Ambassador appointments and gifts noted in London Gazette
From the London Gazette dated May 12 Petersourgh reports the Porte agrees to a cessation of arms and congress and names Ismael Beg and Osman Beg as ambassadors plenipotentiary. The Imperial Majesty appoints Count Gregory Orloff and Mont. ObrefCoff as her ambassadors. Gifts of 60000 to Mons Cbrescoff and 30000 to Mons Levahhoff are noted. The Duke of Gloucester arrived in Florence and was welcomed by the Great Duke and Duchess.
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London Gazette
Petersourgh
Markhai Romanzoff
Porte
Congress
Ismael Beg
Reis Effend
Osman Beg
Reis Etiendi
Gregory Orloff
Mont. ObrefCoff
From Flanders Frontiers to Ottoman Camp in April
Yesterday arrived mail from Flanders reporting April 1 events from the Frontiers of Turkey. A Russian plenipotentiary, escorted by 200 horse grenadiers and 40 lords, met Janissaries and was received by the Grand Vizir with ceremony for three days. Dispatches sent to Constantinople and Moravia, with uncertain outcomes of the negotiations. In Rome the Pope honored the Duke of Gloucester with a Miserere bound as a gift. Also notes a Paris courier and a Genoa report of an English frigate sailing to Leghorn to join two others for the Duke of Gloucester’s voyage to England.
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Flanders
Turkey
Marshal Romanzov
Rufsian
Nar
Moldavia
Constantinople
Moruavia
Romanzow
Rome
Duke of Gloucester
St. Peter’s Church
Passionwerk
Aprilis
Paris
Edward Stur
Marefolchi
Stae
Cardinal York
Foligno
Genoa
Portmahon
Leghorn
Queen of Denmark Proclaims Innocence in Slender Words
London reports the Queen of Denmark writes a moving letter denying criminal accusations and vows future life to refute slander. She dons deep mourning as a debt to her murdered reputation, while the Duke of Gloucester is expected to review regiments on forthcoming Mondays and Saturdays.
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Denmark
Duke of Gloucester
Foot Guards
Blackheath
Britain Smothers Portsmouth Fire A Satirical Verse
A garbled bulletin weaves poems and notices from a late election in Saltash and Sabath with courtly incidents, robberies, and deaths. It reports John Williams winning by a large majority, Bradshaw failing to secure a seat, and ships and lost furniture saved by the Drapers company. A missing ship from Antigua is reported as safe near Poole, with crimes, marriages, and deaths noted alongside a verse admonishing a minister over perceived deception.
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Ros O
Sabath
John Williams
Thomas Bradshaw
Williams
Saltash
Admiralty
Bamber Gascoigne
Maldon
Christian
Smith
Antigua
London
Poole
Drapers Company
Henry Fitz-Alwin
Mary Queen of Scots
James I
Westminster
Tyler
St. Catharine’s
Rowland Wynne
Islington
Bow-street
Gray’s Innlare
Rowland
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Peers
Wandsworth
Newgate
John Salisbery
Fratbur Bucks
Lincoln
Thomas Thwaite
Pall Mall
Miss Newcomb
Francis Newcomb
Hackney
Cox
Great Queen-street
Miss Linfit
Win. Wey
Clarecourt
Drury-lane
Foster-lane
Page
Goldsmiths Company
Marybone-street
William Viner
Ealing
John Mills
Virginia
Gloucester
Bristol
Britain
Man-midwife critique shocks London readers
A Britain letter-writer denounces illicit medical praxes that violate female modesty. The author condemns intrusive examinations by men, arguing they corrode virtue and decency, and calls for stronger moral standards in society.
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Tam
Auction Sale Notices and House Furnishings Catalogue
An auction sale notice lists Colonel Barre and Sir Joseph Mawbey among buyers for a mixed goods sale including furniture ware, waggons, ranges, a whiskey engine, and bedding at Walton Surrey with viewings on Friday and Sunday then at various London and nearby towns. Also advertised is a Newbury Berks freehold estate Ashridge with extensive woodlands and 12 closes, underlet lease until Michaelmas, plus a general sale of plan and horses, and a separate advertisement for shining liquid blacking and Maredant drops sold by Norton and others across shops in London.
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Pervil
Marvin York
Walton
Surry
Fale
Eleveclon
Sunbury
Egham
Staines
Hounslow
Brantford
Windsor
Rdhnand
Kinefton
Hampton
East Ll- Ailey
Mefley
Ilefey
Berks
Newbury
Oxford
Markee
Hlefley
Wantage
Wallingford
Ashridge
W. Bayley
Cock Four-Street
Hay-markes
A. Rothwell
Civet Cat
New Bond-street
J. Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holbern
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-yard
J. Price
Leadenhall-street
Ann Joyce
Claude Croguce
John Webb
Norton
Gulden-square
Piccaailly
London
John Norton
N.B
Maredant
G.kearnly
Ludgate-street
J- Stockdale
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de Grey
Court of Common Pleas
Guildhall
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Portsmouth
Parson
Timoleon
London Evening Post
Jonathan Britain
Miles
Lord North
J. Alan
Burling-on-houte
Piccadilly
Brotterton
Sewell
Cornhill
St. Stephen's Chapel
Lord Barrington
Lord Clare
Lord Germaine
Lord Onslow
Fle Cer Norton
Wedderburn
Wharlie
Dyson
Jenkinson
Rigby
Barre
E. Burke
Joseph Mawbey
George Cornwall
Derjeant
Glynn
Dunning
Dowderwell
C. Fox
Townsend
Sawbridge
Phipps
Westtminster
Tunbridge
F. Newbery
John Newbery
Bible and Sun
St.Paul's Church Yard
Bayley
Cockspur
John Pottinger
Sharp3
Snow-Hi
Golden-square
Say
Clapton
St. John’s
St. Anthony’s
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