Papal plans and Austrian affairs noted in dispatches
Rome reports the Pope commissions Chevalier Fuga to draft a new front for the Church of the Holy Cross at Jerusalem. Projections on Cardinal Corcia’s Archbishoprick, Austria’s clergy, and Hungarian matters unfold with cautious optimism about a European balance of power. News from Florence, Leghorn, Paris, Madrid, Cologne, Dublin, and naval arrivals augment the scene.
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Fuga
Church of the Holy Cross
Jerusalem
Corcia
Benevento
House of Austria
Hungary
Europe
Florence
Leghorn
Baron Wachtendonck
Capponi
Spain
Veraccini
Father Atcanio
Cardinal Tencin
France
Paris
Baron de Warner
Buckingham
Versailles
de Luynes
Madrid
Vigo
Cologne
Palatine
Rhine
Port News Deal Sails Stubbington to Leghorn
Port News reports a sailing from the Stubbington route via Maugier to Leghorn aboard the Poultney. The vessel came down and cleared the harbor, continuing its voyage.
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Port News
Deal
Stubbington
London News Briefs From Jamaica to York 1741
London reports deliveries of artillery for Jamaica from the Ordnance Office and transport ships ready. Marriages include John Olmius Bigg to Anne Billers at Guildhall Chapel. Jamaica letters note Capt. Langbeer’s death aboard Endeavour, plus obituaries and public notices. The Prince of Wales visited the southeast coast, with a ceremonial reception at Brownsea and a Thames landing. The London Gazette notes prorogation dates for Parliament and church convocations, with bankruptcy notices for Philip and Martin Smith.
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Jamaica
Ordnance Office
John Olmius
Bigg
Colchester
Guildhall Chapel
Anne Billers
William Billers
Langbeer
Endeavour
Ris Majesty
Fe’mnight
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
Thomas Wilmot
Sanbich
Cheshire
George Fowler
Dudley
Bermondsley Street
Southwark
St. Mary Abchurch
Eaton
John Eaton
Duke of Somerset
Ramsden Dodworth
Troubridge
Wiltshire
Huffey
Serjeant
Urling
Newgate
James Hall
Henry Cook
Joseph Hudson
White
Shays
Ryas
Patrick Bournard
Elizabeth
Hardy
Mary. Harris
Mary ‘White
Hall
Katherine-Street
Strand
Pool
Prince of Wales
Sitchet Bay
Brownsey
Aaron Durell
Christopher Spurrier
Martin Flander
Joseph Millar
Wessels
Ham
High Water at London Bridge After Morning Gin
A morning report notes high water reaching London Bridge after gin consumption. The fragment mentions timing at 37 minutes past midnight and references a hazardous state for the bridge area. Details are limited but indicate notable water rise and potential safety concerns.
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London Bridge
South Sea Annuities and Bank Circulation Report
Yesterday figures show South Sea Stack for two years and South Sea Annuities at adjustive rates. New South Sea Annuities quoted at 78ths to tie 1 Shilling, with bank circulation at 61 2s 6d. India sees various rates under Three per Cent. Exchequer Orders, and discount and premium mentions across imperial bonds and securities.
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India
Royal Fixchange Assurance
London
Afric Canto
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Stephenson
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Mary
Clark
Roan
Dolphin
Gray
Tucker
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Smith
Swift
Hudson
Plymouth
Pearse
Exon
Friendship
Tickner
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Milford
Puncher
Sunderland
Ellis
Francis
Wickerman
Scarborough
William and Anne
Maine
St. Kitt’s
Neptune
Boyd
Martha
Girrard
Antigua
Bonetta
Hammond
Cropton
Lyon
Odiora
North Carolinna
Gravesend
Middleburgh
Moody
Dolly
Burley
Riga
Beach
Gibraltar
Gottenburgh
Holland
Calais
Dunkirk
New England
London Gazette
Whitehall
Lords Justices In Council
Canterbury
York
Philip Smith
Martin Smith
Fryars
Diwcate-Hill
Charles Atkins
John Thorrowgood
John Lane
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