Mediation Crumbles as Courts Plot Corsica Deal
Reports from Paris and Vienna describe European diplomacy fraying as Britain and the Dutch ambassadors abandon mediation efforts. News notes royal plans to cede Corsica to the King of the Two Sicilies pending Spain’s treaty entry, with Venice sending a deputation to Tuscany and Tyrolean gifts offered. Military and church matters dominate, including a council of war and debates over the Bull Unigenitus amid university governance. Russian troop movements in Poland spark curb expectations before Botta’s arrival in Petersburg. Ships and goods carry various consignments to Virginia, Barbary, Smyrna, and Cadiz.
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Constantinople
Everard Fawkener
M. Kalkoen
Alodias
Kffes
House of Medicia
Spain
Tyroleze
Wallis
Count Néenperg
Courc
Bannat of
Temeswar
Paris
Calvaire
Els XIV
Ek Dantzick
Hungary
Poland
Marques de Botta
Petersbourg
Empress of Ruffia
Port News List of Ships and Destinations
A long catalog of ships and captains sailing to various ports including Cadiz Lisbon Maryland Jamaica Barbadoes Montserrat Nevis Antigua Alicant New England Cork Rochelle Gurnsey Madeira Havré and related vessels such as Europa William and Lucy Batchelor's Adventure Wisbech St Lewis Mould Newtes Queen Esther ExpeditIon Virtuous Grace Jolly Betty Ellis Alexander George Priscilla Volunteer Banner James Kirwan Gloucester Codrington Borraston Frances William Olive Branch Expedition Union Haslemere Don Carlos Sarah Christopher Boothby Jane and others with their captains and routes.
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Deal
Fan
The
Downs
Indias
Europa
Wilson
Gurney
William
Lucy
Taylor
Batchelor’s
Adventure
Price
Wisbech
Hood
St. Lewis
Brownell
Mould
Hamilton
Newtes
Brooks
Slade
Cadiz
Thomas and Rachael
Wilberfofs
Nancy
Locket
George
Dabuz
Blefsing
Mann
Hardwicke
Offering
Henry
Mary
Dawley
Lisbon
Watson
Gibraltar
Virtuous Grace
Jolly
Betty
Johnson
Maryland
Ellis
Nown
Alexander
Platere
Jamaica
Sharp
Priscilla
Smith
Barbadoes
Banner
James
Kir
Haslemere
Webster
Madeira
Don Carlos
Clark
Canaries
Sarah
Greed
Christopher
Boothby
Havré
Jane
Storm Night and Corsica News Report From London
London dispatches recount a violent thunderstorm near Choisy and storms flooding vessels. Corsican unrest grows as rebels burn homesteads, threaten wider resistance, and Genoese rule faces renewed challenge amid rumors of a Spanish-backed cantonal shift. Local trials include a liquor-case condemnation and petty crime notes alongside obituaries and theatre listings.
Market quotes and bond prices from 18th century notes
The document lists closing and opening prices for South Sea Stock, New South Sea Annuities, Bank shares, Royal Exchange Assurance, and various government and private securities. It records fractions and premiums, including Per Cent, Exchequer Orders, and India ditto, with references to premia and dividends. Details are fragmented across numerous financial instruments and denominations.
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South Sea
Sotutia Sea
New South Sea
Bank
Bank Circulacion
Prem
Indiana Price
Royal Exchange Assurance
Flint
London
Uitto
Gopper
India
Ditto
Salt Talies S
Ditta
Mine Adventure
Kaiperos
Exchequer
Dicto
For Sale by the Candle Marine Coffee-House Birchin Lane
A sale notice from the Marine Coffee-House Birchin Lane announces goods to be sold this day at five o clock afternoon. Fifty bales of coffee, twenty chests of camphire, previously sold in September, plus twenty six bags and mattes of private trade, and fifty serons Caracca cacao nuts, lie in East-India and South-Sea Company warehouses. Catalogues available at John's Swiftsin Alley and at the sale site. Peter Croun Sworn Broker handles the sale. Coffee may be viewed from morning until sale.
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Marine
Birchin-Lane
Heathccare
East-India
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London Bridge
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