Madrid Letter Reports Court Revels and Reform Leaks
The dispatch describes Montemar's troop reduction being unlikely with the army kept on foot at the Castle of St. Lidefonso. It notes lavish camp hospitality under M. d Almen dairs with high wages and imports from embassy cooks. It also mentions lease negotiations, the Marchioness de Mailly’s wit and beauty, a scandal involving the Canons Regular of St. Croix de la Bretonniere, and the royal crackdown with nine commissaries to ensure punishment. Wind SW.
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St. Lidefonso
M. d
Almendairs
Mexico
Cadiz
Paris
Fontainebleau
Marchioness
de Mailly
St. Croix de la Bretonniere
Petits Peres
St. Dennis
St. Germain Des Prez
Petit Saint
Antoine
Port News Busy Maryland and Virginia Sailings Highlight Downs Arrivals
Port news notes the October 14 listing of vessels remaining in the Downs, including the Princess of Wales and the Sulivan destined for East India and Atterdam, with arrivals such as the Bobby from Maryland, the Sarah Egglesfield, and the London Hope from Maryland, plus the York and the Benedict Leonard from Virginia.
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Port News
Deal
The
Downs
Princess of Wales
Pelly
East India
Sulivan
Atterdam
Arriv
Bobby
Glover
Sarah Egglesfield
London Hope
Spence
Maryland
York
Turner
Benedict Leonard
James
Virginia
Geneva orders king to restore order amid factional strife
London reports detail a royal aim to restore control in Geneva after sedition. The King, in concert with Zurich and Bern, will interpose authority, call Burgher and council members to account, recall absentees, and publish an amnesty to reestablish government. Also notes social events in London and local incidents.
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London
M. de la Clofuse
France
Géneva
Geneva
Zurich
Bern
Little Council
High Water at London Bridge After Morning Floods Reach Mines
High water rose at London Bridge area after six in the morning flooding 18 mines. Officials reported rising levels affecting operations and evacuation orders considered for nearby facilities. Rescue teams prepared barriers and pumps as weather conditions persisted.
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London Bridge
London Lands Lease Notice for Sea-Coal Meter Office
Fehe Committee for letting city lands gives notice of leasing the Sea-Coal Meter office to William Smith Esq. They will meet at Guildhall London on Wednesday the 19th at four o clock to receive proposals. More information can be had at the Comptroller's Office. Premises at Windmill Hill are burned.
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Londaig
Leafe
William. Smith
Guildhall
London
Windwill Hill
London Guildhall notice for Quarter Lessons in 1737
A brief London notice states that General Quarter Lessons and the Peace for the City of London are joined to Guildhall on Tuesday the fifth instant at nine o'clock in the Fornéney. The fragmentary text records official timing and local civic proceedings in period style.
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London
Notice of Lottery Ticket Cutting and Drawing at Stationers Hall
In 1737 authorities announce plans to cut tickets into boxes A and B starting Monday at nine thirty in the fores moon, then begin drawing the lottery at Stationers Hall on Monday the 14th of November at nine in the morning. Drawing continues daily except Sundays and fast days until complete, with all unpaid bank tickets to be claimed before the draw begins.
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Werkminster
Stationers Hall
Merchant's Bargain Sale of Fine Fabrics at Ludgate
Mr Tomas Hincourr of Mercer tallies a stock reduction at the Great Wheat Sheaf on Ludgate Hill. He offers cheap sale of rich brocades silks velvets damasks satins Genoa reds and many other silks in assorted colours and shapes as part of a stock reduction.
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Tomas Hincourr
Ludgate-Bill
Genoa
The Fatal Consequences of Domeflick Divisions
A treatise discusses the ruinous effects of domestic divisions within noble families. It cites examples from histories of our nation and others, and offers remarks on the role of pernicious counsellors and ministers as typical fomenters of such family discord. Likely printed for W. Lloyd at the King's Arms Tavern in Chancery Lane near Fleet Street.
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W. Lloyd Hexe
King’s Arms Tavern
Chancery-lane
Fleet-streer
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Lucitania
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Malaga
Brownell
S. W
Percival Bentley
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Shuter
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King’s Bench
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Charing Cross
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Bristol
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Ely
West India
Theatre Royal
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New South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Ditto
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Enelith Copper
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Sitta
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Hamlin
Swithin’s Alley
Royal Exchange
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