War News From Europe and Colonial Posts
Yesterday's mail from Holland reports strategic moves across Europe. Prussia and Neuperg discuss possible peace or alliance while Bavarians rearm for Tyrol and Danube batteries threaten ships. The Vienna reports frontiers near Moravia and Bohemia in action with 10 000 Confederates near Sulcow and Bavarian artillery demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archangel
Bredahl
Cola
Neiss
Neuperg
Charg
Prussia
Baron Brackel
Little Grogan
General Neuperg
Lord Hindford
Count Neuperg
Gries
Moravia
Baroniat
Hussars
Milan
Tyroleze
Tyrol
Vienna
Ips
Danube
Silesia
Bohemia
Danizick
Poland
Sulcow
Breslau
Friedland
Ratifoon
Bavaria
Nuremberg
Hanover
Hamelon
Letter from Prefbourg urges Hungary nobles to resist Bavarian threat
London reports a dated anonymous letter from Prefbourg urging Hungary’s grandees not to oppose the Elector of Bavaria and allied rulers. It argues strong imperial and Austrian ties, warns of Bavarian and French superior forces, and cites Ferdinand’s Testamentary dispositions. Also notes swift royal movements to St James's, naval concerns, tea seizures, weddings, mayoral elections, deaths, and early 18th century trades and bankruptcies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prefbourg
Ireneus
Bavaria
Auchor
Hungary
Germany
Presbourg
Silesia
Ferdinand the
Austria
France
Europe
Charles Albert
Lyon
Charles Emanuel
Empire
PORT NEWS Deal Ott 19 Arrival of His Majesty's Ship Sophia
This morning arrived from Plymouth his Majesty's Ship the Sophia. The James Galley, Young, put back for Guinea. Gravesend Oct 19. Passed by the John and Sarah Terry from Norway, the Emanuel Johnson from Ditto, the Antwerp Packet Worthell from Middleborough, and the William Gill from Antigua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Plymouth
Sophia
James Galley
Young
Guiney
Gravesend
John
Sarah
Terry
Norway
Emanuel
Johnson
Ditto
Antwerp
Worthell
Middleborough
William, Gill
Antigua
High Water at London Bridge and Market Rates
High Water at London Bridge occurs 42 minutes after 8 in the morning. Market notes show South Sea stock and annuities moving, with New South Sea Annuities at 110 half to 5 8ths, and various bank and government securities quoted. A chancery description describes French carpetting for pareur grants to Ignatius Conran and partners, advertising a warehouse display of finer Worsted carpets in Princess Street Locabury and promising superior quality at lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
South Sea
Co Ss
Ignatius Conran
John Barford
William Moody
Princess Street
Locabury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holland
Petersburg, OG
Paris
Cardinal de Fleury
Leipzick
Cologne
Lifeon
Goa
Amsterdam
Marseilles
Toulon
Catalonia
M. de Court
Cadiz
Navarre
London
St. James’s
Helvoerfluys
Aldborough
Suffolk
Jay
Lord Percival
Brest
John Norris
Christopher’s Inn
Barnaby-street
Lloyd
Lincolnshire
Sally Gascoigne
Gascoigne
Black
Upfold
Hayter
Rose
Houndsditch
Petersbourg
Sweden
Jamaica
Dublin
Bankatupts
Joseph Cooper
Chatham
Kent
Edmund Archdeacon
King-Street
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Goodman’s Fields
Chard
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