Great Hopes for Lisbon Accord Vanish in Lisbon Letters
Reports from Bologna and Venice detail Lisbon's displeasure after Pope Clement XII negotiations with Signor Bichi and edicts against the Ecclesiastical State. Prices, ports, and royal health rumors mix with diplomatic moves as Vienna and Constantinople monitor Turkish and Russian affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Lisbon
Signor
Bichi
Petro
Cardinal de la Motta
M. de la Motta
Michael Angelo Lopez
Bologna
Clementine Sobieski
Chevalier de St. George
St. Lucy
Venice
Constantinople
Pera
Romanzof
Warsaw
Tartars
Leopold
Poniatrowski
Republick
Chai
M. Urbanowitz
Dathorucki
Holy See
Lubomirski
Leuth
Hungary
Asia
Europe
Walachia
Moldavia
Buda
Hanover
Vienna
Mecklembourg
Oratory Sermon Denouncing Tom against Woolstex in Newport Market
In a week day sermon at a license church in Newport market the preacher denounces Thomas against Woolstex as ridiculing Christ’s miracles. He promises a defense of his faith against his five-books and asserts the author is “nothing at all.” The notice lists other items including practical cures and a calendar of cloths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport-market
Thomas
WouoLsTex
Bob Majer
Royal Orders and Westminster News from London
London news notes swift royal orders to notify clergy for prayers for the Prince of Wales. Hyde Park air outing by the Prince and Princesses reported. Preparations for royal reception in Hanover underway. Tonson named Stationer to the Prince. John Jean to be bookseller. Dunkerly, the King's Porter, dies. Thomas Towers seeks Bucks knight seat to replace the deceased Hampden. Ten new Gibraltar recruits escape from the Savoy by lowering blankets from the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Hyde Park
Hanover
Jacob Tonson
Prince
John Jean
Pall-Mall
Adam Dunkerly
Somerset House
Thomas Towers
Christopher Towers
Lancaster
County of Bucks
John Hampden
Deceas
Gibraltar
Port Mahon
Savoy
Notable Deaths and Local News from Canterbury and London
Obituaries report the deaths of Mr Dingley Askham of St Ives huntingdonshire and Joseph Bagnal of Roehampton, with notes on sugar-baking wealth and estates. Also mentioned are a guardsman vacancy, whaling news, a judge's death in Barbados, a naval dispatch, and a wrongful theft hoax. Also a shooting accident injures a girl. stock prices and theatre listings referenced. Samuel Totton seeks bridge-master post in Aldgate ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dingley Askham
St. Ives
Huntingdon
Bernards Inn
Joseph Bagnal
Surrey
Roehampton
England
Harday
Islington
Paylor
Plymouth
Sonnertern
Meffelear
Africa
Duttemper
Barbadoes
Priscilla
Rymes
Judge Gallop
Nottingham
Portsmouth
Jamaica
Lescer
Nants
Genoa
Nants River
Knightsbridge
Hyde Park Corner
Tothill Fields Bridewell
Canterbury
Wirstable
Samuel Totton
Citiaen
Mercer
Matthew Snab- Jin
Aldgate
Palm Wines for Export by Ralph Smalley in Lime Street
An advertisement by merchant Ralph Smalley offers fine Old Palm Wines for sale in London at the East India House vault in Lime Street. Wines priced at 2 pounds 1 shilling per pipe, 24 shillings per hogshead, or 14 shillings per bottle, with export drawbacks noted. Palm island yields limited yearly production, Canary wine also sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Smalley
England
East-India House
Lime-street
N. B
Island of
Palm
Canary
IBM
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Rome
Great Britain
Falmouth
Fan
Scipio
Langan
Streights
Cae Bashley
Juno
Swanzey
Birch
Leghorn
Sarah
Richard Barrington
Antigua
P.S
Duke of Portland
Nelly
London
Nafsau
Southampton
Amice Gabourd
Firh
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance & T
York Buildings
Welch
South Sea Bonds
Es Prem
Gs. Ditto
His Majesty's Company of Comedians
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Capr
Clermont
Wilks
Biddy
Odfield
Clerimont
Milis
Booth
Harry Gubbin
Harper
Humphrey Gubbin
Miller
Fainlove
Mills
Tipkin
Nortis
Pognce
Shepard
Moore
Lally
Essex
Rowissen
Misg Robinson
Master Lally
Mills Jett
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