War Preparations Loom Across Europe and Near East
News from Constantinople reports major war preparations as three Ottoman armies form to face Russia and Imperial forces. A powerful Black Sea fleet under Dgianum Coggia eyes actions against the Ruffians while tax burdens fall heavier on Christians and Jews. In Vienna and Belgrade parleys focus on Saxon auxiliaries and financial arrangements as campaigns loom with Cracow and Moldavia in strategic view.
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Porte
Dgianum Coggia
Bathan
Black Sea
Ragotki
Transilvania
C. Peterscourt
Crim
Bredal
Asaph
Constantinople
Caffa
Dgianum-Coggia
Vienna
Ragotzki
Moldavia
Baron de Zech
Poland
Hungary
M. Hildebrand
Brussels
Doxat
Niffa
Neuperg
Belgrade
Suckau
Croatia
PORT NEWS REPORTS SHIP MOVEMENTS AT DOWNS AND DOCKS
Deal March 31 to April 1 ships inbound and outbound described. Several outward-bound vessels fail at the Downs then retake voyage, others reach Cadiz Lisbon and Jamaica, while several arrive at St Christopher's London ports and Gravesend with various origins. Wind shifts noted and ships listed.
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Deal
Downs
Essex
Quick
Jamaica
Mary
Homans
The
Bee
Burford
Friendship
Hatton
Cadiz
Barns
Lisbon
Onslow
Balchin
East India
Arriv
Artiv
Sea-Horse
Green
Asterdam
Greenwich
Ardren
Oporto
Prince of Orange
Dustin
Rotterdam
St. Christopher’s
Roehampton
Tobin
London
Otley
Beach
Cork
Fie
Adigin
Tom Dono
Art Antigua
William
Sutclife
Cape de Verds
Sarah
Eliza
Maclein
Streights
Webster
Guiney
Barbadoes
Portsmouth
Dursley
Smith
Coal price conspiracy discussed at Fleece Tavern
London on March 29 1738 a meeting of gentlemen at the Fleece Tavern Cornhill reports a coal price combination already raising costs. Consumers are urged to assemble Wednesday afternoon at four o clock to deliberate on effective methods to prevent consequences fatal to local manufacturers.
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London
Cornhill
Letters from Nimirow Describe Turkish Army Movements
London reports letters from Nimirow stating that four thousand Turks marching toward Bender were met by merchants on the road. The Turks sent a guard of Janissaries to escort them. Other items note Nepludi named Governor of Kiev, an epidemic in Mexico abating, French forces ready to grow to thirty thousand, and Denmark banning public entertainments.
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Servia
Dantwick
Turky
Moldavia
Bender
Crakow
Perewolozna
Nieper
London
Nimirow
M. Nepludi
Ruffia
Nimitzev
Kiev
Ukrain
Cadiz
Havarinah
Mexico
Triérs
Copenhagen
Denmark
Norway
Petersburg
Munich
Aix la Chapelle
Paris
France
Marquis de Brignoles
Republick of
Genoa
Versailles
Gilbert
Exeter
York
Duke of Richmond
Amelia
Caroline
Mary
Edmund Gibson
Hereford
Prince and Princess of Wales
St. James’s Church
Oxford
Thomas Mann
Hay-market
Newgate
Williamson
King of
Katharine Smith
Moll Hervey
Bell Eaton
Westminster
Justice Cotton
Surrey
Chester
Heare
Fleet-street
Corsican Crisis Urges Britain to Halt French Advances
The article argues Britain must act to prevent France from dominating Corsica and endanger Mediterranean trade. It recalls dispatches from Corsica, praises King Theodore, and warns Parliament against neglecting opportunities to support Corsican resistance. Easter observations and court ceremonies are noted alongside local crime and enforcement actions.
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Count de Boilieux
Corsica
Great Britain
Theodore
Genoa
Britain
Mediterranean
Levant
France
Republick
Guarda Costas
Freeman
Elizabeth
Prince of Orange
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