First Convoy From Barcelona Sails Before Storm
Paris reports that 104 vessels with 17000 troops and war materials sailed from Barcelona on the 3rd, dispersed by a violent storm, then regrouped off Italy. Transports to return for more troops. Spain aims to reclaim Tuscan lands while promising mediation. Baron Hardenberg becomes British envoy. Prague siege preparations rise as Bohemia mobilizes.
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Barcelona
Provence
Languedoc
Toulon
Marseilles
Italy
Spain
Tuscany
Cardinal de Fleury
Dutchy
Duke of
Lorrain
France
Bavaria
Saxony
Joe
Mortel
Baron Hardenberg
Hanover
Great Britain
Francfort
Nurenberg
Bohemia
Prague
Marshal de Bellisle
Hungary
House of Bourbon
Brussels
War Office
Port News: Ships Arrive at Portsmouth and Dover
In Portsmouth on Nov 29, Tartar Pink under Capt Townshend from Carolina arrives with Sarah and Elizabeth from Antigua. Suttle Howard sails to Liverpool but Biddeford and Seaflower stay. Lucitanta and Priscilla arrive from Barbados. At Dover on Nov 20 Charming Jenny Movat and Success Preston from Virginia and Hill Galley Gorman from Antigua reported.
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Portsmouth
Townshend
Carolina
Sarah
Elizabeth
Sackett
Antigua
Suttle
Howard
Liverpool
Biddeford
Seaflower
Lucitanta
Williams
Priscilla
Brown
Bar
Lincoln’s-Inn- Fields
Brampton Gordon
Sudbury
St. Edmond the King
Lombard Street
Denham
Middlesex
Whitney
Victory
Ireland
Capt
Meddley
Nassau
Lawrence Broderick
Mixbury
Oxford
Hip
Didcese
Battersea Fields
Thomas Norris
Newgate
Cos de Veil
Elizabeth Coy
Polly
Henry
Hawk
London
Carolina Bar
Charles Town
Jamaica
Cuba
Hague Letter Covers Peace Skepticism and Naval News
From the Hague a Parisian style report notes Baron de Reisbach quashing claims of a peace with Hungary. It cites a Prussian rescript denying any treaty and adds details on migrations, Gibraltar provisioning, and fleet movements. Local notices include marriages, deaths, and thefts in England with brief official appointments and a fire in a tobacco shop cellar.
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Hague
Baron de Reisbach
Hungary
Prussia
Hanover
Marquess de St. Giles
States General
South Sea Stack and Annuities Market Report
Market brief notes South Sea Stack values and National bond prices. Entries include South Sea Annuities 112 to 1, New South Sea Annuities 112 half to 8ths, India stocks around 102 half, Three per Cent Annuities at 101 ½, Royal Exchange Assurance, Haglith Copper, Idia Bonds, Prem. Seven per Cent Loans, Exchequer Orders at 13 quarters, and Lottery Tickets priced from 1s 14d to 185.
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South Sea
Roy Tal
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Witte Jr
Haglith
Idia
Dale
Prem
Ersr
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Paris
Gravesend
Ramsey
Mary
Patuxen
Herbert
Hill
Dublin
Deal
Pembroke
Gwyn
Virginia
Aiiley
Allen
Lisbon
M‘hugh
Walter Galley
Stewart
Maryland
South Sea Castle
Barbadoes
Veale
Campion
Montferrat
Bridget
Kirwan
Betsey
Taverner
Ditto
Bristol
Vigour
Atwell
St. Christopher’s
Lawrance
Croswall
Charles
Harrimond
Charming Betty
Wetherbourn
Minorca
Clede
Port News
Paris D-La-Main
Hinton
Golden Eagle
Leghorn
Newfoundland
Gibraltar
Haddock
Port-Mahon
James’s Church
Clerkenwell
John Tennant
Craven Street
Mary Hanger
Tomas Parrat
Deceas
College of Physicians
Joseph Hanger
Huntingdon
London Gazette
St. James’s
Benjamin Earl Fitz Walter
Essex
William Fortescue
Rolls
John Christopher Balthazer Wagner
Tower Street
Daniel Luff
Love-Lane
Bishopsgate
Richard Allison
St. Mary le Bon
Daniel Gough
Chapman
John Smith
Lawrence Lane
Victualler and Chapman
Benjamin Lund
Benjamin Bolton
Chester
Flaxdreflex and Chapman
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Dovasre
Goodman’s Fields
Richard the Third
London Bridge
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