garter and related orders at court with the Sword of State and sermons by clergy. Diplomatic audiences include the Marquess d Aix from Sardinia, plus royal ceremonies and forthcoming appointments to Gibraltar. Notes on proclamations, naval passes, and a new governor, with society births and marriages, conclude the dispatch.
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London
Knights of the Garter
Thistle and Bath
Chapel Royal
Viscount Torrington
Birch
Worcester
Clark
Winchester
d’Aix
Sardinia
Duke of
Ark OF
Wra
PNY
Cerlain
Prince
Duke
Barbary
Admiralty of
Great Britain
Viscount Townshend
Countrey
Sabine
Gibraltar
Earl of Tortmore
Richard Arnold
John Shaw
Eltham
Kene
Arnold
Little Queen-streer
Golden Square
Bell
St. Clement’s Danes
Fulham
Middlesex
Dwight
Geo. Tyson
Shackswell
Newington
Dane Finch
Winchelsea
Notingham
Ma Fion
Fitz-Herbert
Affwell
Daventry
Yes
J Jefty
Heerer-Houfe
Wiliam
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Dian
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Holland
Dackington
Jen
Oratory
Lindotn
s-Inn-Fields
Clare-markes
Nalf
Boucur
Bos
a.Pound
Chang
Ford
England
Hampton-Coure
Solomon’s Court
Queen Elizabeth’s
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