Royalty and affairs in Europe from Lisbon to Paris
A London Gazette excerpt reports Duke of Gloucester arriving in Lisbon aboard the Venus and sailing to Gibraltar. Moscow plague rumors are denied in Peterborough. A Great Duchess in Florence bears a prince named Charles with the Prince of Asturias as godfather. Vienna plans issue of noninterest notes, while Copenhagen notes harvest fears and rising prices. Russian fleets and Greek refuges in the Levant are described, with possible large-scale battle ahead. Paris notes Madame Louisa of France taking private vows at St Denis with a grand ceremony pending.
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London
Lisbon
Duke of Gloucester
Venus
Balfour
Jervais
Baron
Gibraltar
M. de Mello
Peterbourgh
Moscow
Florence
Charles
Prince of Asturias
Viviani
Vienna
Copenhagen
Flanders
Penrce
Levant
Morea
Zante
Cephalonia
London Meeting Shows Lord Mayor Vote And Connecticut Road Survey
A London Livery recount shows the present Lord Mayor with 131 votes, Townsend 111, and Sawbrize 154. An Hartford letter details Thomas Brown’s 290 mile overland route from Montreal to Connecticut River towns, suggesting practical land communication after a cleared road. Journal notes report Utrecht Gazette suspension lifting, Old Bailey trials and multiple arrests, rent spikes, and public notices of estate sales in St Ives and surrounding parishes.
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Half-Moon Tavern
Townsend
Sawbrieze
Hartford
Connecticut
New England
Thomas Brown
Montreal
Connecticut River
Watts Town
Wheelock
Montress
Lacol
Nat-Island
Bay of Miffisque
Conneticut River
Hlarford
Quebec
Holland
Utrecht
Guilahall
Henry Janson
Towerhill
Portfoken
To the Printer of the London Evening Post
A fragmentary letter decries sincerity as a virtue of little value yet often yielding unhappy outcomes. The writer ponders why honesty, once admitted, leads to trouble and questions the social cost of truthfulness.
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London Evening Post
Sunderland Frontsteads for Sale near Silver Street
Several frontsteads in a Freehold Close or two parcels of ground on Silver Street Sunderland County Durham near the east end by the sea. Ground laid out for two main streets about eight yards wide, 250 yards long from the high street to the town moor with cross streets. Pump water available. Frontsteads may be sold wholly or annual zenes reserved. Apply to Mark Burkizh or Johnson, attorneys at Sunderland.
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Bride-lane
Fleet-street
Bertie
Pallmall
Robert Pigot
Lord Pigot
Wallingford
His Majesty
S Mint
William Whitmore
Elizabeth
Girt
Gottenburgh
Guernsey
Holand
Josiah Jeffe
Manchester
Guildhall
Newgate
Old Bailey
Eyre Coote
Ireland
Hugh Warburton
Craufurd
Leicester Square
Kendal
Westmoreland
Sharrer
Polly Shaw
John Shaw
Norwich
Aubin
Henry Jackson
Middle Temple
Miss Collier
Hastings
Sussx
Edinburgh
Peter Guthrie
Bath
Withiam Lee
Walton On the Hill
Frances Goddar
William Cater
Newington
Mr. Bray
Robert Pigott
Crown Inn
St Ives
Everal
St. Ives
Houghton
Papworth St. Agnes
County of
Huntingdon
Billet
Priory Leys
Bosquain
N.B
William Freeman
Robert Rignall
Crofts-tlofe
Ashton’s
Ditto
John Fullard
Homsestead
John Fullafi
Ives
Huntin¢dot
Papworth
Smith
Simon Okins
Croxton
John Stephens
Tofeland Green
Croxton-field
Faton Socan
Creamer
Geo. Walker
Eaton
St. Neots
Crown
Bell
Stilton
Sunerland
Durham
Sunderland
Mark Burkizh
Johnson
Cakes for making fining Liquid Blacking for Shoes
King s Patent formulas describe cakes that with water create a superior liquid blacking for shoes. It keeps leather pliable and prevents cracking, with no odor, and easy application. Sold by Bayley in Cockspur Street and other shops in London at 6d per cake, making a pint of liquid blacking.
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W. Bayley
CockSpur-street
Appontment
A. Rothwell
Civet Cat
New Bocd-street
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Country News
Brighthamston
Duke of Cumberland
C. Salisoury
Francis Sykes
Etq
Shaftesbury
Earl of Shaftesbury
Whitechapel
Suaw
Flvad
Tom
America
City of
William Nash
Salgen
Peers
Price R
Anenglishman
Brass Crosby
William Sharp
Jon “Princed
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piceradilly
Biles
Livy
Mr. Purny
Eton-Gielege
T. Carnan
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s
T de Glbes
George Costard
Twickenham
Middlesex
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