Persia Alliance Hinted By Grand Vizir Gifts and Ports
Yesterday the mail from Holland reports unrest in Persia with Kouli Khan’s ambassador negotiating with the Porte. Presents to the Grand Signor include a 708-karat diamond and seven camels for the women of the Seraglio, while troops are not being sent to Asia. The Porte strengthens armaments at sea as Hungary frontier mobilizes. Also: Naples ships artillery and Tunis privateers threaten Mediterranean trade. Austrian camp reports Prussian movements in Silesia and Ottoman measures near the Gulf. Venice plans continental troop increases amid Dalmatian rumors of Turkish moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Thomas Kouli
Kan
Porte
Asia
Hungary
Naples
Constantinople
Seraglio
Leghorn
Fune
Felucca
Marseilles
Toulon
Provence
Tunis
Corsica
Bulilau
Silesia
Friedewalde
Otmachow
Grottkau
Hermsdorff
Funes
Graukau
Friedéwalde
Mogwitz
Outward-bound Vessels Pass Gravesend June 22
Shipping news notes arrivals at Gravesend including the Fame Harris Stiglian Merchant Carteret Leghorn Templer Vernon White and Bromley Dowding from Barbadose and others from Virginia New England St Kitts Riga and Oporto. Pass'd by the Augusta Brook Hannah Adventure Sea Horse Randall Batchelor and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Fune
Mary
Charlotte
Augusta
Brook
Hannah
Barns
Adventure
Harrison
Randall
Batchelor
Woodrope
Virginia
Fox
Vaughan
New England
Penelope
Honour
St. Kitt’s
Thendeavour
Dunbar
Carthagena
Hemmington
Wakeham
Jamaica
Townsend
Booth
Ellis
Swan
Richardson
Jesus College
Cambridge
St. Clement’s
John Norris
Spithead
Barbadoes
Princess of Wales
Brackenbridge
Bristol
Scarborough
Antigua
Lively
Pembroke
Cork
England
Harris
Fame
Capt
White
Vernon
Dover
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Cape St. Vincent
Haddock
St. Albans
Sarah Scot
Southwark
Harvey Acton
Maid-Lane
Oporto
Hambourg
Dunkirk
Maryland
Portugal
Calais
New York
Dublin
Prussia Vienna conflict and ports news from London letters
London letters report Prussian minister’s firm stance on Vienna’s policy and fresh royal instructions following Belle-Isle declarations. Notices detail deaths, appointments, naval losses, vessel movements to Jamaica, Barbadoes, and Carthagena, plus local incidents and trade data from Oporto to Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N.S
Vienna
Empire
Marshal de Belle-Isle
Francfort
Clement of
Bavaria
Ferdinand
Sultzbach
Nantes
Louis Erasmus
Laville Quesnel
Carracca
Spanish West Indies
Europe
Petersoourg
Helsingford
Hambourg
Hyndford
Ginckel
Pruffia
Britannick
Silesia
Market Summary of Government and Bank Securities
Yesterday’s prices show South Sea Annuities and New South Sea Annuities firm around 112 to 111 with minor fractions. Bank stock, Indian issues, Three Per Cent Annuities, and Exchequer Orders are quoted with varied premiums and discounts. Adventurers Shares and Emperor’s Loan appear at indicated figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Ditta
Prem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holland
Stielén
Agarian Hussars
Venice
Funé
Republick
Dalmatia
Albania
Bosnia
Servia
PORT
NEWS
Chamber of London
Thomas Verner
Haberdasher
William Finch
Leatherfeller
Thomas Cook
Mercer
Charles Egerton
John Peck
Dyer
Hampshire
Norton Powlet
Esys
Petersfield
Yorkshire
New Inn
Bromley Street
Holbourn
Thomas Browne
St. Johns’s College
London Bridge
Royal Exchange
Craig’s Court
Charing-Cross
Great Britain
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