Sail from Carafao bound for Amsterdam arrives near Bristol
Report of a Dutch vessel forced up the channel by southerly winds arrives at King Road near Bristol with fears another 30 gun ship bound for Amsterdam was left on the Welsh coast. In Paris a Galley and armed Bark convoy beds and provisions to Corsica for troops. The Times notes whale fisheries may be encouraged in Ireland. Royal events include a Christmas Holy Bread procession at Sulpice and royal audiences at Versailles. Military movements across Europe are outlined, with Vienna seeking fast tariff talks and concerns over Dutch succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carafao
Amsterdam
King Road
Bristol
Myrna
Wales
St. Anne’s Church
Ireland
House of Commons
Paris
Genoa
Baffin
Corsica
Marquess de Mari
Turin
Bastia
Bastia To Relieve the Marquess de Rivarola
Republick
Marquess de Fogliani
Versailles
Lood
Madam Trudaine
Senlis
Chacqu
Dresden
Augustus
Warsaw
Francfort
Hungary
Antwerp
Vienna
Fragmented 18th century market notes and deaths tally
A dated market snippet lists diseases with age figures and deaths, catalogues burials and casualties, and notes financial items including South Sea bonds premiums, annuities, bank circulations, Royal Exchange and India securities, with prices in pence and quarters. It reads as a mixed ledger of public health tallies and financial instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
South Sea Annuities
New South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Mine Adventure
Ditto
Proposals to Sell in Shares for Foubert’s Mathematical Machine
Proposals to sell shares at 1s 6d each and raffle the machine by Mr Foubert. The deal lists multiple coffee houses in London as sale and viewing points, including Munday’s, Fack’s, and Jamaica houses, with a note that if purchases fall short the money will be returned to purchasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foubert
Ealing
Munday
Jamaica
St. Michael’s Alley
Cornhill
Public Notices on Button Makers and Wearers Penalties
An advertisement claimed penalties under Parliament acts for makers, letterers, and wearers of buttons of cloth serge and similar materials. The learned in law say woven button makers are not liable to those penalties, as the items aim to promote raw silk and Mohair yarn consumption, not needlework button making.
Anatomy Course Opens with Principal Surgical Operations
A historical text outlines beginning a course of anatomy and details the principal operations in surgery along with their proper bandages, indicating foundational medical education practices of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atill
Vacancy at Wakefield Free Gram Imar School
Notice states the Wakefield Free Grammar School in York county is vacant and to be filled in the second week of February. Candidates may apply to the Reverend the Vicar of Wakefield or the Head Schoolmaster, who may examine and report qualifications to the Governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imar School
Wakefield
County of
York
Faid
Teas for sale at Paris Manufactory Strand listing prices
Notice of sale at the Paris Manufactory opposite the Greyhound Tavern Strand offering superfine Hyson at 13 shillings, very fine Hyson at 9s 6d, Congou 8s 6d, superfine Green at 10s, and Saucheng at 10s per cannister, with a minimum quarter pound, price fixed on cannisters for accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Beauford
Strand
Sauchang
N. B
Notice of Original Print Claim Over Whitefield Portrait
James Hutton advertises a print of Reverend Mr. Whitefield as unauthorized by him and warns the public that only the original is genuine. It threatens legal action under the late Parliament act to protect print rights and mentions a shop at Tavern Street near Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hutton
Whitefield
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M. Hamel Bruymux
d’Ulfeldr
Juliers and
Bergue
Courland
London Gazette
Hague
N.S
Uhlfeldt
Whitehall
Barons
Lord Kingsale
Lord Aylmer
Lord Carpenter
Great Britain
Lord Cathcart
Lord Fairfax
Poulet
Hinton St. George
Earls of
Earl of
Arran
Orrery
Viscount Shannon
Duke of Dorfer
Steward
Sia
Thomas Hincawirr
Mercer
Ludgate-Hill
William Bromfieed
la Feathertone
Holbourn
Mary Lane
Swan Inn
Staines Bridge
John Tiche Golden L C. Mostey
Globe
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