Vast Gazette of 18th Century News From London and Continental Courts
Reports from Lisbon Vienna and Hamburg recount a proposed East India Company venture warned against by the British Consul, court actions in England on high profiles amid trials for sodomy and counterfeiting, royal movements, stock prices and lottery results, plus details on robberies and military disarray in Cashel, Hanover, and Savoy interests with dates, figures, and names scattered through the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
East India Company
Vienna
Trente
de Thun
Baron de Fremain
Trento
Maximilian of
Staremberg
Spain
Duke of Lima
Count de Czerpin
Rome
Cardinal Cinfuegos
Victor Amadeus
Savoy
Italy
Charles Leopold of
Mecklembourg
Petron
Hambourg
Hanover
Caffel
Paris
Infante
Duke of Tallard
Don Caros
Barcelona
A Worm Powders Cure Advertises for a Child
An illness in a young girl near Hammersmith led two physicians to deem it incurable until John Moore apothecary in Laurence Pountney Lane supplied worm powders and related remedies. The notice claims cures and warns against counterfeit sellers, listing multiple locations and a seal mark. It notes Byfield's Volatile Olivium and that Abree and Company in Canterbury no longer sell the powders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammersmith
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Cannontreet
N. B
England
Byfield
Abree
Canterbury
Duke of Lorrain to dine with Dutch envoy in St James Park
London reports that on Monday next the Duke of Lorrain will dine with His Excellency My Cheer Hop, Envoy from the States General of the United Provinces, at his House in Park Place, St James's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Lorrain
States- General of the
United Provinces
Park Place
St. James's
Lost Silver Watch at St James's Park Reward
The notice seeks the owner of a silver watch described in detail. The finder who identifies the maker and abode may reclaim it at Hurt's Coffee-House by Catherine Street Strand after paying the charge. Also advertised: coach and six from White Bear Inn Piccadilly and a chariot and four for Bath dates. Enquiries through William Miller at his Old-accustom'd Apothecary's Shop near the Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walpole
Norfolk
Horatio Walgols
Duke of Norfolk
St. James’s Square
Arundel
Sussex
Davies
Tully
Rolls
Rolls, and the Masters In Chancery
Court of Exchequer
Huggins
Fleet Prison
Guildhall
Raymond
Johnson
Witney
Oxfordshire
Dawson
Taylor
Dawign
King’s Arms Tavern
Ludgate Hill
Ford
Newgate
Strand
de Veil
Jo. Speermat
E Q
Tyburn
OMD
St. James’s Park
Hurt’s
Catherine Street
Bath
White Bear Inn
Picccadilly
Grayhound
N. B
Bristol
William Miller
Apothecary’s
The
Mr. Hill, Beadle
Apothecaries Hall
Black-fryars
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Yrerday
France
Flanders
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York
Welch
London
Jobson
New Theatre
Goodman’s Fields
Valentine
Mr. Giffard
Sampson Legend
Mr. Smith
Foresight
Collet
Scindal
W.girard
Tattle
Bullock
Jeremy
Rosco Ben
Morgan
Angelica
Giffard
Lovers
Justice Dalton
Huddy
Edgar
Jenkines Moody
Excell
Monsieur Varoll
Bardin
Amndall Prim
Mr. Morgan
Academy
Wower-street
James StirxLina
F.R.S
Witliam Watts
Angel Doors
Snow-Hall
Botolph Lane
Basicheap
Kcwaide
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