Edicts from the Czar Restore Wealth to Clergy
From Paris to Madrid and Petersbourg details of late Czarist edicts aim to tax clergy production, raising about 1,500,000 rubles for the treasury. The Czar favors Petersburg for residence to safeguard marine and commerce gains, a library move and new woollen manufacture promise foreign advantages, while Spanish and Portuguese dispatches note galleon indulto uncertainties and court preparations.
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Petersbourg
Constantinople
D. Petersbourg
Academy of Arts and Sciences
Europe
Moscow
Olonitz
Spain
Madrid
Cadiz
Lisbon
Elvas
M. Goffelin
Diep
Roan
Pont de l’Arche
M. Grimaldi
Republick of
Genoa
London
New Brisac
Marquess de Lande
Marquess de Brancas
Last Night Arrived Two Mails From Holland Vienna 1723
Long despatches from Vienna recount Ottoman peace promises while reports from Constantinople hint at war preparations. Notices from Brabant discuss a truce project via Versailles with Cardinal de Fleury. Ship arrivals include Hano ver Packet Boat to Lisbon and several vessels homeward to Pool and London. Royal events: Prince of Wales and lineage attend theatre. Lord Chancellor grants patent. Parliament summons. Local notables, wages, naval offices, and charity sermons referenced.
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M Dierling
Constantinople
Poland
France
Vienna
Hague
Brabant
Spain
Versailles
Cardinal de Fleury
Duke of Bournonville
Falmouth
London
South Carolina
Joseph Gough
Hanover
Osborn
Lisbon
Cook
Streights
Pool
Randal
Cork
George
Joseph
Elizabeth
Ireland
William
Anne
Guernsey
Susanna
Speedwell
Newfoundland
Plymouth
Catharine
William Dean
Robert Saunderson
Maryland
Robert and
Mary
Robert Mills
Seville
Sonnestern
Amsterdam
Peter Meffelear
Africa
Cape Bon Esperance
Chester
Piggot
Richmond Park
Earl of Tankerville
Chapel Royal
St. James’s
Prince of Wales
Theatre Royal
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Dioclesian
Prince Frederick
Earl of Chester
Ockham
Guildhall
St. Laurence’s Church
Kendrick Edisbury
Richard Burton
Deceas
Edisbury
Wm. Prescott
Great Britain
Diamond
Lyon
Greyhound
Fielding
Hill
Salisbury
Justice Price
Gorge
St. Dunstan’s
Bath and Wells
Bone
Inner- Temple
Hicks’s Hall
Westminster
Joseph Holloway
St. James’s Church
Mr. Henley
Sears
South Sea Anneay
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Il Ditto
London Assurance
York
Welch
South Sea
Ditto
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the Daily Post
Toulon
Tripoli
Isles
Hyeres
Chevalier de Sabrian
Holland
Tis Majesty’s Company of Comedians
Drury-lane
Duke of Buckingham
Don John
Wilks
Don Frederick
Mills
Don Aconic
Miller
Duke
Bridgewater
Petruchio
Wm. Mills
Peter
Harper
Anthony
Norris
James Pigot
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