Global notes and orders from Venice to Florence May 4
A long dispatch records movements from Holland France and Flanders to Larneca and Acre. It details Mehemet Aboudash recruiting in Cyprus for a regional army against Chiek Daher and reports a 40,000 man force to be assembled for peace celebrations. Istanbul news notes major purges under the Grand Signior with depose and exile of several pachas, and arrival of Sabib Gueray announcing a Crimea change. Madrid and Florence laws on monastic confinement and female education are discussed amid broader political currents.
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Holland
France
Flanders
Larneca
Turk
Cairo
Mehemet Aboudash
Bey
Egypt
Baifé
Cyprus
Chiek Daher
Acre
Mescow
Vilnia
Constantinople
Madaris Osman “Pacha
Seraglio
Achmiet Effendi
Jebicalés
Kidburn
Dewlet Guttay Chan
Porte
Alizani
Pia
Mequinez
Florence
Grand Duchy
Royal Levee At St James and Windsor Preparations
London reports a thin Levee at St James's with principal Officers of State and foreign ministers in attendance. The Bishop of Dromore was presented to the King at St James's, and Hill was introduced by the Earl of Hillsborough. Some royal apartments at Windsor are being fitted, with a plan for the royal party to move there this summer.
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St.” James’s
Dromore
Ireland
St. James’s
Worcester
Hill
Earl of Hillsborough
St. "James
Kew
Windsor
Fresh orders ship two 36 gun frigates for Shetland
Wednesday night messages from Lord Rochford's Office direct General Gage to Falmouth via a packet-boat held for this purpose. The Earl of Chatham, recovered from fever at Hayes, may travel for air. Wheat samples show a larger influx at the Mansion House dock than seen in years. Royal artillery reviews at Woolwich and Chatham, preparations for Blackheath, Macaroni cannon trial. Several ships aground or leaky, alarms of fires at sea, and coastal patrols. Public notices include arrests for disorderly women and a con artist facing justice at the Old Bailey.
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Lord Rochford
Gage
Falmouth
Earl of Chatham
Hayes
Iver
Shetland
Herting
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Carthagena
Royal Artillery
Woolwich
Sir Jeffrey Amherst
Lord Townsend
Chatham
Blackheath
Royal
Artillery
Foot Guards
Hyde “Bark
Bystheir
Earl Waldegrave
His Majesty
Wardjall
Robin Hood’s Bay
Whitby
Willington
Jamaica
Waterford
England
Matte
Hamburgh
Lord Hyde
New-York
Kent
Eton
Salt-hill
Brighthelmstone
Bromley
Lewisham
Society of the Temple
Payne
Guildhall
Bridewell
Grieves
Waterstreet
Southwark
Old Bailey
Manson House
Thief steals bank parcel from Norfolk Street parlour
A sharper visits Mrs. Bakers in Norfolk Street Strand asks for a maid and, while the maid is summoned, a woman delivers a small parcel to the man who then flees. The parcel is said to contain bank notes from Bath to settle a due bill. Other notices record multiple marriages and arrivals in London society, including marriages at Lambeth Chapel and Woolwich, and obituaries.
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Norfolk-street
Strand
Bath
Maraiep
Lambeth Chapel
Robert Stewart
Downe
Reland
Mills’ Pratt
Lord Camden
Mills Spencer
Bridge-street
Hammerton
Butler
Park-place
St. James’s
Miss Version
Lord Vernon
Halfmoon-street
Piccadilly
John Mitchell
West- Indies
Museum Lottery Tickets Offered for Public Viewing
The Musetum in SpringG Gardens remains open daily this week for inspection at 11:30 AM and 6 PM. Tickets for admission and lottery sales are handled at Shoe Lane offices. Duplicate tickets admit two people and include a prize book detailing numbers and values. A numerical book tracks tickets and prize outcomes, as in the State Lottery.
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Springg 'Gardens
Shoelane
Oo Bo N.B
Whitehall
Winpenny and Co
King’s Arms
St. Dunstan’s Church
Ok . N
Passages Through Canterbury and Bristol in June News
On Monday Lord Clare with family passed through Canterbury on route to France. Three troops of the King's Regiment arrived in Bath for settled quarters under General Moysten. A list of attendees at Bath includes Rev. Constable and Lady, various gentry. The Dean died in Portman Square. Butter sold at 6d a pound. wheat imports at Bristol ease market. A wagon accident in Small Street Bristol killed a man, leaving a widow and five children. Public anger at wagon driver negligence and calls for enforcing laws.
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Canterbury
Clare
France
Bury
King’s Royal Regiment of Bratoon Guards
Moysten
Bath
Fune
St. Asaph
Constable
Cotton
Miss Brooks
Rishton
Ormerod
Ewing
Gould
Lewis
Morris
H.tongue
Walker
GC. Tudway
Antrobus
Waalhope
Reed
Owen
Beauclerk
Colebrooke
Ean -the - Fame
Henrietta
Bristol
Stapleton
Forrmary
Frightful drought and gunpowder accident report in Dorset and Manchester
The countryside in parts of Dorsetshire suffers severe drought with burnt grass and dangerous ground cracks. In Manchester a collier fetched gunpowder for blasting, met high companions at a pub, and a frolic with a burning coal set fire to gunpowder, blowing out windows and injuring three men, two fatally. Subsequent reports note imports at Liverpool of Indian corn and bread from Virginia and other grains from various ports.
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Dorsetshire
Scotland
Manchester
Ile
Duke of Bidgewater
Pendleton-pole
Manchester Infirmary
York
Liverpool
Virginia
Straelsund
Wismar
Anniversary of the King's Birthday Observed in Edinburgh
Yesterday marked the anniversary of His Majesty's birth as he entered his thirty-eighth year. Delays ordered by the Lord Chamberlain postponed public rejoicings to the 224th, yet in the city a display occurred with the Hap from the Castle shown, and at noon three volleys were fired by a military party on Castle-hill.
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Edinburgh
Funes
Desperate white-boy insurgents rounded up in Kilkenny area
May 27 report from Preland detailing a county crackdown on white boys linked to a late insurgent association. Earl of Carrick Hon Piers Butler and others pursued informants, capturing Stuart of Dunkit and Kilmcrew after a night pursuit near Waterford. Stuart and comrades face multiple informations for offences amid ongoing unrest.
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Kilkenny
Waterford
Earl
Carrick
Piers’ Butler
Muiacke
Cork
Me. Hust
Jerpoint
Morgan Kavanagh
Ballyheal
Stuart
Dunkit
Kilmcrew
Market Report on Smithfield and Billingsgate Prices
Yesterday morning Smithfield market had ample sheep lambs and calves with the lambs and calves selling cheap. Few black cattle were offered and demand was low. At Billingsgate the market was well supplied with cod haddock plaice lobsters and other fish mostly arriving two hours before high water. Prices were fresh and reasonable.
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Smithfield
Billingsgate
Ship News Deal June 7 Arrival and Mixed Reports
Fragmentary shipping brief detailing various vessels and captains with reports of arrivals and failures. Mentions Maryland, Philadelphia, Bristol, Dublin, and Norway ships. Notes wind conditions and routes, with crewmembers named in uncertain order.
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Deal
Clark
Maryland
Rachael
Clay
Philadelphie J
Surcess
Dunn
Dublin
Honywell
Bristol
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A-R.r
Cowell
Philadelphia
Tre Blackett
Harmony
Staschff
Norway
Bank Stork
India
V. Batts
South Sea
Pic
Tusstay
Monay
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