Prussia-Affected News From France and War Developments
A lengthy Franco-Austrian dispatch reports Don Cassacks incursions near Precop, Turkish lines reestablished, 5000 Asian troops retrenchments, and ongoing expectations of reinforcement. Veldt-Marshal Count Lard aims for Temaron with artillery flotilla, cavalry marches along the Sea of Asaph, while Count Setkendor prepares the army. Prince Maximilian of Heffe-Cassel arrives, fortifications discussed, and a foreign minister may visit. A letter from Ratifoon notes Fort Khek disputes, with Van der Bourg asserting permissible fortification works along the Rhine and praising cooperative aims. A gaming lottery discussion concludes with claims of advantage over a prior year, amid wider public complaints and monetary calculations.
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Don
Precop
Desente
Asia
Count Lard
Isle of
Temaron
Sea of Asaph
Vienna
Count Setkéndor
Maximilian of Heffe-Caffel
Hungary
Prince de Saxe
du Bourg
Alsace
Fort Khek
Fort Piles
Ui M.mhal
Fest Khel
Rhine
Fort Khel
Lottery Disappointment and Public Notices in London
The column laments a defective lottery plan costing Adventurers 2 percent and warns of losses. It notes social tidbits from Genoa to Paris, Corsica iron finds, court appointments, marriages, and obituaries, with local crime and commerce updates in a dense 18th century London page.
Port New Deal and Wind at Gravesend May 28
Shipping notices list vessels arriving and sailing from Hamburgh Lisbon Cadiz Seville Leghorn Ancona Riga Amsterdam and Gravesend. The Dragon Bel Industry Mary Neptune Neptune Peppercorn and others from Leghorn Amsterdam Riga and Ancona are noted with captains and routes. Sailing wind conditions and port arrivals appear in the May 27 to May 28 window.
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New Deal
Downs
Packer
Yates
Leghorn
Barnby
Ancona
Restoration
Wood
Riga
Providence
Richardson
Amsterdam
South Sea Stock and Annuities Market Snapshot
Saturday figures show South Sea Stock at 292 5 Rths and Annuities at 111 with new South Sea Annuities at 112 3 qrs. Bark at 147 1qr and New Bank Circulation at 31. Prem. India sg zt half. Three per Cent Annuities 106 3 qrs. Royal Exchange Assurance 121qr. London ditto 14.9 8ths. Afric 1g. English Copper 21.528. South Sea Bonds 41., 25. Ppe India ditto 71. ts. ditto. Sale Tallies to 44 half diera, Mine Adventure Shares 61. Emperor's Loan 116 .3 half. Threes half per Cent Exchequer Orders 7 1 half per Cent. Prem. Three per Cent, ditto 3 1 Sth per Cent. dicedy Oj.
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South Sea
New South Sea
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Mine Adventure
Exchequer
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