France and Europe Loom Amid Cardinal Fleury's Illness
Letters from Paris say Cardinal de Fleury’s illness created court unease as ministers rushed to return. Power struggles emerge among the Duke of Orleans, Bourbon, Noailles, Chauvelin, and Maurepas, with a broader view of shifting alliances and a looming change in affairs if the Cardinal dies. Reports note Luxembourg mortgage talks, Austria-France limits, and tense Spain Britain negotiations while stock and financial updates fill the page.
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Paris
Cardinal de Fleury
Compiegne
Duke of Orleans
Duke of Bourbon
Marshal de Noailles
M. Chauvelin
M.de Maurepas
Europe
Kingdom of
France
Vienna
Spain
Sicily
House of Bourbon
Luxembourg
Empire
Lorrain
Lille
Madrid
M. Keene
Great Britain
Antigua
Marquis de la Quadra
Hague
de Fenelon
Gloucester Races Purse Rules and Entries at Gloucester Meads
A notice outlines several horse racing purses near Gloucester on Meads with conditions for subscribers and non subscribers. Events include a forty pound subscription race on Wednesday and a fifteen pound Inn-keepers purse on Thursday. Horses must be entered five days before starting at Wheat Market and kept at houses with half a guinea subscription.
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Gloucester
Meads
N. B
Litchfield Races Schedule At Whittington Heath
Three days of horse races set for Whittington Heath near Litchfield from September 5 to 7. Purse values include 291, 10 and 40 guineas with heats and entrance fees. Entries must be made at the George Inn in Litchfield or at the starting post, with a ball every night at the Town Hall.
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Whittington Heath
Litchfield
Mr. Holmes
George-Enn
Uwud
Chippenham Races Plans Purse and Three Heats
The Chippenham meeting in Wiltshire announces purses for three heats of four miles with horses, mares, or geldings carrying eleven stone. Entry details, fees, and conditions are set at the White Hart and Starling Post, with prizes up to 50 pounds and settlements by subscribers. Additional hunter and galloway events follow on subsequent days with varied purses and weights.
Northampton Races Plate Entries and Regulations
Races scheduled for September on the Northampton New Court course. Plates of fifteen pounds and a fifty guinea purse are offered for horses, mares, and geldings with various weight and entrance conditions. Entrants must register at the Peacock Inn, subscribe ten shillings to the Town Plate, and follow published rules. If only one horse starts, owners pay a third part of value toward next year’s plate. Horses that win are barred from defending the same plate.
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Northampton
New Court
Heath
Peacock Inn
Notice of Secret Catalogue Stolen from Cambridge Library
A catalogue of eight to ten sheets listing Bible editions and versions in the King's Library at Cambridge was secreted away around July 3. A reward of two guineas is offered for delivering the catalogue to Mr. W Bowyer in Whitefriars London or Mr. W Thurlbaum in Cambridge, with no questions asked.
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King’s Library
Cambridge
Norice
W. Bowyer
White-Fryars
London
W. Thurlbaum
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South Sea
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India
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Prem
Chippenham
West-Mead
Wilt- Shire
White Hart
Chipenhamy
Altho
Edward Bayntan Rolr
George Lodge
Parik
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