Naples and Madrid Letters From the Nov 11 Dispatches
Reports from Naples and Madrid detail royal gifts, church visits, and court entertainments. The King and Queen exchanged diamonds and porcelain, while the Polish prince sent a service set. a tragic accident led to a burial grant. Naval maneuvers, diplomatic moves, and society news fill the day’s telegrams and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Order of St. Januarius
Mireno
Procida
Prince Royal
Poland
Rome
Villa di Portici
Finarelli Brezziano
Golden Key
Pozzo
Baron Neuhoff
Madrid
Marquess de Santa Cruz
Pampelona
Spain
Corella
M. Bolza
Port News Shows Ship Arrivals from Various Ports
In Deal on November 29 ships remained in the Downs aboard Chester while outward-bound ships stayed. The Success captained by Snelling arrived from St Kitts and the Constantine by Wright from Philadelphia. Merchant vessels Gray from Venice to Amsterdam Betty Moyce from Smyrna Clinton Galley from Leghorn. A Bomb-Ketch arrived this morning and sailed for the river. Dover reports Coronation Davis from Belvadier Mary Hill from Maryland Grenadier Boroughs from Nevis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Downs
Chester
Arriv
Snelling
St. Kitt’s
Constantine
Wright
Philadelphia
The
Gray
Venice
Amsterdam
Betty
Moyce
Smyrna
Clinton
Doran
Leghorn
W. Dover
Coronation
Davis
Belvadier
Mary
Hill
Maryland
Grenadier
Boroughs
Nevis
Gobert Seeks Four Month Privilege For Vigo Ship Weighing
London reports Paris engineer G M Gobert from Nantes has told the Spanish king his brother and company have spent 1,500,000 livres trying to weigh ships left at Vigo in 1702 and now ask to revive a revoked privilege for four more months. It is believed the engineers are actively at the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorrain
Katharine
Poland
Stanislaus
Prince de la Torella
King of the Two Sicilies
Duke de Miranda
England
Germany
Naples
Count de Maurepas
Academy of Painting and Sculpture
Prince de Lichtenstein
Marshal de Puisegur
Stockholm
Hambourg
Sweden
Hungary
Pomerania
Stralsund
Vienna
Petersbourg
States General of
United Provinces
M. de Swart
London
Paris 4-la-Main
M. Gobert
Nantes
Spain
Vigo
Fragmented 18th Century Bond and Bank Note Prices
A list of historic security prices and exchanges shows South Sea Stock and Annuities trading at various fractions, alongside Bank, Royal Exchange, and government security quotes. Entries include Three per Cent Exchequer, Five per Cent, Emperor’s Loan, and assorted Prem India figures with varying pence and shillings indications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Res. Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Prem
Mine Adventure
Notice to stop payment on withdrawn notes and rewards
A notice warns that a person has withdrawn, several bank and promissory notes are missing, and any presented for payment should be stopped. It requests owners to notify Mr. Wilding at the Pope's Head Tavern in Cornhill, offering a reward of one shilling for the whole or proportionally for parts, and promises kind reception if the person returns to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury, &c
Richard Evans
Mael
Warwick-Court
Warwick- Lane
Evans
Bridewell
Thomas Kingston
Newgate
Col. de Veil
London
Pepys and Hollingsworth
Meff Frame
Barclay’s
William Arnold
Wilding
Pope’s Head
Cornhill
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Pott
France
St. James’s
Vernon
James Vernon
Joseph Butler
Bristol
Bow Church
Cheapside
Royal Society
Crane-Court
Fleet-street
Hans Sloane
Pentack’s
Carpenter
Petre
Holland
John
Henry
Darby
Crab Island
Graham
Eton
Windsor
William Beauclerk
Duke of
Shepperd’s Bush
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
Colombine Courtezan
Covent Garden
King Richard the Second
Proserpine
London Bridge
Bath
Red Lion and Coach and
High Holbourn
John Tea
Garraway
Duey
Henry Cavey
Beverly
Yorkshire
Mercer and
Daper
Ayl
Deceas
Bull Head
N.B
WilLiam Wigan
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