Ferry man killed courier after quarrel at sea
From the London Gazette May 16 report, H E Duke of Dorset arrived, a Piedmontese courier clashed with the ferry master over dues at the Garigliano crossing. The ferry man fired, the courier fled and a bystander killed the ferryman. The incident prompted imperial orders to capture the ferry operator, who fled to the Roman state. The Gazette also notes Russian and papal court appointments and gifts to nobles during Easter season in Naples and Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of
Dorset
de’Garigliano
Russia
Naples
Manisedi
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Pallavicini
Prince Xavier of Saxony
Baron St. Odile
Fermo
Spinucci
Refian Rufgan
Palace Entertainment Described Amid Marriage Festivities
Last night's Gazette notes a lavish palace event in Belvedere on the 17th alt honoring the Archduchess Antonia's marriage to the Dauphin. Delicacies were so abundant that leftovers could furnish another feast for 12,000 attendees, masked and unmasked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvedere
Alt
Antonia
Aleppo
Fortifications in Bengal Town Spark Treaty Dispute
The article notes a fortification built by the company in a Bengal town despite a treaty clause. It claims trenches and earthworks created a strong fortification capable of housing 20,000 troops, with Mauritius garrison rumors and Mogul pressure. Demolition was deemed necessary for safety, as the treaty breach lay with the French. It also mentions Lord and Lady Grosvenor, legal bail issues, and various London current events including a ball at Mrs Corneley’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Murray
Turky Company
Mediterranean
Lord Bute
France
London
Queen’s Palace
Middlesex
William Davey
John Pott
Charles Vere
Samuel, Nash
William Addington
Cooper Thomas Streatheld
Charles Foreman
Robert Mackreth
Monson
East-Indies
English East-India Company
Bengal
Mauritius
Tampi
Anglesea
House of Lords
Offagpultt
Commodore Byron
Debrisay
St John
Newfoundland
Spithead
Cape-Race
Cape Cod
Boston
Nova Scotia
Massachusetts Bay
New England
Cheapside
Continent
Royal Dock
Deptford
St. Petersburgh
Imperial
Czarinirth
King’s Bench
Court of Common- Pleas
Germany
Bai
Lord
Grosvenor
Commons
Liege
le Fevre
Grand London salon scene with many notable figures
The narrative portrays a lively room featuring Lord Chalkstone and Jerry Sneak as central figures, with a Frenchman noted as overdone. A nurse and child, a Welch farmer family with a fidler, a chimney sweeper, General Smith in East-Indiana attire, a North American Indian, a skeleton gentleman, a Highlander on bagpipes, and Mrs. Charlotte Hayes praised for jewels. Mr. Wilkes enters late, two effigies mock him, and security notes. Separate items list university arts contests, clerical appointments, and local incidents including a burglary and arrests.
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Lord Chalkstone
Jerry Sneak
Smith
Duke
Duchess of
Kingston
Mr. Wilkes
Times
Wilkes
University of Glasgow
William Cruikshanks
Archibald Arthur
William Senhouse
His
S Royal Navy
Barbadoes
Leeward Islands
Thomas Gibbes
Essex
Kent
Thomas Trevor
Oswestry
Diocese of
St. Asaph
Salop
Watkyn Williams Wynn
Ruabon
Denbighshire
Duchess ‘of
Queensbury
Doverstreet
Mr. Wood
New River Head
Islington
John Read
David Miller
Newgate
Dan. Paayer
Whitechapel
Robert Walker
Margiep
James Lucas
Chesterfield-street
Mayfair
Hannah Tyson
North-Audley -Street
Lincoln’s-inn- Fields
Hutchinson
Names and trades in Bristol and Norwich notices
Fragmentary list of individuals with occupations and locations from Somersetshire and Norfolk. Includes Johann Olive of Froome Selwood, a dyer in Bristol at the Nag’s Head. Jane Kendale, a woolcomber in Norwich at Hunn’s Coffee-house. James Hooton, a new-draper in Falmouth at the Fountain Tavern Bristol High Street. Dates: June 8.
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Benjamin‘ Higgs
Mark Lane
London
Guildhall
Joseph Hunt
Beddington Corner
Surry
Callico-printer
Robert Short
Fore-Street
James Mallalieu
Windebank
Ashton Under
Lancashire
Compton's
Manchester
Edward Griffiths
Whitehaven
George Albridge
Thomas Rock
Bristol
Nag’s Head
Wine-street
Fang
Froome
Merchants Guild Addresses Nominees Over Board Removals
In Dublin on May 5 a few days ago the Guild of Merchants presented addresses to John Ponsonby and the Earl of Lanesborough, former revenue commissioners, expressing concern at their removal. The two gentlemen replied with polite thanks for the commendation of their service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Guild of Merchants
John Ponsonby
Earl of Lanes
Salisbury Cathedral Installations and Burgess Protests
In Salisbury on May 14 Thomas Morgan D D was installed to the prebend of Chefingbury and Chute following Rev Penn's death. A large meeting of free burgesses and freeholders resolved to remonstrate to the king, and a ribbon-decorated express was sent to Sir Francis Blake Delayal. Other items note Wilkes subscriptions and a Bridgwater murder case where a man stabbed his father‑in‑law multiple times, dying after several days. coroner’s verdict was willful murder and the suspect jailed in Taunton.
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Country News
Salisbury
Thomas Morgan
Chefingbury
Chute
Mr. Penn
Newcastle
Wilkes
Bridgwater
Somersetshire
Wm. Bond
Taunton
Widow of Go Barocas Partners With Canes Dyer in Hatton Garden
Buggs effectively destroyed. Ys the widow of Go Barocas of Cross Street Hatton Garden, inventor of this art, continues business after her husband’s death. She now takes Canes Dyer as partner, who was an assistant to her late husband and praised for diligence. They seek noble and generous orders and direct readers to M Bridges at the Star and Woolpack Cross Street for delivery.
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Barocas
Cross
Hatton-Garden
Canes Dyer
N. B
Ton M. Bridges
Star and Wool-pack
Hatton Garden
Bedding Carpets and Furnishings at Paine's Warehouse
Paine's Warehouse Holborn No 67 on North Side near Red Lion Street offers a large stock of fresh made goods from Ersica Wilton Kidderminster and Scots Carpets in new patterns and sizes Feather Beds ready for use plus bedsteads bedding quilts blankets and ready made furniture including cottons lineness and more. Rooms covered with Wilton and Scots carpeting. Prospective buyers are assured of favorable terms to merit future favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Holborn
Red-Lion-Street
Featherstoke
Ersia
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney
Linsey
N. B
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Strand
Perta
Turkey
Marine
Harrateen
Sam
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