Foreign intelligence on plague rumors and European alignments
A Hague letter debunks reports of plague spread by the Ottoman fleet after July battles, stating Turks and Russians have remained healthy. Paris advises that if war comes for state reasons, the French king prefers diplomacy but will defend, with navy mobilization and sailor registration underway. Rumors of alliances among London Berlin Stockholm Copenhagen Petersburgh and another between Spain and Portugal are discussed.
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Hague
Leghorn
Paris
Londons
Berlin
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Petersbourg
Spain
Portugal
CHURCH AND COURT NEWS FROM YORK AND COLNE
A fragmentary 18th century notice reports the death of Francis Topham LL D and appointment of Peter Johnson to the Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of York. It also records a death in Colne, details a travelling schoolmaster’s poverty, a marriage in St Mildred's Poultry, and an analyzed Roman gold coin found near Addingham with antiquarian commentary.
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Terk
Francis Topham
York
Peter
Johnson
City
Topham
Dennis O'Kelly
Durham
St. Mildred’s Church
Poultry
Petrie
Cheapside
Mills Johnson
Devonshire Square
T Leedt
Colne
Joseph Lupton
Lefforts
Addingham
Berkfeire
Claudius
Julius Casar
Constantiae
Julius Ozsar
Britain
Christ
Julius
Ostia
Tiber
Stcedhades
Les Isles d’Hieres
Mafillia
Marseilles
Evening social draws large crowd
A Wednesday evening drew a very numerous attendance and the following day a full drawing room was recorded, indicating strong participation and interest in the event.
Court and Westminster politics amid royal arrivals
A London dispatch reports a flurry of high society movements as Majesties and officers travel to St James's for the winter, while Westminster Electors press Mr. Wilkes to chair a General Meeting. Spain, France, and England edge toward accommodation, with stock moves and Gibraltar concerns shaping the mood.
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l’Anglois
Vic
Dutchess of Grafton
Northampton-shire
Privy Council
Westminster
Alderman Wilkes
Westminster Hall
Wilkes
James Gray
Madrid
Naples
Great
Britain
London
Pitt
Coates
Secretary of ‘State
Paris
France
Lord Weymouth
Lombard-street
House of Lords
England
Spain
Manila
C. Potter
Holland
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Carthagena
Barcelona
Spanish
Earl of Chesterfield
George Faulkner
Atticus Dublinienses
Lord Mansfield
Henry Woodgate
Naicy Parsons
Lincoln
John Dishey
L. L
Peterhouse College
Cambridge
Swinderby
Panton
Lincolnshire
Admiralty
His Majesty’s
Baldwin
Paternoster-Row
Ridley
St. James’s-street
Carcé
Peron
St. ‘James's
Theatrical Intelligence: New Comedy at Drury Lane
Theatres schedule reports rehearsals at Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a new comedy titled Tiswell with performances planned next month. Tonight at Drury Lane featured The Way to Keep Him with cast including King Lovemore Cautherley Baddeley and Abington. Covent Garden presented King Richard the Third with Smith Hull Clarke Leflingham Ward and Ward. The Padlocks also noted.
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D ’Tiswell
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Drury-lane Theatre
Bathful Constant
King
Brilliant Fashion
Dodd
Lovemore
Cautherley
Remedy for Stomach Weakness Promotes Digestion
An 1810s style advertisement touts a nostrum for stomach strength and nerve tone, claiming it preserves youth, aids digestion and wind, and cures cuts and bruises. Sold by multiple London booksellers and warehouses including King Street, Strand, Covent Garden, Miles’s Land, and Ludgate.
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Nambu
Dean
Newington
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Queen-Street
Berkeley Square
William” Wheble
New Church
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