Political and religious Dispatches from Europe and England
News from Paris and Vienna reports on Papal decisions, Spanish and Portuguese accommodation talks, and Electorate movements.Updates note a potential Cardinal Cap in Lisbon, protests by Acquaviva and Belluga, and ongoing diplomacy amid Berlin and Madrid relations. Local notices cover elections, court appointments, and notable deaths and firings in London society.
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St. Philip Nery
Sacred College
Baron Scarlati
Bavaria
Loreto
Count de Harrach
Count Gallas
Prague
Cardinal Albani Camerlingue
Urbino
Cardinal Ortobini
Frescati
Stanislaus
France
St. Nicholas
Holy See
Portugal
Lisbon
Cardinal Acquaviva
Vienna
Versailles
Augustus
Poland
Corsini
Corradini
Acquaviva
Belluga
Madrid
Naples
Doctor Galliani
Paris
PORT NEWS: Jails and arrivals at Gravesend Downs
Deal, June 15. The Norway Merchant, Waugh, and the Phoenix, Brown, are jailed for Holland. Remaining in the Downs the Antelope, Ayrest, for Newfoundland. Wind W. Gravesend, June 16. Arrived the Don Carlos, Cole, from Leghorn. the Jemima, Gilby, from Calais. the Charming Peggy, Smith, from Oporto. the Queen of Portugal, King, from Lisbon. the Solomon, Wafsall, from Roan. the London, Willis, from Norway.
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Port News
Deal
Fune
Norway
Waugh
Phoenix
Brown
Holland
Downs
Antelope
Ayrest
Newfoundland
Wind W
Gravesend
Artiv
Don Carlos
Cole
Leghorn
Jemima
Gilby
Calais
Peggy
Smith
Oporto
Queen
Portugal
King
Lisbon
Solomon
Wafsall
Roan
London
Willis
Rufsians Besiege Oczakow Reported in Vienna
London notes from Vienna report a Rufsians siege of Oczakow with lingering confirmation needed. Florence adds that preparations are underway for the Palace of Cessini to host a reception.
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London
Vienna
London Sheriff Nominations Kept Under City Order 1737
The Common Council of London meets in the Guildhall Chamber on Thursday 16 June 1737 in the eleventh year of George II. A measure requires any nominee for Sheriff to pay four hundred pounds into the City Chamber by 6 pm next Thursday. The act covers city ministerial maintenance and imposes eligibility constraints linked to Aldermanic status, with exemptions on the Sheriff office.
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Hambourg
Charles
Hanover
Pomerania
Wismar
Minehead
Somersetshire
Alexander Luttrell
Deceas
Shire of
Edinburgh
Rupert Dundass
Sésfion
Scotland
St. James’s Street
Keen
Paddington
Hatton Garden
Harding
Nicholas Harding
Kingston Upon Thames
Hori
House of Commons
Jonathan Cope
Clifford-street
Sarah Jenkinson
Robert Jenkinson
Oxfordshire
Barr
Catherine Conway
Lord Conway
Earl of Clarendon
St. James's Square
Ladywell
Gloucester
Guildhall
Mark Winne
A& of Common- Council
Hounslow-Heath
Thompson
St. George’s Fields
Jona Richards
Guilds
City of London
George the Second
Great Britain
Chamber of
London
Ciye
Middlesex
Fraudulent theft of ten double guineas in 1735 coins
Notice is requested by Mr Meadows bookseller in Cornhill and Mr John Taylor Chinaman in Pall Mall after guineas were removed from a drawer between the 14th and 16th instants. Recipients urged to report any possession or knowledge of the missing coins.
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Meadows
Cornhill
John Taylor
Chinaman
Pall-mall
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Rome, Fune
Chevalier de St. George
Sieur le Fond
Bastia
St. Andre. Des Arts
King’s Arms
Leffau
Tooley -Street
Newington Turnpike
Surrey
Genéval
Thomas
Elizabeth
Halimond
Malaga
Lynn
Cape St. Vincent
Gibraltar
Streights
Spain
Ireland
The
Sound
Havre de Grace
New York
London Bridge
South Sea
New Sounh
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Ditto
Mine Adventure
Exchequer
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