Coronation Plans and Military Promotions in London Gazette
From the London Gazette dated May 27 and other notices from Stockholn and War Office, a May 7 coronation date is set for the Swedish king with June 1 homage for the States, and numerous army promotions are listed across regiments including 7th to 23d foot with new captains lieutenants ensigns and quartermasters.
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London
Stockholn
Sweden
War Ofice
Foot
Anthony Lewis Layard
William Douglas
Alexander Penrose Cuming
Stanhope Hervey
Patrick Sinclair
Ohn
George Goldfrapp
Hugh Loyd
16Th
Reg
Carew Smith
Tho Barrow
17Th
Magill Wallace
Richard Potenger
Charles Churchill
76Th
Thomas Wool
Robert Harrison
John Ridley
Hunt Fitzgerald
Willam Buchanan
John Greaves Sincoe
Attack and captures reported across fronts and city news
Advice is received that 1 Anhale was attacked Zaremba four times and took 400 men prisoners while others were defeated. Among the prisoners are the Ja wicki and Trzeciak, sent to General Branicki. Gottingen reports a federalist defeat under Col. Bo oi bats. A beggar with huge appetite died after a body was opened in Thlefeld revealing undigested meat and stones. Stockholm reports eight Senators expelled from the kingdom.
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Rfaxv
Zaremba
Dhim
Ard
Smoa
Jawicki
Trzeciak
Branicki
Oibats
Gottingen
Thlefeld
Utrecht
London News Roundup From Copenhagen to Saltash
An April dispatch from Copenhagen notes royal preparations to sail for Aalborg, with the queen's silver service loaded aboard and ambassadors sending fast reports. Altona hints the king of Denmark may wed a Swedish princess while Spain awaits recall and a new envoy arrives. Green Cloth officers prepare to embark for Denmark to carry Princess Carolina Matilda to Zeil, as a Dutch lottery plan and Saltash writ emerge and market pilfering at Stanmore is reported. A Quaker boarding school incident ends with a servant presumed dead after drinking tea.
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Copenhagen
Aalbourg
Robert Keith
Brummer
Altona
Swedt
Iquire de Villharmosa
St. James’s
Rome
Deal
Denmark
Zeil
Hague
States General
Saltash
Thomas Bradshaw
Admiralty
Stanmore
Middlesex
London
Upper Clapton
Hackney
Old Bailey Trials and Local Announcements Amid Prisons and Obituaries
Saturday at the Old Bailey saw two g uilty verdicts for counterfeiting coin and a raft of transportation, branding, and death sentences. Notices record local deaths , marriages, and notable positions at Hampton Court and Windsor as well as multiple obituaries and society updates.
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Old Bailey
Samuel Roberts
Thomas Bacchus
John Collins
Jones
Sir Harbord Harbord
Knt
Elizabeth Ring
London
Middlesex
Cook
Hampton Court
Vuetday
Wiles
Cambridgeshire
Miss Sulman
Chesterton
Cambridge
Hampstead
Jonathan Bridelake
Manchester
Man
Alderminbury
Drowly
St. James’s Park
Great Ruffel-street
Bloombury
Hopkins
George Hopkins
Heywood
James Heywood
Aufin Friars
Smuith-Street
Westminster
Peter Palmer
King’s Mews
Charing Cross
David Reid
Ardufoif
Aiversmith
Senington
Cavendissiquare
William Thornton
Yetterday
Richards
Somerset House
Exeter
Address to the Printer of the London Evening Post
A letter criticizes James the First as cowardly and tyrannical, accusing him of subverting law and rights to preserve crown prerogative. It condemns earlier and current ministers and the Scottish influence, claiming a plan to render the crown absolute and enslave the people, with Parliament and judiciary perverted and subjects punished.
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London Evening Post
Sir
Annals of
England
James the First
Europe
Spain
Gondomar
Fontainbreau
James
Stewart
Areep Ree
Magisrates
England Faces Threat to Rights and Liberties
A fragment reflecting concern over a plan by a conduit of the Scot and contemplating steps England might take to defend its rights and liberties, with the outcome to be revealed by time.
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England
Rehearsal and Anniversary Meeting by SONS of the Clergy
The Rehearsal of music for the Anniversary Meeting of this Charity will be at St Pauls Cathedral on Tuesday May 12. The meeting proceeds include Handel and Boyces anthems to aid apprenticing the children of needy clergy with admission by contribution and careful seating.
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St. Paul
D. Win. Webber
Esther
Handel
James
FIZ
Jares
Francis Newsery
Tho Ta
Francis Newsberg
Sun
London
Francis Newbery
Jon Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
St. Stephen’s Chapel
Hemet dentist remedy praised for teeth and gums
An 18th century advertisement extols Hemet Dentifrice or Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice as superior for teeth and gums. It claims enamel safety, whitening, decay prevention, and fresh breath, with wholesale and retail sales through Bayley in London and partners in Leadenhall Street Hath Paris. Price 2s 6d.
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Hemet
Amelia
Hemec
W. Bayley
Hay-mart
J. Price
Leadenhall-streer
London
Miss Purdie
Hath
J. le Brun
Rue Dauphine
Paris
G’s
Patenc
Cockspur-street
Hay-market
A. Rothwell
Civet Cat
New Boad-street
J. Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holborn
Francis Newbery
St. Paul's Churchyard
Leadenhall-street
Powders for cleaning cloths and several medicinal drops
A historical notice describes NE powders for white and stone cloths and ker ates with dry use to prevent shrinkage and keep fabrics looking new. It lists sellers W Bayley Cockspur Street London and others including W Darling Newport Street Long Acre, John Price Leadenhall Street, and Norton’s drops with testimonials and cautions about counterfeit bottles.
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W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
London
W. Darling
Mewport-street
Ludgate-hill
John Price
Indifa-house
Leadenhall Street
N.B
Mr. Norton
Mw Guiden-syan
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Claude Croquee
Q. Hackite
John Webb
Noston
Golden-square
Piccadilly
John Norton
Maredant
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-street
J. Stockdale
Bull- Head-court
Newgate-silver
Thomas Skinner
Rumford
Essex
Onesiphorad Leigh
Collier Row-lane
Harroldwood Common
Nake’s Hill
Meilrs
Gowers
Dyer
Carter
Dearsley
Cock and Bell Inn
Chelmsford
Ingatestone
Brentwood
Ilford
Skinner
Goswell Street
N.ick
Baron Dimsdale
M.D. F.R.S
W. Owen
Fleet-street
Hart Puke
Northumberland
I.eland
Colwu
Bryan
Ireland
John Huddlestone Wyswne
British Empire
T. Greenough
King’s Arms
Ludgate
Tolu
Haymarket
Cive
King’s Bench
Ledgate-Street
Matthew Moland
Flexney
Gray’s Inn Gate
Richardson
Urequhart
Royal Exchange
Durham
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