Prussians Advance on Silesia Frontiers and Taxes Rise
From Warmia reports say 18,000 Prussians near Silesia receive orders to approach the capital with 24 cannons. Polish Prussia residents face 400,000 florins more after an initial 200,000, with orders to move belongings to Konigsberg or Berlin, affecting provinces along the Prussian line. Paris and Florence dispatch note a miscarriage of the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, with hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prerbary
France
Warsaw
Silesia
Warmia
Prussia
Konigsberg
Berlin
Paris
Florence
Furcany
Royal Navy Arrivals And Packet Ship Movements
Arrivals at Portsmouth Dartmouth Bristol and Bristol routes list several ships with captains and origins including Neptune from Lithon Oporto Packer from Malaga Speedwell Prouting from ditto Downing from Figuera Eagle Shapley from St Andero Henrietta Packet Bastable from Cork William Robfan from South Carolina London Packet Icemonger from Guernsey with Thames Hayley Scott and Speedwell for Boston Portsmouth and general harbor traffic noted through 18th century departure and destination details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune
Blank
Lithon
Portsmouth
Oporto-Packer
Harrison
Malaga
Ditto
Speedwell
Prouting
Downing
Baptism of the Prince and royal entertainments
The young Prince Augustus Frederick was baptized in St James’s by the Archbishop of Canterbury, with Lady Charlotte Finch presenting the child. A ball at the Queen’s Palace followed, attended by Nobility. The report also notes parliamentary motions on hat trade and various local notices, writs, and maritime news with riot and weather details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's
Canterbury
Augustus Frederick
Charlotte Finch
Queen’s
Mackworth
Great Britain
America
Trecothick
Prescot
Rose Fuller
Marlborough
James Brudenell
Aounging-House
Lord Bingley
James Fox
Chin College, Cambridge
Captain Fox
Glass
Prince of Wales
Oxford
Guinea
Tate
London
W. Davis
Piccadilly
W. Nicoll
St Paul’s Churches Yard
England
Storms and shipwrecks ravage coastal ports and Thames
A gale causes multiple shipwrecks and loss of life. Fragments describe wherries overturning, five women drowning, and ships driven ashore near Limehouse and Greenwich. Reports from Deal and Yarmouth recount extensive damage to vessels, roads, and property, with several boats and a French ship wrecked or damaged. The narrative covers church windows blown out, a temple bar head blown off, and legal cases at Westminster Hall. Died notices list several individuals including Robert Hatters and Miss M'Kay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South-Tex- Béacti
South-sea-castle
Tinea
Gores
Portsmouth
Yarmouth
Deal
Downs
Gravesend
Billingsgate
Thames
Greenwich
London-bridge
Heart of Oak
Gunn
South Carolina
Lunn
Lloyd
Nicks
Virginia
Earl of Dunmore
Lawrence
Duchess of Gordon
Wynn
New-York
Pringle
Robinson
West India
Union
Tower
London Bridge
Limehouse
Lisbon
Nore
Hope
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Bishopsgate Street
Miss Doxey
Temple- Bar
Lord Mansfield
King’s Bench
James Alcock
Westminster Hall
County of Surry
St. Margaret’s Hill
Southwark
Joseph Mawbey
Bart
James Morris
Henry Bethwin
Rosina Unrich
George Ruile
John Hall
Camberwell
Bethwin
Morris
George Hall
Hall
St. Alban’s
Hertfordshire
Westminfer Herfeterry
Henry Pagget
His Majesty
S Navy
Gannon-street
Ratcliff Highway
George Timms
Elmidan
Chelsea
Robert Hatters
Thames Street
Hanmersmith
William Tomkyns
Edinburgh
M'Kay
Lord Reay
Bow
Yeomans
Bridgesstreet
Covent-garden
Tothill-street
Musgrove
Huet
Harpur-street
Red-lionfquare
John Maycock
Lincoln College
Oxford
S.glass
Weston’s Universal Botanist Third Volume and Gay Works
Public notice announces the forthcoming third volume of Weston’s Universal Botanist with trees shrubs flowers and fruits from European nurseries arranged by Linnaean system priced ¢3. also two durable volumes of John Gay’s prose and poetical works to be published at the same time priced 6s neatly bound. Printed for J. Bell G. Riley and E. Etherington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
John Gay
J. Bell
Exeter Exchange
Strand
G. Riley
Curzon-street
Berkley-square
E. Etherington
York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dea, Fox
Majesty
Hayley
Scott
Boston
Lowrie
Wind
Falmouth
Williams
Rodder
Groube
Bluet
Flushing
Penryn
Exeter
Curren
Waterford
Ramgate
Smith
North Carolina
Portswouth
Suffolk
Mei. Reavely and Humphreys
Gray’s Inn
Landry
Cvas
Poland
T. Payne
North - America
Seacroft
Charing-cross
W. Goldsmith
Paterno
Robert Wilson
M.A
Wells
Prin
Castle-Street
St. Martin
V Lane
William Bromfeild
D. A
T. Boushik
Dionysius Conginis
Eonap
Hierotus
Robertus Robinson
Mouse.gate
Dr. Goldsmith
Rieht
J. Henry ST. John Lord Viscount Bolingbroke
T.davies
Ruffel-street
T. Cadell
Thomas Hawkins
Magdalen College
Clarendon Press
S. Ledcraft
Globe, Charing- Cross
Peter Lely
Godfrey Kneller
James Thornhill
Hogarsh
C. A. D. Fresnoy
Dryden
Richard Graham
T. Carlon
Stationers-hall
Minet
Eythagne
Laurence
Lenham
W. Fla
John Millar
University of Glasgow
J. Murray
Fleet Street
Oppsite St. Dunstan’s Church
River Lee
Antwerp Tavern
Royal Exchange
Benj. Rooke
Leeds
Liverpool
John Hustler
Bradford
County of
Soith
At. N.B
A‘t
Ashford
Kent
Falknershurst
Falconershurst
Hurst
Bonnington
John Dunk
Miashaelmas
Falconershurft
Rumney-marth
Edward Woodcock
Lincoln’s Inn
Pattenson
Carleton
Arundel
Sussex
Ireland
Hume
Great-Britain and
J. Macpherson
Sir John Dalrymple
Sylvester O Halloran
St. Dunstan’s Church
Tolu
T. Greenough
King’s Arms
Ludgatestreet
W. Bayley
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
A. Rushwell
New Bond-street
M. Purdie
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