King returns from Finland voyage amid joy and health news
Stockholm reports the king safely back from his journey to Finland and beyond the Gulf of Bothnia. The royal couple show transports of joy at the interview, with the king's health praised after a grueling four-league journey through difficult roads. Cracow letters warn of turbulence. the Grand Signior faces Janissary pressure, while wealth and imports surge in Istanbul. Holland reports royal and public notices, with obituaries and diplomatic moves detailed in Paris and Madrid. Ireland news notes excommunication threats from Catholic clergy amid city riots.
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France
Holland
Stockholm
Finland
Bothnia
Cracow
Jasf
Constantinople
Soliman
Helly
Hedwiga
Frederica
Hanover
London
Hyndford
Herenlaufen
Gehrde
Tapis
Madrid
Fuenclara
Ferrol
South Sea
Cadiz
Poyage
Paris
Bayonne
Council of State of
Great Herring Drought News From Anstruther
From Anstruther reports the town saw the greatest herrings catch in twenty years last week, totaling about 100,000 in sight of the town in a single day. The scene shifted as the shoal appears to have left the coast. Also notes the death of the Hon. Christian Leslie at 74 in Edinburgh, widow of Thomas Graham of Baigouan.
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Lawn
Edinburgh
Anstruther
Christian Leslie
Lord Newark
Thomas.Graham
Baigouan
Bristol Coronation Visit And Trade Crackdown News
Reports from Lincoln and Bristol describe coronation greetings to Princess Amelia by the Sheriffs and City officers, including an official address and a banquet. The item notes a Bath trip, a royal reply, and an entertainment. It also mentions the death of Waterland, and forthcoming enforcement against hawkers and buyers of smuggled tea, with a heavy penalty and informer rewards.
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Country News
Lincoln
Cmli
Yarbroughe
Norawich
Samuel Harvey
Alderman Ganning Boz Pristol
Henry Dampier
Isaac Baugh
Efirs
Bath
Morgan Smith
Isaac Elton
Efiyrs
Elton
Sheriffs Court
Chaimberlain
Amelia
Comton-Counsil
Bristol
Scarborough
Waterland
Heydon
Hull
Yorkshire
Grave-Digger Uncovers Oak Coffin After Smallpox Burial
In Somersetshire at Chelwood a grave was opened for a man buried thirty years earlier for smallpox. Upon exhumation a foul stench emerged as the coffin lid was forced. The funeral drew many villagers and soon fourteen people contracted the disease, with only two fatalities among about thirty affected. The illness spread among nearby villages via attendees and proved surprisingly mild overall.
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Chelwood
Somersetshire
Litchfield Litter Chronicles and Canterbury Races
The report covers Litchfield events with a two hundred gentlement dinner and ball subscriptions, noting stewards for next year. Canterbury races list entries and results at Bourdon downs, details purses, matches, horses, riders, and entries for coming days plus a royal itinerary note as His Majesty plans to depart for British Dominions.
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Litchfield
Ave
Robert Burdet
Bart
Ralph Sneyd
Ely
Uemoir
William Bagot
Athelda Curzon
Elgis
Canterbury
John Ibbet
Ray Boulton
Mr. Watson
Boreham-Downs
Edward Hales
Drudge
Mr. Newton
Forrester
Mr. Prett
Burford
Noblemen and Gentlemens Subscription
Sescond
Lord Chedworth
Blaze
James Lenox Dutton
Charles Sedley
Ghedworth
Mr. Marshall
Lord Byron
Auice
Mr. Lad
Piper
Mr. Ferriplace
Bird Hercules
Mr. Carver
Whitepool
Capt. Shafree
Siler Legs
Stroker
Mr. Coxell
Mr. Croft
Simsaken
Mr. Greswoon
Ofer
Welters Cornwail
Efys
Mr. Clarke
Weavers Delighs
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St. Hilary of Sens
Paris Alamain
Moor
Baron de Starke
Choiry
Ireland
Dublin
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