King Receives Duke de Fleury Knight in Holy Ghost Order
From Paris May 22 the King, on Whitsunday, received the Duke de Fleury as a Knight of the Holy Ghost. Knights and officers of the Holy Ghost gathered in the King's Closet while the Duke was later made a Knight of St Michael. High Mass followed with the Archbishop of Vienne as Prelate Commander, and the King assumed the Mantle and Collar amid ceremonial grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S
Duke de Fleury
Prince de Conti
Prince de Combes
d’Eu
Vienne
Marquess de Brancas
Duke de Chatillon
Port News from Bristol May Seventeenth to May Eighteenth
The Antigua Packer from Antigua and the Palm-Tree Planchard from St Christopher's arrived. The Francis and Mary Vawasor sailed for Dublin and the James Kir wan for Montferrat. Four Dutch ships remain for East India with the Success Godde to Guiney and Charming Molly to Orders. The Prince of Orange Dent and the Sea-Horse Goodson head to Trapany. Elizabeth Lee from Malaga and an unnamed Carolina ship arrived with a Wind ENE.
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Bristol
Antigua
Planchard
St. Christopher’s. Deal
Vawasor
Dublin
James
Kirwan
Montferrat
East India
Godde
Guiney
Harrison
Dent
Goodson
Trapany
Elizabeth
Lee
Malaga
Carolina
Wind E. N.E
Rum and Geneva Sales at Keen's Wharf Strand
Wholesale rum RANDY touted as finest foreign substitute at the Apple Brandy Warehouse Keen's Wharf Foot of Essex Stairs Strand selling at 3s 6d per gallon. Genev 4 Holland gin offered at 2s 4d per gallon, London made. All persons welcome to browse without buying.
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Keen’s Wharf
Essex-Stairs
Strand
London
Geneva
Private audience reported with Comte d Eloi in Paris
Our Paris correspondent states that Comte d Eloi Archbishop of Rhodes and papal nuncio had a private audience in Paris with the French authorities. The report notes the presence of church diplomacy and high level clerical liaison during a period of tense Franco Papal exchanges.
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Paris
Comte d’Eloi
Rhodes
Darely
Murder at la Bruyers and royal parliamentary moves
The report recounts a brutal village murder near Beaumont in Beauvais diocese, with priest M. de la Croix slain in his presbytery and his maid killed, church treasures stolen, while other dispatches note Germany halting Spanish artillery, Dutch action, and Paris gossip on India's company sale. It also covers royal attendance at the House of Lords, upcoming Holland voyage, and local notices of marriages, deaths, and a Worcester address.
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d’Eu
Duke de Main
Parma
Paris
Plosentia
Genoa
Naples
India Company
Holland
Don Carlos
Netuno
Tuscany
Rome
Financial rates and securities listings in late 18th century
Readable fragments show bid and ask quotes for stock and annuities such as South S:a Stock at 98 5 8ths and 98 3 qrs, South Sea Annuities at 111 3 qrs, New South Sea Annuities at 1t 3 8ths, half, Bank 143 1 half to ¼ Sths New Bank Circulation 7 25 6d, Premium, and various foreign exchange, insurance, and loan instruments with mixed units.
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South S
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Asflurance
London
Iilurance
Enghish
Welch
Souch Bea Bom
Prem
Ditto
Mine Adventure
Ceur
Estate for sale near Newberry with dwelling and stables
Property to be sold in Berkhire within five miles of Newberry includes a good dwelling house, stabling for four horses, and extensive conveniences. The estate is well tenanted, in very good repair, valued at 2 to 300 pounds per year. Further particulars can be obtained from Mr William Lee at Furnival's Inn, No 17.
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Berkhire
Newberry
William Lee
Furnival’s Inn
For Sale by the Candle at Marine Coffee House Birchin Lane
A large parcel of mercery goods and linens from Peter Farrett’s estate is to be sold by John Bell broker at Leatherfellers Hall near Little St Helens Bishopsgate. The sale lists fabrics, haberdashery, silks, velvets, lace, and numerous linen items available for viewing in the Grand Sale Warehouse until sale time.
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Marine
Birchin-Lane
Peter Farrett
Steward-street
Spittle-fields
Grand Sale
Leatherfellers Hall
Little Ste Hellen
Bishopsgate
Fobn Bell
Blacking sold at stalls and shops across London and Amsterdam
An advertisement proclaims BLACKING Batts as the best made in England and suitable for leather, stockings, and hands. It lists numerous coffee houses and shops from Parliament Coffee-House to the White Hart in Cheatside where it is sold, with prices and notes on longevity, usefulness at sea and abroad, and wholesale sale by John Kirby of Devonshire-street Bishopsgate.
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John Moore
Laurence-Pountneys Lane
Cannonstreet
London
J. Moone
Byfield
Moore
Columbarium
England
Parliament
Parliament House
George’s
Ben's
New Bond-street
Brown Fobn’s
Ormond-street
Queen-Square
Fack’s
Guildhall
King-street
Fart India
Leadenhall-street
Forest's
Charing-Cross
Pensilvania
Birchin-Lane
Temple-Exchange
Fleet-street
Sam's
Thanes-shreet
Custom-House
King George's
Bihop
Ammsterdam
Rainbow
Royal Exchange
Mr. Noon
John Kirby
Devonshire-street
Buhopfgare
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the Daily Post
Yeterday
France
Port News
Boyle
House of Peers
Gravesend
Lord Duncarron
Clavering
James Clavering
Axwell
Prince of Wales
Thomas Winnington
Treasury
Samuel Sandys
Richard Lockwood
Chelsea
James Young
Tottenham
Martin
Esg
St. James’s
Serjeant Arling
Newgate
Francis Owen
Bell Inn
Warwick Lane
George Ward
Anne Newman
Joseph Gladwin
Stephen Collard
Stow
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Henry the Fourth
Covent -Garden
London Bridge
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