Widening European Tensions and Corsican Dispatches
Augu st messages from Consantinople describe Ottoman displeasure at imperial preparations in Hungary and a potential notice to Venetian ministers. In Petersburgh dispatches imply a hard stance against Turkey with plans to widen war readiness and urban rebuilding after a fire. Genoa notes rebels' strategic bluff in Corsica and continued cautious stance from authorities, with troops kept in garrisons amid limited success.
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Hungary
Munich
Mahomer
Ali
Petersbourg
Cantemir
Franc
Moscow
Finland
Genoa
Bastia
Theodore
Aleria
Gafaconi
Campaigh
Death of Alderman Thomas Curtis Former Lord Mayor of Dublin
Ireland Dublin Sept 11 Alderman Thomas Curtis dies after long service as Lord Mayor and JP Master of the Ballast Office. His corpse was interred at St Warburghs Church. Curragh of Kildare race results show a mare belonging to Mr Hammell winning Last Wednesday. Guineas went to Mr Burtons Horse of Burton Hall and yesterday the 50 Pound Plate was won by Sir Edward Obrien's mare.
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Dublin
Thomas Curtis
St. Warburgh’s
Curragh
Kildare
Hammel
A Norwich man feigns poison trick with sugar
A countryman visited an apothecary asking for ratsbane and was given sugar instead. He claimed he mixed it into beer for himself and his hosts to drink. He fled, tried to drown himself at Hartford Bridge, but bystanders halted him. The apothecary reassured locals that no poison was used.
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Norwich
Hartford Bridge
Right Hon William Pulteney Sets Out for Newmarket Hunt
News notes the March departure of the Right Hon William Pulteney for Newmarket for a shooting diversion after returning from Spain with health gains. It records the Rochester alderman Montgomery's death from the stone and Alderman Buncker's election. Also mentions East India House bankers opposing interest reductions and the Earl of Selkirk leaving for Scotland. The king plans hunting at Giffiorn near Herrenhauserit.
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William Pulteney
Newmarket
Montgomery
Rochester
Buncker
East-India House
Thomas Archer
Warwick
King- Breet
Earl of Selkirk
Royal Court Movements and Obituaries Noted in London
A crowded London scene records royal envoys and ambassadors departing for Hanover Turin and Gohrde while society figures travel to Hunting Houghton Hall and Dover. Obituaries include Rev Abraham Sharp of Lanesborough, Mr Huntley of Hamburg, Mrs Elizabeth Dry of Greenwich, and Sir Charles Wager's illness reports.
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Gohrde
Horatid Walpole
Hanover
of Hamilton
Brandon Arriv
Pall-Mall
Scotland
Kensington
Duke
Dutchess of
Richmond
Robert Walpole
Houghton Hall
Norfolk
Robert
Dover
Earl of Essex
Turin
London
France
Yorkshire
Abraham Sharp
Lanesborough
Markweeton
York
Earl of Burlington
Fool
S. Houfford
Elizabeth Dry
Charles Lovell
Tottenham High -Cross
St. John’s
Charles Wager
Parson’s Green
Morting
Brumpton
Richard
Hoare
Banther
Fleet-streee
Newgate
Bernardy
Enyey
Tuscany
Charles II
Fai
Innis
Guinea
Bell Inn
Smithfield
St. Mary’ Magedalen
Bermondsey
Elizabeth Shewen
Phursday
Martin Outwith
Robert Mabérley
Newtoner’s-lane
Athley
Hatton-Galies
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Corsica
Ireland
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