International Movements and Dutch War Talks in Late November
Reports from Nov 19 to Dec 8 detail Genoa seeking French and British support with conditions, Prussia pressuring Empress to Breslau treaty, Admirals and Lobkowitz dispatches, and troop movements across Europe. Bohemia fortifications, Silesia guard, and Hanoverian troops shift toward Austrian Netherlands. Sweden, Russia, Denmark pursue rebuilds and possible royal marriage as imperial and royal alliances loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenoa
Peterstoure
Baron Mardefeldt
Breslau
Senate
Silesia
Prussia
Turin
Nice
Mathewsthas Charg
Adrian Tick
Lobkowitz
Genoa
Republick
London
Fano
Rimini
Potts
Jena
Wenceslaus de Lichenstein
Bohemia
Franfort
Count de Montijo
Versailes
Madrid
Duffeld
Wimer
Dunkirk
Hagre
States General
Baron Sporcke
Montford
Monifotdte
Nuremberg
M.salaberi
Franconia
Frontfort
Stockholm
Marquess de la Chetardie
Abo
Petersburg
Alecarlia
Scania
Sweden
Revel
Denmark
Prince Royal
Holstein
Port News Item From Deal and Dover
Shipping news reports vessels sailing for the Westward including Monmouth Medway and Phenix with Dutch ships and outward-bound crews. Warminster Tural and Deptford store ship sail, Gosport Baltimore and Ursula Tender remain, wind east to northeast. Passages note Theophilus Leopard Sea Horse Samuel and Dove Bathfun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Monmouth
Medway
Phenix
Warminster
Tural
Madeira
Deptford
Gosport
Baltimore
N.E
Dover
Downs
Theophilus
Goddard
Zant
Graveford
Ellis
Stangate Creek
Leopard
Hardy
Botton
Sea Horse
Randal
Virginia
Samuel
Dove
Cheeseman
Oporto
Bourdeaux
Ursula
London Journal: Government Actions and Shipments Noted
The Lords of the Treasury order accounting of tea duties to curb smuggling and prepare a bill this session. Changes in excise appointments follow health issues of Sir John Stanley. Tyler becomes Accomptant of Excise duties in London Brewery. East India Company directs Col. Dunbar to govern St Helena, preparing for voyage. A Barrister, Robert Menley, marries Miss Huband of Ipsley amid a fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Honourable House of Commons
St. James’s
Lords of the Treasury
Excise
Goldham
Customs
John Stanley
Afr
Stone
The
Tyler
Shepley
Stephen Penny
Ely
Mace
Scotland
East India Company
Col. Dunbar
St. Helena
Cefar
Coates
Robert Menley
Anthony Henley
Hampshire
Huband
Sir John Huband
Ipsley
Warwickshire
Bart
Ecclesiastical News and Local Incidents from Cheshire to Westminster
Letters from Cheshire note the death of Rev. James Bull and other clergy moves. Obituaries include Michael Merttins, a long-serving common councilman. News covers a Pembroke diocese dispensation, lottery prize results, a brickyard seizure, robberies in Deptford, a drowning postman near Watling Street, and a fatal accident in Cow Lane. Royal appointments grant a Westminster prebend and an engraver’s heraldic post. Bankruptcies listed: Michel, Ruggles, Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Ashen
James Bull
Chester
Michael Merttins
Bridge
George Merttins
George Holcombe
Lord Viscount Torrington
Nath and Upton
Pembroke
St. David’s
Pulchrohan
Frizes
Mefi
Noon
Smith and Jenkins
Custom-House
Norris
Customs
Hart
Deptford
Peckham-Rye
Watling-Street
Hermitage Bridge
Sherbourn Lane
Sc.rohn’s Court
Cow- Lane
Goddard
Huband
Long- Lane
James
London Bridge High Water and Old Market Rates Summary
Fragmentary financial notice lists tidal timing at London Bridge 41 minutes after 7 in the afternoon on a Saturday. Includes figures for South Sea and New South Sea annuities, bank circulation, and various percentage rates such as three per cent, seven per cent, exchequer orders, and discount tickets. Mentions Royal Exchange and bond prices with prices in pounds, shillings, and pence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London-Bridge
New South Sea
Bank
Royal Exchange Allurance Spa
London
Inia Ponds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monbay
Holand
Flanders
London Gazette
Whitehall
Thomas Wilson
St. Peter
Westminster
Matthew Hutton
Senay
John Pine
Francis Michel
New Broad Street Buildings
Thomas Ruggles the Younger
Pocking
Essex
Stephen Jackson
Basingstoke
Southampton
Millener and Chapman
Joan Drvyoen
R. Tonson
Strand
N. B
Luis
Virgil
Juvenal
Dertins
Coum
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