Re-union requests and European diplomacy amid Spain and Rome
Reports from July 22 to July 29 describe papal approval of the King of Spain’s demand to unite the archbishoprics of Seville and Toledo for the infant Don Louis, with a complex exchange of ecclesiastical permissions. Venice and Vienna trade talks advance, while Holland, Austria, and Poland discuss Dutch aid and new treaties. A death of Reverend Walton of Corbridge is noted, alongside a published cure for a bite.
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Spain
Seville
Toledo
Don Louis
Sacred College
Cardinal Acquaviva
Venice
Senate
Vienna
Hungary
Fienna
Mr. Robinson
Great Britain
Baron Burmanta
States General
Berlin
Count Statzendorff
Instanta Courier Arri
Kevenhuller
Dresden
Presbourg
Poland
Trials and punishments report from York and Durham
York news notes the affizes ending with Joseph Benton sentenced to death for highway robbery. Others given transport for fourteen years. Gloucester reports accidents and a damaging storm near Tewkesbury. Durham affizes end with four capital convictions and varied punishments, including branding and transportation, with Sir William Brown among the condemned.
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York
Joseph Benton
John Horhsey
Conwitts
Gloucester
Tewkesbury
Worcester
Newcastle
Durham
Thomas Whitehead
George Johnson
Robert Blacker
Henry Batton
Matthew Richardson
William Ridsdale
Robert ‘Anderson
William Brown
Port News Arrivals and Departures Across British Ports
Ships set sail for Gibraltar Jamaica and Newfoundland while British vessels depart for Genoa and Stockholm. Arrivals include vessels from Antigua, St Kitts, Virginia, Montserrat and Philadelphia with several weeks at sea. Trade and movement reflect a busy mid 18th century maritime scene across Gravesend Liverpool Whitehaven Plymouth Leghorn Cork and more.
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Deal
Calais
Liverpool
Mary
Anne
Clague
Antigua
Fortune
Scarr
St. Kitt’s
Roughfedge
Cape Faro
Whitehaven
Hartford
Nicholson
Industry
Glaster
Eagle
Copeland
Virginia
Plymouth
New England
Knight
Leghorn
Neptune
Brown
London
Cork
North
Montserrat
Graves
Philadelphia
British News and Naval Movements From August London
Reports from the Atlantic and Mediterranean note Cour t de Toulon going to command the Toulon squadron and Tunis and Algiers ending hostilities with Christians. Brown and Trench shifts, Guife and Blakeney to the West Indies. Hastings, Carcase Bomb, and Revenge sail for safety. Details of privateers, shipping, imports and exports, prices, and last week’s notable deaths in London.
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Pavis A La-Main
Marine
Toulon
Marseilles
Tunis
Algiers
Vienna
Prince Lobkowitz
Bohemia
Brown
Silesia
Col. Trench
Guife
Blakeney
West Indies
Wentworth
Armstrong
Ordnance Office
Woolwich
Hastings
Plymouth
Saphire
Cork
Falmouth
Hastford
Industry
Eagle
Whitehaven
Virginia
London
Yelverton Peyton
Hector
Capes
New-York
Elizabeth
Jack Tars
John Verney
Efes
Rolls
Temple
Robert Price
St. Edmund’s Bury
Suffolk
Ludgate Hill
Hinchliffe
Col. de Veil
Turky
Portugal
Dunkirk
Holland
Jamaica
Antigua
New England
Pensylvania
Guernsey
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France
Rome
Walton of
Corbridge
London Bridge
South Sea
Thalf. Bank
Bank
India
Mullion Bank
Royal Exchange Affirance
John Wane
Tank of
England
John Waite
Feall
Everal
Paul’s Court
Wood- Street
James Hopkins
Lombard-Street
Jermyn-Street
Market-Street
St. James’s-Market
Harris
Henry Binsfield
Bell-Court
Gray’s-Inn-Lans
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