Mysteries of Corsica and Moorish Conflicts Abroad
Reports from 18th century dispatches note ongoing disputes in Morocco between Muley Abdallah and Muley Lambka, with rains improving harvests. Corsican hostages are released as French forces organize levies, while Dutch shipping rises in Genoa. Baltic and Atlantic passages relay cautious European military movements and privateering activity near Portugal and Spain. A London to Falmouth wind sequence records December arrivals from Lisbon, Maryland, and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Muley-Abdallah
Gainey
Muley-Lambka
Genoa
Portugal
Rome
Settubal
Bastia
Touloin
Royal Regiment of
Corsica
Marquess de Maillebois
Warsaw
Lauczew
Podolia
Munich
Palatine
Saadomir
Port News Early December at Liverpool and Deal
Port notices from Liverpool report the Pootten Merchant Good from Virginia and the Hopewell Wife from Newfoundland arriving on December 9 and 10 respectively. Several outward-bound ships have failed to depart and others are preparing to sail as of December 11.
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Port News
Liverpool
Arriv
Good
Virginia
Pool
Hopewell
Newfoundland
Deal
London Dispatches Describe European Diplomacy and Naval Appointments
London letters report a bright Court and minor unsettlements over Spain and Britain. Couriers from Madrid, talks with Fleury, and possible armaments for the West Indies amid a looming accommodation proposal. Scipio fire-ship in commission and new MPs sworn in. Privateers take Neptune and Providence. theater bills list Othello and The Recruiting Officer.
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Spain
Great Britain
Europe
Madrid
Cardinal de Fleury
Prince de Lichtenstein
Count de Caylus
M. van Hoey
Cardinnal de Fleury
France
Holland
Count de Cambis
West-Indies
Count de Teffin
Stockholm
Paris
Marquess de la Chetardie
Petersbourg
Russia
High Water at London Bridge Morning Time
High water reported at London Bridge twelve minutes after eight o clock in the morning with observable rise in river level and potential impact on local riverfront activities and crossings.
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London Bridge
Market summary of South Sea and related securities
Yesterday values for South Sea Stock and related securities include South Sea Stock at 68, South Sea Annuities at 110 half to 8ths, New South Sea Annuities at 110 5 Mths, Bank 140, Bank Circulation 21s 12d 6d, Prem India 159 1 qr, Three per Cent Annuities 100, Million Bank half, Royal Exchange Assurance 87 half, African 13s half, English Copper 2s 6d 6d, India dictto 11s, Prem Salt Tallies half 6.% 1-gr.-dirco, Mine Adventure Shares 31 105, Seven per Cent Emperor's Loan 10 3 qrs, Five per Cent dicta ggrqr, Three-half per Cent Exchequer Orders x qr per Cent, Pren per Cent ditto 4 half per Cent, Disc Loctery Teel 175.
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South Sea
New South Sea
Prem India
Royal Exchange
London
India
Dirco
Mail to Bristol Robbery Report Groundless
General Post Office notes an information given to the Post-Master General about a mail going to Bristol being robbed between Hounslow and Maidenhead. Public notice states the report appears to be entirely groundless and without basis.
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General Post Office
Bristol
Hounslow
Maidenhead
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Santa Cruz
Barbary
Country News
Newcastle
Kirby-Stephen
Westmoreland
Philip Whitehead
Excise
Mary Warckopp
Gloucester
Tewksbury
Shrewsbury
Versailles
Board of Admiralty
Campbell
le Crofs
Augustus Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
House of Commons
Thetford -Ip- Norfolk
Edmund Bacon
Deceas
Samuel Yates
Clowne
County of Derby
Litchfield and
Coventry
Neptune
Lynn
Scandaroon
Leghorn
Port Specia
Providence
Donavan
Naples
Lisbon
Majorca
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent Garden
J. D. Barburt
Marine
Birchin-Lane
John Bell
Garraway
Alley
Cornhill
Dyer
H-N
Thames-Street
Samarl Torin
Lombard Street
Jamaica
Ic Coftac
Pearson
R. Gosling
Fetter-Lane End
Fleet-Street
Epistelus
Extis Walker
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