Arrivals from Rome Amid Royal Councils and Military Winds
Yesterday a mail from France and Naples arrived. Cardinal Acquaviva and Belluga reached Rome’s influence, while King George II presided over councils discussing Rome disputes, finances, the army, and trade. The Igba Spaniards and Sicily regiment joined here. A privateer captured a Barbary pink with 39 Turks and three Christian women. Warsaw reports the Count de Hom’s death case drew circulars about his prior arrest, escape at Sonnenstein, and self-inflicted death amid court intrigues and clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cardinal Belluga
Rota
Catliolick
S Ag&art
Spain
Two Sicilies
Spinelli
Acquaviva
Belluga
Igba
Regio
Calabria
Sicily
Messina
Warsaw
Count de Hoim
Alamain
Count de Hom
Sonnenstein
Poland
Konigstein
Worm Medicines and Pigeon-Hour Book Advertisements
An advertisement details John Moore apothecary offering worm medicines that reportedly expelled several long worms from a patient after failing other remedies. It lists sale points at Mrs. Reader in Hungerford Market and warns against counterfeit products, plus references to Byfield's Sal Volacile Olivium and a Pigeon-Hours introduction to tame pigeons with breeding, cures, and natural history notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Cannonstreet
London
J. Moone
N. B
Fox
Hungerford
Byfield
I. Moore
Columbarium
England
Wholesale Spirits Offered at Keen's Wharf Strand
At the Apple Brandy Warehouse on Keen's Wharf at the Foot of Essex Stairs in the Strand Randy, praised as fine as any foreign, is sold at 3s 6d per gallon. Geneva from Hotland, made in London, offered at 2s 4d per gallon. All persons may taste without buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen’s Wharf
Essex-Stairs
Strand
Geneva
London
PORT NEWS DEALS AND VESSEL SAILINGS
Outward-bound ships prepare to sail from Gravesend. William and Thomas Boynton Thomas and Margaret Mead set for Plymouth. John and Sarah Hunter and Stretton Hunter bound for Gibraltar. Nathaniel Durant heads to Milford. Cholmondeley Brooks to France. Wind W. Arrived Gilyard Purnell from Oporto and Matthew Mullis from Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Fune
Willliam
Thomas
Boynton
Margaret
Mead
Plymouth
John
Sarah
Hunter
Stretton
Gibraltar
Nathaniel
Durant
Milford
Cholmondeley
Brooks
France
M. Gravesend
Gilyard
Purnell
Oporto
Matthew
Mullis
Jamaica
News from Genoa and Europe of war and diplomacy
Letters report an English man of war arriving in Genoa with Father Lugano on board. Tuscany and Corsica tensions rise as Genoa placards spread, while Lord Theodore strengthens forces in Arquiola. Marsupial and Sardinia relate, with Milan and Venice dispatches detailing payments, troop movements, and looming conflicts. Royal visits, legal cases, and crime anecdotes fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Lisbon
Lugano
Portugal
Florence
Tuscany
Leghorn
Corsica
Theodore
Paris
M. de Rivardelle
Bastia
Saxe-Hildbourghausen
Gibral
Muly-Abdalah
Muley-Aley
Morocco
Milan
Milaneze
Alexandria
Lumeline
Sardinia
Venice
Republick
Frioul
Senate
Hungary
Seraglio
Muscovy
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Daily Post
Naples
Boyle
Duke of Newcastle
Claremont
Surrey
Duke
Amelia
Caroline
Windsor Forest
Kening
Earl of Barrymore
Wigan
Lancashire
Regiment of Foot
Tatton
Guildhall
Ironmongers Hall
Alderman Godschall
Robert Evang
Court of Delegates
William Hyde
Eversham
Bedfordshire
Smith
Lloyd
Vauxhall
Porrico
Daverton
Southwark
Justice Lane
Mary Hales
St. George’s Fields
Edmund Welch
Axe and Bottle Yard
Greyhound-Inn
John Lade
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