Noble Gifts to His Majesty from Various Courts Abroad
Naples and Rome reports describe gifts to the king including bears goats and stags from Italian nobles. Brussels and Utrecht influences aim to place officials in Spain and seek scholarly honors for varied Italian figures. Siege actions at Mirandola and Mantua progress slowly with heavy cannon and stores arriving for Montemar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caferta
Babynino
Bovino
Rome
Here
M. Valentini Gonzaga
Nuneioar
Brussels
Spain
M. Bardi
Colonia
Don Carlos
Rizzoli
Zagasoli
Viterbo
Callyo
Roficiglioné
Wirtamberg
Gottingen
Godefraid
Ellins
Utrecht
Holland
Wells
Prandfort
Aig
Trexs
Hig Abbey
N.S
Heidelberg
Ladenbourg
Paris
Italy
Mirandola
Mantuapo
Dublin Proclamation Delays Parliament to October
Dublin on Saturday August 5 reports the Proclamation delaying Parliament from September 9 to October 7 when it is to meet for business. The King appoints Thomas Butler to be Captain in Ponsonby’s Regiment, replacing Cape Murray promoted to Major. Also noted is the consecration of Dr. Rundle as Bishop of Derry at Dunboyne Church with Marmaduke Philips delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dublin
Thomas Butler
Viscount Lanesborough
Belturbere
Cavan
Ponsonby
Regiment of Foot
Cape
Murry
Rundle, Ford ‘Bistrop
Meath
Kilmore
Marmaduke Philips
Mysterious Evening Gathering in York Footnote Tale
Fragmentary York Chronicle recounts a late evening gathering with Mr. Shelton and companions, distant murmurs of a contrived engagement, a public shroud scene, and a rumor of a crime tied to a barber and local figures. The prose suggests a moralizing narrative set near Hembley with a tense, unsettled mood.
Four and Five on Cloth Fire Breaks Out
Fire breaks out on cloth manufacturing stairs at an early morning site. Investigators report a two story facility with damaged equipment and smoke visible from the street. No injuries reported. cause under investigation. Local fire department contained the blaze within hours.
Fire damages multiple houses and shops near Long-acre
A blaze near Long-acre towards Drury-lane destroys a house kept by a Chandler and Mr Pierce's silk dye works with all furniture. Evans's builder shop suffers heavy damage. A child is missing. Firefighters extinguish flames by eight. Several notable notices follow about marriages, deaths, and academic fellowships from Westminster and Oxford institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long-acre
Drury-lane
Pierce
Evans
Chidder
Hampstead
St.Edmundsbury
Warren
Chester
William Hunt
West Lavington
County of
Wilts
Anne Dorchester
Forting
Chancery Lane
Keith
Scotland
England
London
Grevile-street
Hatton Garden
Exton
General Sutton
Ain
Matthew Alexander
Eureby
Lincolnshire
Baily
Tg Renan
King’s Bench
Common Pleas
John Aynsley
University College
Oxford
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
The
Ld College
Royal Foundation
Henry Piercy
Earl of Northumberland
Dusham
Carlisleydrive
Northumberla
Earl Piércy
Northumberland
Nelson
Yorks
Aynsley
Shinking
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France
Naples
York
Phelan Max James
Shelton
CIA
Hemiley
Twitch
Margaret
Herbert iHaines
Barber
Gregory
Gues
Decane
Eve
Sendane
Ngon
Condon
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