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Placet of Restrictions for Foreign Merchants and City Ceremony
The States General issue a placard with restrictions on foreign merchant companies since September 21 1713. From Leghorn word arrives of an English warship carrying 220000 pieces of eight to pay Spanish troops. Seville letters report plague among Spaniards at Oran and Moorish forces pressing them. Morley from Smyrna brings fruit cargo with reports of plague. factory gentlemen and all well. On Friday September 29, the new Lord Mayor and sheriffs perambulated the city precincts, with notable entertainment at the City House Dawson Street, then to the Four Courts, where Lord Mayor and sheriffs were sworn, followed by grand entertainments. Advertisements for a playbook for children and notices for arrears and pay under Acts, with offers to advise on lands in Ireland. Edinburgh medical professors announce openings in October for Anatomy, Medicine, Chemistry, and other branches, with Boerhaave system and botany taught. Printed in Dublin by Jo Gowan and others, with various promotional and instructional texts.