Weather and political notes from Europe and Naples
A Norwegian letter from Frynild in Christiana reports extreme cold, storms, and fears for hay crops and cattle as winter begins. News from Madrid lists deaths of Comte Creutz and Marquis Quilace, with replacements and a navy deserter amnesty. Naples details a storm damaging land and a packet boat service between Naples and Palermo as well as extensive flood damage near Aversa Capua Nola and Salerno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fryfild
Christiana
Norway
Stackbounty
Comte Guve-Philippis Creutz
Royal Oldiers
Madrid
Marquis de Quilace
Republic of Venice
D. Francisco Monino
Tuscany
Naples
Palermo
Aversa
Capua
Nola
Salerno
London Gossip Mixed with Politics and Fashion
London society pages report Windsor visits and court movements. Sir Gregory and Lady Warner caricatures emerge. Pitt's reform proposals on rotten boroughs are debated. Death notices and market-style advertisements fill the column alongside operatic delays and clothinghouse promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
St. James's
Carmarthen
Geera Faucett
William Eden
France
Alderman Skinner
Mr. Pitt
Derfet
Baccelli
Paris
Sir Gregory
Lady Yarner
Bath
Greg
Tadyrnwallis
Mia Cornwallity
Lord Cornwallis
Capt
Singleton
Cornwallis
Harry the Eighth
Obscure London Notices Mention Local Tradespeople
Fragmentary reports note events involving Count Joseph Maria Fogliani of Modena, a London jeweller in Red Lion Street, a tallow chandler in King Street, Dr Lance at Battersea, and tradespeople in Gray's Inn Lane and Charters House Lane. The text cites everyday incidents and social references from a mid period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Maria Fogliani
Modena
Foekdaap
Devetreet
Benjamin-Hunter
Wokins
Workins
King-itrest
Battersea
Drs. Lance
William Lance
Mr. Jones
Red-Lion-street
Clerkenwell
Wagd
Wood
Charters House-Lane
Queen’s Head
Gray’s Inn Lane
Disfranchised Boroughs and Voter Representation Plans
fragmentary text discusses potential transfer districts and the disenfranchisement of several boroughs in London and surrounding towns. It mentions Marylebone Pancras and other metropolis areas with about 10 000 households in London and 760 copyholders in Mill and 65 000 in other regions, noting unrepresented freeholders and total additions in the hundreds of thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anvad Itibess
Birmingham
Manchester
Pitt
Bation
Marybone
Pancras
Rouseholdéointty
London
Metropolis
Bietamphiahs
Manerchester
Sheffield
Scarborough
Bury
Bath
Boar
Hunter's Balsamic Pills and Restoratives Advertised
An old advertisement promotes Hunter's Balsamic Pills and Restoratives for debility, weakness, and sexual health. It urges reading orders from officers or sending payment to John Wade in Fleet Street for mail order packs with expert packing and delivery across the kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wienfer
ESSAS
Smith and Co
Fleet-street
Ian
Tien
Mihien Pak
Rose Bogh
Hiack Prete
Sly Steather
Isa
Applaise
Contry
John Wade
Ireland
Scotland
Thas
Freet-iest
Wade
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Aturday
Henry
Fountainbleau
M. de la Houlene
Antitthenes
Thales
Louis XI
Ald
Blockhead
Socrates
Heraieed
Ecbacante
Claremont
Gla“ins Genfinirey
Manuel Rebeira
Ule
Mr. Wyvill
Dofe
Tees Optytian
Oliver Cromwell
Geco
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