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Royal pageantry and foreign affairs fill a late 18th century notice
A tumult of events unfolds with the Spanish and English financial disputes over the South Sea Company and unpaid sums, while a late conference discusses sending the Madrid squadron under Admiral Haddock. A royal birthday is celebrated with processions, a youth militia display at Norfolk House, and a grand reception at Gloucester Tavern. Reports note political tension in France, a House of Commons adjournment, and various official movements, including Stockholm dispatches and naval preparations, alongside social notices about Miss Motayne and the publisher Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanusry
South Sea Company
Haddock
St. Femes's
Madrid
Keene
Prince George
Pring of Wales
Norfolk Howse
Prince and Princess of Wales
Hickney
Norfolk Helfes
Princé George
Prins Edward
Augusta
Petis
France
T.cave
House of Common
Lord Conway
Robert Walpole
Ageia
Tueve
Stockholm
Finch
Edie
Ridley
Count Dé Severin
Stockhola
Hells-Gallél
Fdjport