Russian imperial burials and war council orders rise in report
Petersbourg reports the interment of Peter the Great and Catherine in the imperial sepulcher with 51 cannon salutes. A council of war is to decide Russian troop affairs in conquered provinces, while Moscow weighs keeping 180,000 regulars and a 24-ship squadron may sail next month. Other dispatches note papal audiences, cardinal letters, Benevento affairs, and strategic movements across Berlin and Hague with various dignitaries and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plesko
Perntski
Wibourg
Finland
Peter the Great
Catherine
St. Peter and St. Paul
Count de Munich
Grand Council
Moscow
Admiralty
Cronstadt
Count de Wratislau
Rome
Count de Schulenberg
Corfou
Furin
Paris
Savoy
Cardinal Corcia
Barberini
Sacred College
Cardina
OtJers
Benevento
Signor Doria
Trabues
Naples
Jaft
Bashaw
Grand Cairo
Berlin
Prussia
Count de Seckendorf
Baron de Ginkel
Albrecht de Brandenbourg
Charles
Worm Medicines and Long Worms Seen at Mr Moore’s Shop
An account from Laurence Pountney Lane describes a 13 year old girl relieved from violent stomach pains after taking John Moore’s worm medicines. She expelled three worms measuring nine inches, a foot and a half, and two feet long. The note lists numerous shops selling the powders with Moore’s seal, warning against counterfeits and noting use of Byfield’s Sal Volatile Olioium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Cannon-street
Hungerford Market
James Abree
William Aylect
Canterbury
Benjamin Smithurst
Plymouth
Peter Brown
St. Thomas’s- Street
Bristol
Apare
Byfield
London Gossip: church promotions duels and court notices
In London items, Rev Dr Thomas Tanner is named as future Bishop of Gloucester replacing Wilcox. A morning duel at six results in Governor Hart of Antigua’s death. Military movements include the Coldstream Guards to join Don Carlos’s voyage to Italy. Obituaries and property news surface, including the Earl of Suffolk's coffin’s transfer and a rare Sir Thomas More painting removal. Court actions cover ship losses, prison disturbances, and wills with creditors and estates. Local appointments and council business fill the day alongside market quotes from South Sea and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tanner
Christ- Church
Norwich
Mae
Gloucester
Wilcox
Rochester
Hart
Antigua
Matthews
Coldstream
Foot Guards
Richard Earl
Scarborough
Charles Wager
Don Carlos
Italy
St. James’s Park
Earl of Albemarle
William Pulteney
E Q
Waldershire
Kent
Robert Furnese
Knights of the Shire
Earl of Suffolk
Fulham
Saffron-Walklen
Theodore Jansfen
Bart
Wimbleton
Surrey
Sir Thomas More
Greenwich
Rowland Wynne, Bart
Rowland Wynne
Soho Square
Merchant- Taylors School
St. John’s College
Oxford
Free School
Bristol
Eversfield
Lady Jenkinson
Cape Coast Castle
Guinea
Soeau-Seeker
Macphendris
London
Serjeants Inn
Chancery Lane
Ireland
Rays
Hayes
Uxbridge
Pinner
Castle Tavern
Fleet-street
Blandford
Bow-Lane
Birch liv
Bloodworth
John Evelyn
Sir John Evelyn
Major Selwyn
Howard
Countess of Suffolk
Guildhall
Samuel Ruffell
Pindar
To Be Raffled for a Five Year Old Chesnut Gelding
An ad seeks bids on a well bred five year old Chesnut gelding, 14 hands 3 inches, on July 6 at Georges In Leather Lane near Hatton Garden for One Guinea. Also notices demands payable to Envoy Extraordinary Brunswick Wolfenbuchel and a Tulip Day. Also London Merchant play at Theatre Royal Drury Lane with cast and times, tickets from Widow Cook’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty's Company of Comedians
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
London Merchant
George Barnwell
Thorowood
Briwater
Barnwell
Mr. Roberts
Cibber
Wm. Mills
Blunt
R. Wetherile
Maria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hague
Earl of Chesterfield
Count de Linzendorf
States General
Coire
Zurich
Helvetick
Marquess de Bonac
M. de Sabloniere
Francfort
Hesfe Caffel
Calle
Domecticks
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Builings
Brunswick Wolfembuchel
Frederick Decu
Bee Square
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