Royal Return Spreads Joy Amid Guard Rebuke in Stockholm
From Stockholm and other cities comes news of King Gustavus returning to the capital amid great public jubilation. The king ordered guards to retire after seeing rough treatment of the people, declaring that tender fathers need no extra guards before dutiful children. Concurrent dispatches report Prussian ambitions around Thorn and Marienwerder, and legal actions in Copenhagen and Paris including a treason verdict and a large insurance ransom for Hotel Dieu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Flanders
Stockholm
Gustavus
Huzza
Warsaw
Yan
Thorn
Prussia
Marienwerder
Copenhagen
Fan
Leth
Sieur Thura
Struensee
Brandt
Paris
Hotel Dieu
Old Age Annuity Bill Recited for England Wales Parishes
Recitation explains a bill promoting life annuities funded by parish poor relief to secure elderly support. It notes journeymen and servants earn more than needed, urges saving, and outlines annuity plans with tables for London and country parishes. Also covers adjourned Irish Lords appeal, MPs elected, Hague letter about a plotted assassination, and distant European notices.
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England
Wales
England and
Berwick Upon Tweed
London
Cufac
Gilbert
Court of Exchequer
Ireland
House of Lords
Lemon
House of Commons
Penryn
Cornwall
Charles James Fox
Midhurst
Sussex
Fletcher Norton
Appleby
Westmoreland
the Hague
Doughafs
States General
House of the Cliffords
Amsterdan
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Naples
Duke of
Parma
Petersbourg
Emprese
Russia
Pouifiay Orenge
Remarkable Rise and Fall of John Duke of Courland
A historical sketch recounts the extraordinary life of Ervettus John Duke of Courland, from stableman’s son to sovereign, ruling Russia briefly under Empress Anne, later exiled to Siberia, then reinstated before dying at a grand old age. It notes his physical prowess, fortunes, and notorious brusqueness, with remarks from Imperial ministers and comparisons to court life at Petersburgh and Versailles.
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Ervettus
John Duke of
Courlaid
Mittau
Alexander of
Courland
Russia
Anne
Siberia
Petersburgh
Versailles
Hamburgh
Robert Morris
Bill of Rights
Morris
Bbimilf
Portsmouth
Spithead
Hoyle Banks
Hibernian Brice
Limerick
Campveer
Zealand
Frislay
Laneford Fold
Moorfields
Keen
West
Weavershall
Romaine
St. Anne's
Blackfriars
Thomas Moore
Isle of Man
Peter John Heywood
Leonard Thompson
Obscure Posthumous Notices From a Bleary Ledger
Fragmented OCR lists names, places, and events such as marriages and deaths. References include Gabriel Hanger, Colonel in the guards, and various locations in Hampshire Bucks Islington Mitcham Hendon midleton Goldman's Fields. Several entries mention widows, widowers, and plural dates, with scattered roles like sugar refiner and commissioner of Excise. The tone resembles a late 18th or early 19th century public notices page.
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Haydon
Mr. Thosias
Ford
Etek
Te Spraby
Ta Maidenhead
Gabriel Hanger
Coleraine
Kingdom of Trelani
Guards
Fok Huitt
Majesty
Liffon-ereen
Sadditpton Bright
Zunt
Rat Ri
Grenada
Wallis
Ies
Ann Browh
G&o. Bowit
Kore
Belton Street
Long-acré
Perry
Hendon
Midleton
Mitcham
Surry
Whist
Peter
Waldo
Sugar
Goldman's Fields
Islington
John Lejeune
Jub Heath
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Irel AN
Dublin
Charming Molly
Benson
Jamaica
Edinburgh
Gosford’s Close
Morman
Rigg
Morton
Miss Rigg
C.c.untry
Southampton
Thomas Brown
Lord North
Canterbury
William Lynch
Richard Milles
Coopers Hall
Derat
Houghton
Northington
Seaford
W. _Grartrenn
Patience
Savage
Barmouth
Roberts
Boulogne
Willis
Providence
Duke
Seville
Plittey
Renzel
Frams- Piscataqua
William and Hopewell
Fenwick
Maryland
Nancy
Denning
Lesbarn
Lower Brook -Street
John Cooper
North-Audley-street
Maria Rogers
New Bond-street
St. Trinity's
Guildford
Mr. Nicolson
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
R. Lye
Grampiary
Owen Manning
B. White
Horace’s-Head
Fleet-sheer
Evan Lloyd
David Garrick
Scriblerius
Agin
T. Evane
John Duncan
South
Warmborough
Hants
T. Cadell
Church of England
Winchester
Basingstoke
Boutdy
Theodore Agripea
Aubigne
Madame de Maintenon
France
Charles the
Henry de Tid
Lewis
C. Nilly
J. Robsen
J. Walter
Shacelptar
Voltaire
Great-Britain
Miybe
W. Harris
St. Paul's Church-vans
Tower and
Tsis
Delaz
Feleity
Appois
St. Paul’s
T. Beser
R. Davies
Piccadilly
T. Durham
Cockpytstigert
Charint-cross
Richardson and Co
Royal Exqhange
W. Flexzneg
Gray’s Ini -Gate
Holbarny
Mr. Saundersott
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