General Amnesty Proclaimed by the Pope at Avignon
A Rescript from Rome dated Oct 18 1790 grants a general amnesty to Avignon inhabitants upon recall of a papal representative and restoration of the old system. The Holy Father, moved by reports of massacre and exile, promises clemency to reestablish public tranquility, with conditions and potential reforms to be considered. Reports also note Russian and Turkish movements in Ismaila and Killa, plus various European intel.
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Avignon
Cardinal Zelada
Pontif
Holy See
Holy Father
Rome
Warsaw
Ismaila
Killa
Copenhagen
Timafchoff
Reffia
Vienna
Baron de Berg
Hussars
Wurmser
Hassan Bacha Prlanka
Constantinople
Lothia
Turku
Gallicia
Modena
Tuscany
Lobkowitz
Maldeck
Levenehr
Keraiczai
New Moroccan Emperor Opens Siege on Orza Fortress
Dispatches from Gibraltar dated October 74 report the Moroccan emperor beginning hostilities against the Court of Imn and laying siege to the fortress of Uz a. He leads an army of about 400,000 with heavy artillery. Spaniards fortified by reinforcements repulse attacks as they recall ancestral courage, cannonading heard at Gibraltar.
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Gibraltar
Ocober
Morocco
Imn
Ofuza
Roteo
Abbe Maury Riots and Corsican Forgeries In Paris Streets
Reports describe disturbances as Abbé Maury was heckled in the Rue Dauphine and dragged before a magistrate. Mirabeau condemned the interruption while a forgery scandal surfaced, with multiple parties implicated and banks pursued for thousands in fraudulent notes. Also noted are several marriage notices and a birth of social gossip in London and Edinburgh society.
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Deverdl Ptecddeg
Allignats
Nationale
Maury
le Rue Dauphine
Peronne
Assembly
M. Eurubalt
Bien Eance
Tribune
M. Mirabeau
Fufly
Senate
Popular Party
M. de Mirabeau
Perétti
Tyler
de Clifford
Stanhope-street
Colonel Courtmaker
Guards
Miss Southwell
Bromley
Kent
W. Jakes
Putney
Sarah Baker
William Baker
Edinburgh
John Douglas
5Th Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Briggs
Bethnal-green
Curious FOREIGN WINES at lowest prices by Hibbs London
E Hibbs wine merchant advertisements announce sale of foreign wines in legal quarts at low prices with quantities and profits stated. The note claims all wines are genuine imported, fully charged, and offered with reasonable profits. Hibbs invites country orders with remittance or town-house payment references and offers price cards at the ware.
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E. Hibbs
Monument-Yard
London
Hibbs
Drawing of the fiery commenced Yesterdays Morning
A volatile public notice from Hornby and Co at No 26 Cornhill touts a lottery with prizes payable in full the day after drawing. It claims extraordinary sales, promises immediate full payment to winners, and urges immediate participation to gain a guaranteed public benefit.
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Cornhill
Hornby and Co
Forgeries a Public Caution on Swindler Tyler
A notice explains a late Sessions ruling at the Old Bailey condemning forged instruments and fictitious names on bills. It warns against unlicensed lottery shops and receipts, asserting real stamped shares offer secure prizes, while real tickers are deposited at the Stamp Office.
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Old Bailey
Tyler
Stamp Office
Tenth Edition of He Friendly Instructor
This Day was published price 1s 6d bound. The Tenth Edition of He Friendly Instructor or a Companion for Young Ladies and Young Gentlemen in which duties to God and Parents carriage to superiors and inferiors and several useful lessons are recommended. Dialogues with a recommenda
Auction Notice of Norfolk Estate Sale in Northwalsham
Norfok auction at the King's Arms Northwalsham on Thursday 25 November from 3 to 6 pm. Describes ROUGHTON estate with a good messuage or farm house barn stables outbuildings 202 acres 6 perches of arable pasture and meadow land in ring fence all freehold except 3 acres 1 road copyhold with rights of common pasture and turbary. Three miles from Cromer five from North Walsham. Details from William Pightling of Seo Ruston John Adey attorney Aylham or Michael Larwood on the premises.
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Norfolk
Robert Ansell
King’s Arms
Northwalsham
Roughton
Cromer
Northwalfham
William Pightling
Seo. Ruston
of Norfolk
John Adey
Aylham
Michael Larwood
Freehold Estate Sale of Alting Manor and Holdings
ASS EX To be SOLD COMPACT FREEHOLD ESTATE comprising the Manor of Alting with rents and a river fishery and royalties. Includes a mansion house with outbuildings on 54 acres, plus 40 acres wood-ground and a messuage and farm at Ulting Hall with 297 acres. Rectory impropriate and advowson of the vicarage, with glebe lands and great tithes from 644 acres. Distant 37 miles from London and near Chelmsford Melden Witham. Contacts: Methrs Clubbe Wade Dunmow Essex. Jefferyn Belstead Ipswich. Clachar Chelmsford. King’s Head Maiden. Three Cups Colchester. White Hart Bocking. Thomas Aldhin tenant.
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Alting
É&C
Wner
Ulting
Thomas Aldham
Leafe
London
Chelmsford
Melden
Witham
Maxet
Methrs
Clubbe
Clachar
King’s Head Inn
Maiden
George Inn
Colchester
Bocking
Thomas Aldh
Balsam of Honey advertised by Lady Hill in London
A late Sir John Hill remedy, the Genuine Balsam of Honey, promoted by Lady Hill in Curzon Street London. Advocates relief and gradual cure for coughs colds throat hoarseness breathing difficulties catarrh asthma and consumption. Warns against counterfeit preparations and notes bottle pricing and authenticity marks.
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John Hill
Lady Hill
Curzon Street
Berkeley Square
London
Linnaells
Britain
Fowler
Peterborough
Lotidga
W. Bacon
Oxford-Qreet
Genetics
Vague Classical Portrait Reference Inspires Poetic Muse
Fragmentary description invokes goddesses and muses in a refined art scene. The lines mention Temples of Wisdom and Veau's work, with Paphos and the Nine Muses shaping a Byzantine style homage to beauty.
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Erenirg
Caroline
Tove
Patriotic publication praised at Oxford University
A reader commends R Burke's patriotic tract in the Gren General Evening Paper, noting its warm reception at Oxford and urging support against alleged edious tenets attacking government and established religion. The letter urges unity among friends of the country to counter late criticisms.
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Oxford
R. Burke
Ehampho
Burke on French finances and the National Assembly
Burke criticizes the French National Assembly for wrecking the old revenue system and failing to build a stable finance model. He cites a sharp drop in revenue, faulting reliance on assignats and credit, and argues liberty without solid fiscal roots harms the state. He notes some dramatic reforms but sees widespread folly and fraud in the new regime.
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Burke
National Assembly
M. Vernier
Committee of Finances
Europe
Ummer
Ravesi
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Wierday
France
Holland
Ava
Flanders
Petersourgh
Mr. Lowitz
Free Oeconomical Society
Count d’Auhault
Tory Fielancy
P. Doddridge
D.D
J. F. and
C. Rivington
T. Longman
Cy Dilly
J. Scatcherd
J. Whitaker
Paphos
Edmund Burke
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