European Dispatches Point to Mediterranean Tensions and Court Visits
Reports from Gibraltar Bologna and Hamburg describe Spanish troops near Gibraltar and a blocked Spanish consul arrival due to missing British approvals. Parma notes the Dowager Duchess departure with gifts for Sobieski and a Cardinal visit, while Hamburg records the death of Duke John Ernest Ferdinand of Holstein Retvig and the French envoy Vielo's first audience with the Danish king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Roch
England
Great Britain
Bologna
Parma
Loretto
Clementine Sobieski
Sobieski
Rome
Hamburg
John-Ernest-Ferdinand of
Holstein
Denmark
Mail arrivals and naval notices from Europe and the Levant
Reports from Florence and ports noting quarantines at Leghorn and continued Calais to Gravelines canal work. Algerine corsair losses near Corsica with no survivors, Sardinia raids, substantial India Company cargoes from Pondicheri valued at four million livres, and embassy movements. Multiple ships arrive at Falmouth and Liverpool with London and Havre traffic. English ports report wind, arrivals from Maryland, Jamaica, and Oporto. several vessels listed with masters and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
Gravelines
Port-Louis
The
India Company
Pondicheri
Marquess Monti
Poland
Spain
Marly
France
John-Rene de la Tour
Count de Mortauban
Falmouth
Rochester
London
Leghorn
Neptune
Figura
Joseph Champion
Havre
Samuel Nichols
Wisbech
Samuel Norris
Oporto
Sarah
Plymouth
Richard Thomas
Liverpool
Nepeune
George Bell
Maryland
Mulberry
John Lawson
Lifon
Deal
Lawrence
Dumeresque
Mary
Johanna
Hallifax
Jamaica
Wind N. F
Gravesend
Miron
Bremen
Rutlel
Lyon
Bologne
Caps Ovic
Amsterdam
Prince of Wales Sups at House in St James's Park
London reports a royal gathering at the House in the Island in St James's Park with several noblemen. An envoy departs for Gibraltar from Portsmouth aboard Cornwall, and a council meets at Kensington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
St. James’s Park
Tripoli
Portmouth
Cornwall
Charles Waver
Gibraltar
Kensington
Carmarthen
Margaret Harley
Oxford
George Wheeler
Daniel Frith
Mordecai Jonas
Daniel Delvalley
William Tweed
Robert Parry
Robert Henry
Henry Cooper
Melf
Knight
Rotherhith
William Billers
Newgate
King’s Bench
Westminster
Raymond
Thomas Arandel
Theodore Dury
Stanley House
Chelsea
Dury
Serjeane Daniel
Lee
King’s Council
Hurley
Fazakerly
Robinson
Surange
Gresham College
Tooxe
Charter-house School
Tomlinson
Mote
Robins
Chambers
Duke of Bedford
Woburn Abbey
Bedfordshire
France
John Ruffel
Edinburgh
Scotland
Campbel
Tolbooth
Modern History 3 fragment summary at the Oratory reading
A fragmentary notice from Henley announces a planned discussion at the Oratory near Lincoln’s Inn Fields featuring new items like a Mercury and Times chimes, with topics including Tamworth feast and Greenwich yachts. The piece promises further particulars tomorrow and mentions a local account of harsh treatment by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratory
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Faipax
WEEX
Wonkx
Henney
Mercury
Times
Tamworth
Greenwich
Thave
Huvg
Hopkins
Fleer
Ibbot
P. Office
Henxley
Arne murder case address and stock prices in London 1720s
A chaotic collage of Old Bailey style notices mentions an accusation involving Edward Arne in a murder related to Thomas Arne, alongside stock prices, excise notices, license rules for spirits, auctions, lost items, and a lengthy public notice about tobacco and trade regulations. The fragmentary text blends court language with commercial and crime notices from 1720s London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggins
Thomas Arne
Edward Arne
King-street
Covent Garden
South Sea
London
York
India
Excise Office
A&t
His Majesty
Commissioners of Excite
Jane
Chief Office of Excise
Office of Excise
Commissioners of Excise
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Flanders
Florence
Baylis
Martis
Secunda
Lond
John Brokerton
Corman
Richmad Green
Richmene
Handkercniefs
Traian
Stephen Wiggys
Mary Brownent
N. B
Moore
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