Peace prospects in Europe and troop movements reported
Reports from Madrid Cadiz and Vienna June detail French and Ottoman diplomatic talks and a push for peace possibly ending the war. News notes Russian Polish intrigues and Swedish demands on Courland Allodials while Saxon regiments march to Hungary and Danish officers join the Imperial Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Sebastian de la Quadra
Don “Sebastian
France
Cadiz
Petersbourg
Baroni Dahhnan
Danme
Bender
Crim
Mistan
Fune
Russia
Heffe-Caffel
Heffe-Hombourg
Count Biron
Europe
Courland
Konigsberg
Memel
Stockholm
Sweden
Supreme Council
Duke of
Augustus of
Poland
Ferdinand
Vienna
Duke of Lorrain
Church of the Fathers
Order of St. Francis
Lanzendorff
Servia
Presbourg
Danube
Luxembourg
Hungary
Port News items and ship movements from Downs and Newfoundland
June 17 report lists vessels in the Downs and Newfoundland arrivals and departures. Notes distant names such as Nathanael Stovie, St. Anne, Sarah Lyon, and Pike from Topsham and Dunkirk, with wind directions east and southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port
Deal
Downs
Newfoundland
Torrington
Gibraltar
Hayre
Arriv
Pike
Topsham
Arid
Dunkirk
Descriptions of Vesuvius Eruption and Courtly Observations
London reports the eruption of Mount Vesuvius with torrents of flaming matter reaching the sea and consuming parts of La Torre Greco and surrounding districts, while a separate London letter notes courtly remarks on rulers’ humane conduct and a playful anecdote from Toplitz about Polish monarchs. The piece also lists upcoming Western Circuit judicial sessions, notable marriages and deaths, highwayman incidents, and a compilation of import exports and bankruptcies.
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London
Toplitz
Poland
Charles the Second
Louis le Grand
France
Cardinal de Fleury
Paris
Mount Vesuvius
Naples
de la Torre Greco
Ortogano
Somme
Tuscany
Florence
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Holland
Madrid
Ayrest
Drake
Wigram
Wesern
Justice Page
Mtr
Justice Fortescue
Aland
Southampton
Castle of Winton
Wilts
New Sarum
Dorser
Dorchester
Cornwall
Launiceston
City of Exon
Devon
Castle of Exon
Somerset
City of Wells
James Oglethorpe
Elys
South Carolina
Georgian
Peter Slingsby
County of
Essex
Dunmow
Elizabeth ‘Paulet
Joseph Paulet
Duke of Bolton
Thomas Freeman
Lyons Inn
St. Paul’s
Covent Garden
Arwin
Greek-street
Soho
Andrew Muir
Isaac Muir
Fry
Leatherhead
Surrey
Henstridge
John Ryder
Brincklow
Warwick
Litchfield
Coventry
Turpin
Sir Charles Turner
Lynn
Epping Forest
Norfolk
Charles’' Turner
Bird
Strand
Richmond
Barnes Common
Roehampton
John Campbell
Admiralty
Wimbleton
Wimbleton Common
Putney Bowling-Green
Scot
Kent
St. Mary, Magdalen
Bermondsey
Brenvik Vanderbeck
Cutter
Bank
New Hank
Undiaaki
Afiiomies
Royal Exchange Affiante i
Africa
India
Emperor’s. Loan
South Sea
South’ Sea
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