Corsica and Sicily News Reel From Genoa Port
Reports from Genoa describe Corsican rebels pressing demands while Genoa weighs safety and honor. Armies move in Lombardy and Livorno. 4,300 Milanese troops follow Governor Vela toward La Venza. A Venetian ship seized by Tunisian corsairs signals ongoing piracy concerns. Genoa also notes troop stations, naval movements, and talks of peace and war as imperial generals are appointed.
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Palermo
Genoeze Wessel
Joseph Christani
Sicily
Vienna
Genoa
Milan
Maffa
M. Vela
Lavenza
Corsica
Roch Buonfigliale
Salonica
Tunis
Tuscany
Matthew Rizzono
Venice
Seville
London
Lisbon
Cadiz
Barcelona
Leters
Spain
Majorca
M. Anthony Grifman
Mesfina
Trieste
Porto-Venerea
Port-Mahon
Gibraltar
Fore-Mahon
Cavendish
Express
Signor
Zachery Canale
Republick of
France
Paris
Switzerland
Italy
The Gally and Westward Hoe Parody Night at Lincoln's Inn Fields
A whimsical London notice announces a Wednesday evening venue near Clare-market for a satirical production titled Westward Hoe or A Frantic Voyage. It features mock water pages, dry land drownings, fantastical aquatic imagery, and a collage of cant phrases, parodies, and side notes from White's Water-Sports to D'Anvers.
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Dryden
Thoratory
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Clare-market
Billingsgace
Fleet-ditch
Twickenham
Naides
Nereides
White
Hellespont
Chelsea-Reach
Thames
Canicarina
the Times
London
St. James’s Cotfee- House
John Moore Worm Powders advertised in London and Bristol
Mr Ber ge of Holbourn reports relief from stomach pains after using John Moore apothecary worm powders. The notice lists sale locations in Hungerford Market Piccadilly Dover Street Canterbury Plymouth Bristol and warns against counterfeit packets bearing only a seal. It claims the powder cures worm issues and publicizes the cross seal with John Moore’s Worm Powders inscription.
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Ber
Holbourn
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Geare
Dover-street
Piccadilly
James Abree
William Aylett
Canterbury
Benjamin Smirhurst
Plymouth
Péter Brown
St. Thomas’s Street
Bristol
England
London Chronicle: Trials and royal hunt preparations in Windsor
In London news, preparations for royal fox hunting at Windsor Forest begin next month. A Guildhall trial in the King’s Bench sees Samuel Stockwell v Elizabeth Chamberlain with a verdict of damages 101 pounds. Local courts note upcoming sessions and a murder confession, plus robberies and a fleeing suspect.
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London
Windsor Forest
Guildhall
King’s’ Bench
Samuel Stockwell
Elizabeth Chamberlain
Southwark
St. Margaret’s Hill
Peter Black
Newgate
Burdus
Anne Black
Murther
Reading
Maidenhead
Earl of Berkeley
Cranford
Middlesex
Kensington
Hammersmith
London Crime and Market Notes from June 1730
A London page reports an assault on Milford Lane near St. Clement’s Church in the Strand with a pistol threat and theft of a gold watch, sword, and nine guineas. Another incident recounts a rider thrown from a horse in Eaton, breaking his nose. Trials include Rev. Thomas Sawbridge acquitted for alleged rape with no evidence. Market items list South Sea stocks and bonds, Bank, and various securities. civic notices urge sheriff nomination fees and ministerial funding. Theatre notices announce new comedies Rape upon Rape and The Widow Bewitch’d with cast lists and prices. Public notices call for election support and an ale conner appointment in London City.
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Milford-lane
St. Clemen’s Church
Strand
Eaton
Dublin
King’s Bench
Thomas Sawbridge
Susanna Runcard
South Sea
India
Igor
Pening
Oyal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch
Prem
Lidia Dicto
Brocas
London
Court of Common Council
A&t of Common Council
Chamber of London
Common Council
Middlesex
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Leghorn
Fane
Spezza
M. Veneroso
Haymarket
Tom Txuss
Goodman’s
A Fields
Giffard
WV. Giffard
Williams
Penkethman
Collet
John Taylor
Deceas
Bath
White Bear Inn
Bach
Bristol Water
William Milter
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