14 Mar 1737
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 14, 1737
Page
1
A London letter urges East India Company proprietors to select directors with integrity and virtue. It warns against self serving candidates, praises honest, disinterested leaders, and argues poor choices threaten widows and orphans’ fortunes. It presents a hypothetical servant tempted by private trade and underscores accountability of shareholders.
The Grand Vizir replies to Count Konigsegg’s December letter, defending amity with the Imperial Court and urging renewed harmony between the Ottoman Porte and the Roman Empire as a core aim. He claims Russia breached alliances, argues for continued peace, and notes the Emperor’s public claim of peace with France Spain and Sardinia amid ongoing Paris discussions. News also reports Duke Regnant of Württemberg’s sudden death on March 12.
Maritime notices list prices and vessels in the Downs on March 11 with multiple ships named for destinations such as Bristol Barbadoes and Cadiz. Arrivals include George from the Canaries and Lee from Seville, with cargo or crew movements noted.
Reports from Corfica show Genoese alarm as Male contents raid Bastia gates and supply catlalin ships with provisions. In London, Parliament writs summon the Archbishop of Canterbury. Pick of Clare Hall gains the Essex London rectory while Ward elections in Candlewick Ward proceed. Plymouth reports a mansion house fire at Manistow, destroying much with losses, while Loyalists remain pledged to the Crown.
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