New French Decree Targets Dual Salary Earners
Yesterday the Paris mail reports a royal decree banning salaries from two jobs, causing widespread unrest and projecting three million pistoles yearly into the treasury. The Natlau Si gen pension of 3000 pistoles is cut, and finance officials including the Crown commissioners are reorganized. The tobacco farm treasurer, jailed, must account for two million reals missing from revenue.
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Natlau-Siegen
Marquess de Mariana
M. Labato
PORT NEWS PORTSMOUTH ARRIVALS AND LONDON SHIP NEWS
PORTSMOUTH May 14 Arrived Ottley Beach from St Kitts Deal May 15 Men of War remains. Prince William Johnson from North Carolina Wind ENE Barbadoes Elizabeth Duce from London Nevis Gloucester Blois from London St Kites Elizabeth Taylor from London Princess Anne Townsend Pot Boy Lydden both from Antigua Charles Steward from Georgia Parham Club Davis from London Antigua from London
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Portsmouth
Ottley
Beach
St. Kites
Princess Anne
Townsend d
Pot Boy
Lydden
Attha
Charles, Steward
Georgia
Antigua
Parham Club
Davis
London
Firework plan and royal progress in 18th century London
From the Pavis a la Main May 23 report the King visits Versailles with ministers while the Cardinal and Ministers move between the Castle and Paris. The Marquess de la Mina plans a grand August river fireworks for the marriage of France’s eldest Madame to the Infant Don Philip. The Duke of Orleans distributes money to the poor. Archbishops are ordered to dioceses to aid the needy amid corn scarcity. Paris clergymen count shows 17 prelates versus 128 bishops in the realm. London notes Envoy Sir Cecil Wych dies at Holstein. Guise named ensign. Captain Hinman leaves East India Company service. a frigate arrives with Chinese tapestries sent by the Czarina. Rio fleet reaches Lisbon.
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London
Madame
France
Don Philip
Duke of
Orleans
Paris
Sevn
Hambourg
Cecil Wych
Batt
Lower Saxony
Holstein
Guise
Guile
Waldegrave
Harrow On
Charles Stone
Ely
Jamaica
Hinman
Bencoollen
East India Company
Czarina
Faraly
Duckett
Shoreham
Lisbon
Rio de Janeiro
Marriages and Theatre Sittings in Newcastle and London
Newcastle reports Sir Robert Eden to wed Miss Davison of Beaumarsh and Lancelot Allgood to Miss Allgood of Hexham. Also announced are London theatre showings King Henry the Eighth and The Mock Doctor at Drury Lane and Covent Garden respectively. High water observed at London Bridge minutes after six.
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Newcastle
Durham
Robert Eden, Bart
Miss Davison
William Davison
Esy
Beaumarsh
Bishoprick
Challerton
Hexham
Lancelot Allgood
Brandon White House
County of Northumberland
Miss Allgood
Robert Allgood
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
King Henry the Eighth
Dofor
Covent Garden
Don Quixor
London
South Sea Stock and Annuities Market Fragment
A garbled ledger style note lists South Sea Stock prices and Annuities in various fractions, Bank rates and insurance names. It mentions South Sea Annuities ris, Royal Exchange, London, India related items, Mine Adventure Shares, Emperor's Loan and several percent per cent quotations.
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South Sea
New South Sea
S. Prem
Indiana
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Prem
India
Ditto
Mine Adventure
Esperor
Cenc
Difc
Public notice on recovered Bills from Western Mail robbery
General Post Office London announces that Bills and Notes tied to the Western Mail robbery are in the custody of the peace office that jailed the suspect. Public urged to hear of any expected sums or accounts at the General Post Office. J. D. Barswer, secretary.
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General Post-Office
London
Emeter
Pos
General Post Office
Post
J. D. Barswer
Sale of Grosvenor Square House Numbers Four
Notice invites offers for four numbers 2493 2494 2495 and 2496 in Grosvenor Square House. Bidders must present at Catherine Street corner in the Strand before noon and will receive half a guinea for their trouble.
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Grosvenor Square House
Cme
Catherine-Streec
Strand
This Day is Published Second Epilogue of Crown Pleadings
Publication notice for a historical legal volume by Sir John Kelyng and others detailing divers cases in Pleas of the Crown from King Charles II era. Includes Report of three modern cases Armstrong and Lisle King and Piamer Queen and Mangzridge. Printed in Fleet Street and overlap names of publishers.
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George III
George II
G. Jacob
S. Birc
Ave-Mary-Lane
D. Browne
Temple-Par
J. Shuckburgh
Inner-Temple- Lane
Fleet-Street
King’s ‘Bench
Inner-Temple
T. Woodward
Temple Gates
Fleet-Screet
Coke
Sir John Keyling
King’s Bench
Common-Pleas
Elizabeth
King George the Second
Sy Rosert Fovrey
Esg
Barvister
Charles
Sir John Kelyna
His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench
Armstrong
Lisle
King
Piamer
Queen
Mangzridge
Fleetstreet
J. Steg0
Sc munster-Hall
Withouw
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Madrid
Port News
Scountry News
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
Trwin
J. Worrall
Bell-Yard
Lincolns-Twa
House of Commons
Prince of Orange
Privy
Act of London
Oxford
Fiorace
Donster
D. D. Prebndary
Sarum
Black Swan Without Temple
Br. Price
Juvenal
Price
Persius
Thomas Sheradin
Pertius
Middle Temple
Lincoln’s Inn
Secomp
Ee Hakly
Joinine Keill
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Aftronomie
Professore Saviliano
Physica
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