Papal Election Delays and European Military Moves
Reports from Rome and Vienna detail continued indecision over the papal succession as Cardinal Corradini loses support amid Spanish opposition and Imperial diplomacy. Meanwhile Austrian and Sardinian forces bolster frontiers, with plans for troop movements into Tuscany and Naples, and new dispatches from Marseilles and Paris outline cautious alliance talks and naval trade news.
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Corradini
Cardinal Bentivoglio
Spain
Sacred College
Rome
St. James
Cardinal Corradini
Cardinal Falconieri
CarJi al Albani
Cardinl Buencampagno
Milan
Count Merci
Vienna
Germany
Sardinia
Lezhorn
Marseilles
Veffes
Italy
Acies
Seville
Tuscany
Caloza
Fuly
France
Paris
Ferdinand of
Oratory at Lincolns Inn Fields Amid Market Noise
Fragmentary notice from a historical newspaper describes an oration at Lincolns Inn Fields near Clare Market on a Wednesday evening. Details are garbled but suggest a public speaking event featuring a new and old style text. The incomplete text limits precise dates or speakers.
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Lincol’s Inn-Fields
Clare-market
Miraculous Cure Promoted by John Moore Worm Medicines
Mary Talboy of the Sign of the King's Arms Holborn details prolonged illness with digestive woes and heart palpitations. She credits John Moore apothecary with a monthlong cure after expert care, and promotes Moore's worm medicines and Green Sickness Powder sold at multiple London and English towns with a distinctive seal and inscription.
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Mary Talboy
Chappel-street
Red Lyonftreet
Holbourn
John Moore
Lawrence-Pountrey’s- Lane
Cannon-street
Moore
Hungerford Market
Geare
Dover-street
Piccadilly
James Abree
William Aylet
Canterbury
Benjamin Smithurst
Plymouth
Peter Brown
Plough
St. Thomas’s Street
Bristol
Fishy Moores Worm-Pawners
England
London Notes Elder Brother Election and Naval Appointments
Yesterday London reported the election of Sir William Osborne as Elder Brother of the Trinity House succeeding the late Capt. Hazlewood. A grand entertainment at Poprack's followed with many notable officers present. Also, a new Commission of the Peace has passed for the West Riding of York. Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty named Capt. Joan Bing to command the Falmouth with Thomas Griffin as First Lieutenant Liburne as Second and Harrison as Third. Cambridge University awarded the Doctor of Physick to the Marquess of Blandfort during the week.
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London
Yeslterday
Trinity House
William Osborne
Hazlewood
Poprack’s
Charles Wager
Thomas Hardy
Wherry
Mighells
Navy
Harlow
Martin Leake
Cleaveland
Hardy
Greenwich
Pannwell
Harrison
Stretton
Randolph
Robinson
Rogers
West Riding
County of
York
Lords Commisssioners
Admiralty
Joan Bing
Viscount Torrington
Louisa
Falmouth
Thomas Griffin
Liburne
University of Cambridge
Marquess of Blandfort
Memorials and Notices from a 1730 London Window
A London notices page recounts deaths and legal notes. It mentions Mr Linney in Kensington Square, Lt. General James MacCartney, and events from 1712 involving the Duke Hamilton, a royal proclamation for arrest, and trials for murder. It also covers Quarter Sessions at the Tower, a drowning coal merchant Middleton of Chiswick, a sailor Macdonald, and cargo from China. Financial items include South Sea stock prices, annuities, and other market figures. Updates from the customs office warn of fraud tips and a forthcoming General Court of the South Sea Company to declare the half year dividend.
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Linney
Kensington Square
James Maccarteney
Portsmouth
Duke Hamilton
Lord Mohun
Hide Park
Lea
Whiseha
Pretton
George
Parker
King’s Bed Bar
Westminster
Salisbury
Richard How
John How
Gloucestershire
Wilts
Tower of London
Tower
John Gonton
Grand Jury
Middleton
Chiswick
Rondon Bridge
Earl of Burlington
Macdonald
Bridge
South
Sea House
South-Sea Company
Threadneedle
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Holland
Swerin
Amsterdam
Texel
East India Company
John Schull
China
Cape of Good Hope
Batavia
Huncks
Save-alls
Volpone
Clelia
Hovilla
Livia
St. James’s
Carnioon
the Times
Fog
D’anvers
Cambridge
Lynn
Houghton
United Company of Merchants of England
East Indies
Saigo
Gocoo
South Sea
Thal. Funk
India
Royal Exchange Asurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch
His Majesty’s Customs
Thomas Hutchinson
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