Fleet Sails for Corsica Reported Near Cadiz News
A French vessel master reports twenty sail sighted twelve leagues off Cape Thoulon, sailing to Cadiz and loading heavy artillery and ammunition onto transports. Indications suggest the fleet may head directly for Corsica, with ongoing European diplomatic and military movements noted across Rome Leghorn Vienna and Amsterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of
Thoulon
Roth
Cadiz
Corsica
Rome
Cardinal Lescari
Bellom
d’Alban
Bentivoglio
Cardinal Banchieri
Apostolick Chamber
Signor de St. Mary
Corcia
Fini
Saragossa
Zuanelli
Belluno
Querini
Brescia
Father Molino
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan
Count de Daun
Vienna
Tirol
Carinthia
Pavia
Joseph Sermanni
Corsairs
Sallee
Cardinal Colonitz
Cours Disarch
Young Mercy
Italy
M. Managetta
Ridicule and satire topics dominate Wednesday's Oratory at Lincoln's Inn Fields
An evening event at The Corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields features an oration on the seriousness of ridicule and the good humor of satire. The program cites Swift, Juvenal, Dryden, and other poets and satirists, with discussions on irony, laughter, and the weight of ridicule. A second item advertises The Grand Family Cordial and other humorous pieces, noting patient remedies and wedding jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oratory
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Clare-market
Jeff
Earnest
Lord Shaftsbury
Hobbs
Philosopher
Socrates
Ziop
Ennius
Plautus
Catullus
Seneca
Scarron
Moliere
D. Quixote
Pasquin
Chaucer
Hudibrass
Boileau
Garth
Virgil
Dr. Swift
Sarinz
Kipicunrg
Martial
Horace
Juvenal
Perslus
Dryden
Ben
Wycherley
Cleveland
Oldham
Lord Dorfer
London
Paris
Dublin
Royal College of Edinburgh
the Times
Caleb
Edward Ivth
Royal Court appointments and nightly London bustle noted
London reports royal commissions for customs and excise in Britain and Scotland, new appointments to clerical and municipal offices, court movements from Windsor to St James's, diplomats arriving in town, illnesses and deaths, plus early stock and bond prices amid a busy urban scene.
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Walter Yonge
John Stanley
Barts
Thomas Walker
Charles Peers
Knet
John Evelyn
James Campbell
Humphrey Brent
John Campbell
Brian Fairfax
Henry Tate
George Drummond
John Hill
Gwynn Vaughan
George Ross
Alan Broderick
Viscount Middleton
Great Britain
Gilbert Burnet
Henry Robinson
Richard Dowderwell
Thomas Cochran
Richard Somers
George, Ross
Scotland
Edward Barker
Queen Anne
Johnston
Thomas Moore
James Doyly
Rendlysham
Suffolk
Norwich
Sudburn
Not Acted this Season presented at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
A notice announces that Not Acted this Season by His Majesty's Company of Comedians will be presented at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane tomorrow on October 8, featuring a comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Wit Without Money. The Part of Valentine by Mr. Wilks
A historical notice lists performers including Mr Wilks Francisco Mr Watson Lovegood Mr Shepard Lance Mr Griffin and others. The program features dancing strains and two farces titled The Strollers and another short piece.
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Valentine
Wilks
Francisco
Watson
Lovegood
Shepard
Lance
Griffin
Shorchose
Norris
Fountain
Bellamore
Wa. Mills
Mr. Oates
Rogers J. Harper
Lady Hartwell
Heron
Isabella
Cibber
Lucy
Mills
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Barcelona
Hungary
Transilvania
Caffogia
Amsterdam
Francfort
Heffe Caffel
Austrian Netherlands
Ratisbon
Seville
Deal
Orford
Lawrence Echard
St. James’s
Windsor
Duke de Riperda
the Hague
Duke of Richmond
Nottinghamshire
Royal Regiment
Horse-Guards
Cavendish Square
Marquess de Monteleon
Spain
Duke of Powis
Great Ormond-street
Dutchess of Monmouth
Pall-Mall
Stanhope
Canterbury
Charles Wager
Lewitham
Kens
Jernegan
Lord Gage
Tower
Offend
Col. Hayes
Regiment of Foot
Gibraltar
Jamaica
Owen
Three Tuns
Newgate-street
Davies
Eysham
St. Bartholomew’ Hospital
Woolfton
Westminster
Covent-Garden
Tothill-Fields Bridewell
Thomas Gridiths
Tyburn
South Sea
Ditto
Hank
India
Roya Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings
Welch Ditto
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