Derbent siege and European court notes collide in reports
The dispatches recount a large Ottoman force with Tartars retreating from Derbent toward Georgia after failing to seize the fortress, and claim Sultan Etreff destroyed extensive border areas near China to deter Sophy Tachmas. Paris and London news follow with Inquisition gatherings, royal audiences, diplomat moves, and weathered ship movements, including naval orders and courtly entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Derbéent
Efred
Aker
Derbent
Georgia
Andreos
Baku
Etreff
China
Sophy Tachmas
Rakur
Rome
Thursiay
Inquisition
Cer
Baron de Reck
Herice
Welthe
Kell
Conand
John
Tricks and Shows on the World at the 1728 Newport Market
An evening Philosophico Critical Lecture on social arts and tricks, followed by a public auction of broadcloths, fabrics, furniture, and paintings at Spring Garden and Lawrence-Pouleney Hill. The notice promotes Drury Lane theatre productions including The Proved Husband and Townly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport-market
Westminster
Southwark
Vienna
Cobler
Howe
Springs Garden
Charing Crof
N. R
Corporation
Lawrence-Pouleney-Hill
London
His Majesty’s Company of
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Usband
Townly
Grace
Bateman Or aagee With the Comical Humours of Sparrow
A fragmentary historical notice describes Bateman at the end of Bartholomew Fair with songs dances and decorations. Cast includes Sparrow Old Booth Giffords and others in a mislaid July 1750 bond context and Chancery Lane references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beel
St. James’s-street
Joseph Gascoigne
Wareham
Dorsethire
Minorca
Bell-Inn
Tyburn Road
Hall
JO. Miller
Booth
Will Mitick
Bateman
Sparrow
Catess
Sparroy Old Sparrow
Chancery-lane
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Feyfieau
Holland
Flanders
Petersbourg
Deal
His
Leo
Success
Jackson
Cecilia
Peacock
Henrietta
Botton
Wind N. E
M. Galvao
Portugal
Don Alexander
N.S
Hampton Court
Duke of
Earl of Grantham
Marquess d
Aix
Sardinia
Turin
Tripoly
Suffolk Street
Matthew Norris
John Norris
Leoftoff
New York
Cavendish
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Doe
Layton-Buzzard
Bedfordshire
Bridgwater
Duke
Dutchess of
Bedford
Earl and Countess of Essex
Earl of Halifax
Arthur Haflrigg
Mr. Chappel
Skinny Berg
Mr. Nudigate
Miss Scrub
Fair Play
Earl F Halifax
Sampson
Duke Hamilton
Mr. Middleton
Infant
Mr. "Howe
Clinton
Naples
Mead
Duke of Newcastle
John Eddowes
New College
Oxon
Greene Cloth
Hampson-Court
John Rotherham
William "Blackmore
Earl of Chesterfield
the Hague
Eddowes
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Furance
York
Welch
S. Premium
Fielding and Reynolds
George-Inn Yard
Smithfield
New ‘Theatre
Hay-market
Paris
Peefens
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
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