Marriage delays and Turkish fortifications at frontiers
Dankick February reports ongoing delays to the marriage of the Prince of Beveren and the Princess of Mecklenbourg and notes Turkish fortifications near Bender along the Niester. Count Chalconi presses for Swabian rights at the Diet, while Elector Palatine enforces a strict edict in the Palatinate. London dispatches describe Corsican activity, Vatican conflicts, Parliament in gridlock, legal appointments, and urban policing efforts alongside court sessions and local incidents.
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Beveren
Mecklenbourg
Bender
Niester
Czarina
Ratisbon
Chalconi
Suabia
Diet
Swabia
Schaffhausen
Vienna
Manheim
Elector of
Warsaw
France
Stanislaus
Poland
Port News Briefs From Gravesend and Deal
Port and harbor notices report arrivals at Deal and Gravesend on February 23 and 24. Vessels include Salisbury from Seville and Prince of Orange with Rotterdam cargo, Sally Williamson from Havre, Endeavour from Oporto, and Prince Augustus from Carolina. Ships show wind around five and a half to six knots.
Financial market quotes and security prices from South Sea stock and bonds
Yesterday's list shows South Sea Stock at 3 qrs without dividend, South Sea Annuities around 113, New South Sea Annuities 1121, Std. Bank 150, Royal Exchange Assurance 108, London ditto 14, India premiums 1991 half, Three per Cent Annuities at 105 5 qr, Africa stock, English Corporation 2t. 12s, South Sea Bonds at 4, Emperor's Loan half cover, Exchequer Orders 61 half, per Cent premiums, and Three per Cent Exchequer Orders 5s to 3 qrs with similar terms.
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South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange
London
Prem
Ditro
Exchequer
Ditto
Publication plan for Maitland City History in Napier format
Notice to subscribers of William Maitland's History of London and Westminster outlines press delays and a plan to publish in Napier format at sixpence per copy on blue paper. It invites subscribers to enter names and addresses at designated London places and states that numbers will be delivered as pages are printed, with early March the expected first issue.
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Pavis
Arras
Trump
Arret
Chauvelin
Glamorganshire
Charles Talbot
Henfol
Herbert Mackworth
Heath
John Fletcher
Queen’s, College
Earl of
Flint
Chester
Henry Bradley
Brazen- Nose College
University of Oxford
Manby
Ligeéoln
Squire Payne
Lincoln
Barnack
Northampton
Peterborough
Winwick
House of Commons
London
Westminster
England
His Majesty's Company of Comedians
Harper
Theatre-Royal
Drury-Lane
Alsatia
William Belfond
M.a.r
Edward Belfond
Quin
Cibber
Belfond
Milward
Truemyn
Efte
Mack
William Mait
Buch
Wagcorn
House of Lords
Poultry
N. B
Catriét
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Dankick
Leghorn
Corsica
Vescovato
MM. Rivarola
Hland
Republick of
Genoa
Bastia
Spain
Paris
Council of
Castile
Fulk
Holy See
Rome
Admiralty
Edward Johnason
Nicholas’' Williams
Benjamin Hawes
Newgate
Theatre Royal
Covent-Garden
Justin
Theatre -Royal
Lincoln’s - Inn - Fields
Flora
London Bridge
Port News
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