Royal visit and weather cheer British notices in London Gazette
From the London Gazette March 31 report Berlin visitors including the Queen of Sweden and Prussian princes staying six days at Sans Souci with operas and entertainments. Weather improves easing famine fears. Also royal license for James Smythies to assume the surname Blatch. Fires in Samatia and Jenekeni destroy hundreds of buildings and palaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Sweden
Potzdam
Prince Henry
Prussia
Prince Frederick
Brunswick
Sans Souci
St. Fastes’s
James Smythies
Colchester
Essex
Esy
Blatch
Smythies
James Blatch
Sarah Edwards
S College of Arms
Constantinople
Samatia
Jenekeni
Royal assent and public bills passed in London scene
A London notice reports the king granting royal assent to bills on royal marriages, mutiny and army pay, taxation on tea, and legal reforms. It notes plans for a canal from the Dee to Nantwich and various local and private matters including a divorce, church provisions, and administrative changes. The piece cites woes from Bengal under Clive and abuses by officials, plus market and coal price tensions. It ends with notices of marriages, deaths, and a long letter criticizing a bishop’s conduct and ordination practices, dated All-Soul's College, Oxon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Peers
America
Ireland
Dee
Chester
Nantwich
St. Mary’s
Islington
Viscount Ligonier
Penelope Pitt
Wales
Allen
Bombay
Hampshire
Taylor
Cape
Bengal
Asia
Lord Clive
Hon. East India. Company
Harris-Chand
Danish Pont
Shebah
John Fielding
Newcastle
Board of Trade
L. de St. Pierre
South Carolina
Cambridge
Bedford
St. John’s College
Matthew Field
Pembroke Hall
Field
Christ’s Hospital
Royal and Antient
Salley
Wathamstow
Clarke
Bartlet’s Buildings
Sadlers Company
Thomas Morgan
Arlington-street
Piccadilly
Miss Smith
Northampton
Symmes
Boston
New England
Stevens
Margaret-street
John Wansey
Blackwell-hall
Raymond
Tower Hill
Virginia
James Mitchel
Richard Bishop
Commission of the Peace
Baron
Hofier
Old Bailey
Charles-street
Westminster
Wm. Broughbridge
Charter-house School
Wright
Haughton-street
Clare Market
Junius
Burke
Notice of Debt Payment and Annuity Subscriptions in Covent Garden
Harris Kings and Padgett inform customers that Thomas Thompson has left their house and debts must be paid only to Harris King and Co or their authorized receivers. Also, the Society for Annuities warns subscribers that dead or aged nominees have created vacancies. new applicants are urged to apply at Annuitants Office No 25 Birchin Lane to receive the Midsummer dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Kings
Padget
King-street
Covent-garden
Thomas Thompson
Harris, Kings, and Co
Messrs
John Harris
Thomas King
William King
Joseph Padgett
Birchin-lane
Yorkshire
Durham
Newcastle
Northumberland
Meff- Lowry, Newton, and Co
Lombard-street
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
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Country News
Ship News
Deal
Racchorfe
Scorpion
Fowey
London Evening Post
Peterborough
St. Paul’s
Charter-House
Royal Chapel
Hind
Royal
Dickes
St. Paul
Lord Bute
Bihop
PLA TU S. All-Soul's College
Oxon
Salop
Gravitl-hill
Badschurch
Thomas
Fox
Glover
Wien
Wm, Black
Fto
G. Hearfly
Ludgate-street
Matthew Holand
Flexey
Gray’s Inn Gate
Holborn
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
Bookdfeller
Charing Cross
Price
Thoure
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