Embassies and fairs herald royal pageantry and losses
The Duke of Bedford appoints Richard Neville Aldworth and Richard Pottinger Elgis as secretaries to the embassy while preparations for a splendid equestrian pageant and Parisian fashion unfold. The Lord Mayor proclaims Bartholomew Fair, booths are ousted by city officers, and town reports note deaths, harvest worries, and two robberies in Leadenhall Street and Bishopsgate Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Richard Neville Aldworth
Richard Pottinger
Elgis
Duke of Bedford
Smithfield
Winchester
Henry Penton
Streatham
Coventry
Lord Coventry
Earl
Bath
Jemmet
Lambeth
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Wilson
Timothy Gildea
Cooke’s Court
Carey-street
Hudson
Leadenhall Street
Carpenter
Bishopstate Street
Postscript to the Author of the London Evening Post
A crowding critique on a peace approach in 1762 urging accountability for advisers of a dishonourable settlement. The writer, Eric Tanicus, argues the Crown cannot err if guided by good counsel and condemns terms costing millions and lives. A second letter laments French naval strength and calls for destroying a key port at Dunkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Rom
Eric Tanicus
London Evening-Post
Lunkirk
France
England
Denmark
Russia
Portugal
Sardinia
Britain
Europe
London
Evening-Post
Minorca
Great Britain
Port-Mahon
Cindeila
England and the Future of War and Peace
An anxious 18th century poetics letter questions Britain’s wartime gains and the risk of peace negotiations. The author warns that victory may be fleeting, cites French pressures over Newfoundland, and urges timing for peace efforts while referencing Parliament, public mood, and influential correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Plain Dealer
Britain urged to reclaim intellect and Minorca status
A letter from a British correspondent laments faith in European alliances and urges renewed focus on national character. It argues Minorca should have civil government and regular audits, warning military rule harms trade. The piece appeals for prudence, unity, and stronger governance.
Peace talks with Britain eyed as Paris hosts grand council
London dispatch notes a 6 hour council in Paris appointing the Duke de Nivernois to negotiate peace with Great Britain, with a courier to Madrid. A plate service for the Duke of Bedford nears completion as public unrest grows over alleged peace terms. Minor local notices and deaths fill the rest of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Duke de Nivernois
Great Britain
Madrid
England
St. Oliva Jewry
Thomas Ravenshaw
Ann Wilmot
Old Jewry
Oxford
Major Hargrave
Smith
Queen’s College, Oxford
St. Giles’s
Sweden
Rula
Cardinal Passione
Rome
Duke of
Parna
Ryks Sanden
Gottenburgh
Lea
Portmouth
Spithead
Royal George
Hawke
Magnanime
Martin
Guernsey
India and Bank Stock Price Notes from 18th Century
A compact listing of various stock items and bonds including bank stock, India stock, sea stock, and old and new annuities. Entries reference per cent rates, bond notes, and scrip with multiple dates such as 1762 and 1741, indicating long historical investment terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Cehalt Bank
Iscrip
Long Ann
Course of dutch race results and prices unclear
Fragmentary OCR text shows a list of course locations and figures including Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg with numbers that may reflect prices or times. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable. cannot determine a full news item from the readable portions.
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Lutarch
M. Crassus
Eumenes
Sisi
Q. Sertorius
Agesilaus
Alexander
Julius Cesar
Vibius Pacianus
Crassus
Neoproteums
Pomply
Bucephalus
Diogenes
Darius
Czfar
Alexanders
Julius Ozfar
J. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Robert Walker
Fleec-Lane
Old Baily
Roce Dotor
King-street
St. James’s Square
Horton
Portermouth
Brown
Bristol
Jordan
Plymouth-Dock
Veil
Brice and Spencer
Score
Exeter
Kingdom
Vinett Veritas
J. Wessels and Co. N.B
Efun Diop
Flanders
Genoa
Corsica
Spain
d’Aranda
Langer
St. Lewis
Prince of Conde
Brussels
Goth
Versailles
Bayonne
Leéour
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Hamburgh
Xchange, &Enges
Bourdeaus
Cadiz
Kilbon
Leghorn
Genoa Ag
Ule
Mexico
Whitechapel
St. James’s
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