Fortifications on the Barbary Coast and Royal Parade Request
Reports from Genoa dated June 17 note new fortifications at Algiers and Turks sent to Arzeu. Algiers is described as near the sea edge, fourteen miles from the Straits of Gibraltar and forty from Fez. Paris dispatch recalls Rheims coronation custom and King’s order against tapestry hangs to keep view unobstructed.
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Flanders
Genoa
Barbary
Algier
Arzeu
Argoyla
Buile
Streight
Gibraltar
Rheims
London News Roundup of Diplomats Trials and Firearms
London reports a council summoned after Levee following intelligence from America. Spain’s ambassador Mazerino visits Kew with assurances on war preparations. Reports from Petersburgh of a crushed plot against the Empress and Siberian exile. Dutch resolutions to seize ammunition and stores bound for English American colonies are issued via Van Stort. A court case over retailing spirits tests licensing and shop use, with brewers prevailing. Firearms practice at Blackheath, royal review, and crowd scenes accompany varied market and legal notices across London.
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London
St. James's
America
Prince Mazerino
Kew
Ris
Fach
Spain
England
Petersburgh
Siberia
Hague
Admiralty Board
States General
Sieur van Stort
West Indies
Aim
Englis
New-England
Philadelphia
New-York
Halifax
Virginia
Great Britain
Yorke
Plymouth
Batfley
Dublin
Blackheath
Gregory Page
Local magistrates overreach power and petty regulations
The writer argues that country justices wield unlimited local authority and tyrannize small towns. He cites Mayors restricting barber work on Sundays and gardeners from selling goods, noting regulators seek popularity but end up contemptible. Montesquieu’s view on trifling rules is endorsed as timeless.
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Jeant Domain
Corporation of N
Montesquieu
Bel
Fragmentary verse laments tyranny and death at sea
A mournful verse laments the downfall of Country Fuftices and condemns tyrants who wield petty power. The speaker bids farewell to friends as he sinks, envisioning future torments for the unjust and a grim fate for the traitorous crew.
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Relgion
Macs
Beaur
Girildina's Royal India Composition Sold by Appointment
Royal India composition called Girildina’s promises to remove facial hair completely without harming delicate skin. Sold by S Gifford's milliner at No 3 Serle Street Lincoln’s Inn Fields England, price one guinea per ounce with directions. Merchants and ship commanders may obtain any quantity or have it sent. Letters port paid answered.
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Whitechapel
al. Ss
Leaden Hall Market
House Lamb
Lord Dartmouth
Blackheath
Wildstreet
Drury-lane
Piccadilly
Eihow
Dave' Eater
All Sou’, College
Oxford
Lewknor
Prince’s Risborough
Bucks
John Cocrell
Man fel-Gamage
Hereford
St. Martin’s In the Fields
William Bolton
Hetty Williams
Haverfordwest
Burchell
Old Broad -Street
Capoon
Bank-street
Cornhill
Glasgow
Duntocher
Kilpatrick
Severus
Girildina
Royal India
S. Gifford’s
Milliner
Serle Street
Lincolntsian Fields
England
Terne
G. Kearfly
Serjeant’s Inn
Fleet-Areet
J. Johnson
St. Paul's Church-yard
T. Evans
York Buildings
Strand
Yorick
Eliz
Medaile
Sterne
High Water at London Bridge and Grain Prices
High water times noted for London Bridge with morning and afternoon tides. Market reports show corn prices at Monza Mark for wheat 40 to cas, barley 20 to 2758, rye 26 to 28s, oats 13 to rgs, flour 40s to 378. per second fort, malt 2% to 45% quar, beans 27 to 3s, hog-pease 26 to 38s, and tare 24 to 32s.
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Monza
Lane
India and Bank Bonds Market Note From 18th Century
Fragmentary OCR lists various bonds and securities figures such as three percent and four percent Bank annuities, India bonds, Navy bills, and lottery tickets quoted at minor amounts. Referenced values include 3 per cent India, 4 per cent Bank annuities, and 12 for lottery tickets, all in a terse mid-century financial note.
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Fternoon
India
Bank Ann
Navy, &c
Bank Long Ann
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Thosz
New Cross
Privy Council
Ferguson
Younge
Urpeyn Kairncross
Lorda
King’s Bench
Westminster
Mali
Dunning
Marshl
Guildhall
St. Paul’s
Wood-street Compter
Shaftesbury
Hans Wintrop Mortimer
Mortimer
Weslt-Looe
Cornwall
Philo-Saluti
J. P
the Wanderer
Ashborne
Derby
Burn
Taus
London-Bridgee
Salisbury
Earl of Pembroke
J. Boyter
Liona
Sarum
Alli
Sol
N.B
Ambrose Goddard
Rees
Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyan
Christian
Holy Land
Wallis and Stonehouse
Yorck's - Heid
Ludgate-treet
Bunyan
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