Mail from France and war preparations reported from Europe
Yesterday the Mail from France and two from Flanders arrived while dispatches for the Court of Vienna were sent. Waggons carried planks for Capua to finish new fortifications directed by engineer Marinelli. Gallies returned from Metsina with General Wallis, and troops in Austria prepare for likely war. Troop movements, embargo orders, and coastal defense measures are noted amid storms, earthquakes, and reports from Messina, Malta, and Leghorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loui_gis
Vienna
Sicily
Reggio
Capua
Philip Marinelli
Metsina
Wallis
Manfredonia
Abruzzo
Calabria
Leonisfa
Umbria
Genes
Portugal
Lisbon
Cinfuegos
Holy See
Messina
Trieste
Fiume
Malta
Desiza
Goulette
Tunis
Poland
Imperial Commission
Rostock
Charles Leopold of
Mecklembourg
Oratory at Lincoln's Corner Announces Friday Readings
At the Oratory Corner of Lincoln's Fields Clare-markis presents a Friday seven o'clock program featuring Spickspan, an Oration New and Old, and a parade of titles including The Extravagance of Avarice and The Praise of Volpone. The list spans novels, plays, travel, sea songs, and curious manuals, with republished works offered at eight shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratory
Lincoln
Clare-markis
Huncks
Volpone
Clelia
Hovilla
Livia
Keima Lee
Italy
Arctof
Olten
Dunkirk
N. B
Apothecary John Moore Cures Worms and Dropsy at Pestle and Mortar
In Laurence Pountney Lane the apothecary John Moore reports curing a joint worm and a yard long amoR with his worm powders and a second remedy. He claims to have restored health, grown fatter than in years, and offers to treat paupers who are recommended by parish churchwardens and overseers with a handwritten note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
S- Lane
Gannonstreet
N. B
Mood
Tradt Sf
London News Roundup of Couriers and Court Reports
A King of France cabinet courier arrives from Paris to Count de Broglie anticipating an onward return to Paris. Sir Robert Walpole summoned by express from Norfolk. preparations in Piccadilly and Harlow. Lord Chancellor to Windsor. Albemarle to go as Volunteer with Don Carlos to Italy. Admiralty appoints Digby Dent captain of Princess Louisa with Heycock Murray and Masters as lieutenants. Money sent from Broad Street to Woolwich and Portsmouth to pay off ships. Oxford physician Dr Leigh marries Sally Knapp. A betrothal planned between Maximilian Gott and Miss Lake. Justice Barker and Bere inspect Hammersmith Road for suspected footpad gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Count de Broglie
Paris
Angel
Piccadilly
Harlow
Robert Walpole
Norfolk
Windsor
General Council
Earl of
Murray
Masters
Broad-street
Woolwich
Falmouth
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Leigh
Oxford
Sally Knapp
Knapp
Maximilian Gott
Sheat
Sussex
Illness of Lord Bathurst and legal notices from 1730
The document notes the illness of Lord Bathurst at his seat near Uxbridge and that Lieutenant General Maccartney is to be privately interred at Kensington Church. It covers a High Court of Chancery hearing where Jacob de David Lopes Henriques sought debts from the estate of Nathaniel Herne, with a decree favoring the plaintiff. It mentions lottery updates in Holland, the arrest and bail of Thoms Burfty, and theft charges against Anne Smith. A letter to Richard Newsham, engineer, praises fire engines and recounts fire response efforts in Whitechapel. Various stock prices and notices conclude the item, including a listing for a lett property near St. Michael and Bucklersbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Bathurst
Uxbridge
Maccartney
Kensington Church
High Court of Chancery
Jacob de David Lopes Henriques
Arthur Ingram
Robert Ingram
Nathaniel Herne
Deceas
Herne
Old East India Company
The
Hague
Utrecht
Bridge’s
Cornhill
Kepe
Holland
Thoms Burfey
Henry Medin
Chelmsford
Compter
Anne Smith
Newgate
Thomas Harrison
Cambrick
Newsham
Richard Newsham
Clothfair
West Smithfield
London
Whitechapel
Ben J. Boss
N. B
Also Mentioned on This Page
France
Flanders
Naples
Duke of
Mecklemurg
Ber
Cornchandler
Holbourn
Yelercay
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch
South Sea Bonds
Fudia
St. Michael
Alhallows Lane
Scilyard
Hanbury and
Chambers
Bucklersbury
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