French Army Quartermaster General Passes Milan Route
Milan February 18 reports that the Quartermaster General of the French Army travels through Milan on the way to Turin to arrange lodgings for troops returning to France. It notes concerns over oxen use and potential disease transmission. troops plan to evacuate the Modena and Milanese, form a column, and march toward the frontier in spring. Interwoven dispatches describe political negotiations at Turin and Konigsberg related to Swedish and Polish factions, with cautious royal diplomacy and potential conciliations. Also advertised are wholesale prices for apple brandy at Keen Wharf and Geneva hot rations in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
France
Cours
Modena
Marshal de Noailles
Lodi
M. de Chabannes
Count de Lautrec
Bologna
Count de Kevenbuller
Modenese
Alps
Arfaw
Tarlo
Lublin
Solohub
Lithuania
Stanislaus
M. Solohub
Czarina
Keen Wharf
Essex
Strand
Pranby
Geneva
London
Shipping news from English ports shows arrivals and drawbacks
PORF NEWS. Liverpool and Plymouth report arrivals of ships from Virginia Spain and Portugal with several vessels newly arrived or sailing for Rotterdam London and Philadelphia. Some ships failed to sail on schedule amid strong NE winds as Se bastian and Cadiz vessels feature among the listings. Gravesend notes passing ships from St Hellen's and Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Johnson
Gildart
Gilder
Billing
Virginia
Plymouth
Harris
St. Sebastian
Pool
Polly
Abbot
Vigo
Sturminster
Hooper
Corunna
Forphs Bennet
Cadiz
James
John
Burt
Lisbon
Cowes
Newman
Bourdeaux
Rotterdam
Fail
Happy Jane
Hind
Seville
London
Joseph
Darsacott
Biddiford
Deal
Amfard
Sheerness
Maryland
Bailey
Seale
Philadelphia
Gravesend
Chandos
St. Hellen’s
Catherine
Rolinson
London news: royal marriage envoy sails for Saxony
Noon council at St James's to appoint Lord Delawar ambassador to Duke of Saxe Gotha for Princess Augusta marriage to the Prince of Wales. He will sail from Gravesend with a four-ship convoy to Ostend, then land to reach the Saxon court. Also notices promotions, deaths, Virginia visits, and weather impacts on Knightfridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’s
Lord Delawar
Duke of
Saxe-Gotha
Augusta
Prince of Wales
Gravesend
Offend
Barrel
Exeter
Tucker
Deceas
Laft
Cavendish Square
Gilbert Pickering
Tidmarsh
Northampton
Barr
Queen Anne
Leicester
Virginia
Thomas Marsh
Richard Marshal
Blackerby
Pontifex
High Wickham
County of Bucks
Robbers Committed to Newgate for Trial at Bucks Assizes
Reports detail two men admitting involvement in a number of robberies. After about two hours of examination they were committed to Newgate and will be transported to Aylesbury to stand trial at the upcoming assizes. Also noted are a marriage of Robert Foulkes to Miss Cordwell and several theatre offerings at Drury Lane Covent Garden and Goodman's Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate
Aylesbury
St. Bartholomew’s Hopital
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Orhello
Fhadon
Covent-Garden
Beccar
Royal
Chace
New Theatre
Goodman’s Fields
Committee
Jupiter and
High Water at London Bridge After Afternoon Hour
Water levels rose at London Bridge fifty two minutes after 3 PM with observable impact downstream. Local authorities cautioned the public to avoid the area as the river crest approached the mid afternoon period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
Market quotations on South Sea stock and related bonds
Yesterday miscellaneous securities traded with South Sea stock at 96 and South 8.2, New South Sea Annuities at 108 7 8, and Three Per Cent Annuities at 102. Details show Bank Circulation, Prem. India, Royal Archange and London Assurance among items quoted, with varied fractions and par values. The list includes African and English copper, Welsh listings, York Buildings, Mine Adventure Shares, Emperor's Loan, and several premia and ditta notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
South
New South Sea
Prem
India
Royal Archange Assurance
London Assurance
York
Welch Ditto
South Bea
Mine Adventure
Notice to Mr Lewis Baril Jeweler for Lost Seal and Reward
A damaged notice requests return or listing of a cornetian seal and a gold seal with a double coat of arms, offering a Guinea reward. It asks informants to contact Mr. Lewis Baril, Jeweler, in Tokerem yard, and promises money return if already purchased with consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackmore
Lewis Baril
Tokerem
History of Persecution and Related Works in 18th Century Sale
A publisher notes This Day is adorned with cuts in one volume. It details Samuel Chandler's History of Persecution in four parts, prefatory remarks on Rogers and Berriman, and an abridgment of Limborch's History of the Inquisition. Also advertised are Chandler's Paraphrase on Joel, Benner's Christian Oratory, Boerhaave’s Chemistry, and Grove on Secret Prayer and Saving Faith among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Berriman
Samuel Chandler
N. B
Limborch
J. Gray
Cheaupside
Chandler
Joel
Benner
Boerhaave
T.datton
M.D. Wirth
Grove
Hurdisson
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Milan
Richard Sandford
J. John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Cammer-street
Wien
Jon Moone
John Moore
Columbarium
England
Boyle
Porf News
London-Bridge
SUN Tavern
Fihtreet-Hill
Monument-yard
John Webby
John Hawkins
William Warwick
Brandon Hatch
John Damelle
St. Margaret’s
New Fishstreet
Fishstreec-Hill
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