Public Dinners Mark the Queen’s Pregnancy Claim
Naples reports the king dined publicly on Aug 9 and proclaimed the queen’s pregnancy. Troops across the kingdom are ordered to review and ready to march if needed, with a force destined for an expedition against Tuscany, location undecided. News from Rome notes papal exhortations to Bavarian Elector and other princes to support imperial tranquility, amid skepticism about compliance. Reports from Cadiz, Madrid, and Hamburg detail voyages, conventions, and troop movements as Europe heads toward broader conflict.
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Tuscany
Rome
Bavaria
Holy Father
Paquin
St. Ildefonso
Duke de Montemar
Madrid
Catalonia
Barcelona
Cadiz
Marquess de Villarias
Count de Montijo
Paris
Poland
Saxony
Germany
Hanover
Copenhagen
Lintzbourg
Hungary
Port News Arrivals and Incoming Vessels Reported
Deal and Dover telegrams list His Majesty ships Lyme Aldborough Drake Sloop Lady Elizabeth Phanning Dolphin and Swift plus William and Mary Watch, several homeward ships. Dover reports Susanna Welland Hope Navare Union Ashteed Elizabeth from Jamaica and Oporto arrivals. Gravesend notes Samuel and James St Francisco from Greenland.
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Deal
His Majesty
Lyme
Aldborough
Drake
Lady Elizabeth
Phanning
Dolphin
Smith
Portsmouth
Arriv
His
Swift
William and Mary Watch
Dover
Susanna
Welland
Chester
Hope
Ellison
Gottenburgh
London
Navare
Larresque
Teneriff
Dunkirk
Union
Sandwell
Ashteed
Lowder
Elizabeth
Jefferies
Jamaica
Ashby
Wheeler
Oporto
Gravesend
Samuel and James
Cartier
Greenland
St.Francisco
Gafper
Unclear Names From Northern Ships List
From Faro the Ebenezar, Rymes from North Bergen, the St. Peter Webster and the Potentia Peterson, both from Norway.
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Faro
Ebenezar
Rymes
North Bergen
St. Peter
Webster
Potentia
Peterson
Norway
Regiments for Jamaica Embarkation and Local London Notices
London news lists Jamaica regiment orders to embark on transports Lord Mayor Lambert announces Thames fishery Afize limits and penalties. Reports include governor succession in Barbados Byng, deaths of Dawes Simpson and Eaglestone, seizures at Rotherhithe, and prize captures at Spithead with Nassau and Argyll. Also notes high water at London Bridge and enforcement of fishery laws in Thames and Medway areas.
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Jamaica
Thomas Robinson
Excise
Byng
Barbadoes
Ormskirk
Lancashire
Thomas Dawes
Aga Ains
Terits
Temple
Simpson
Sir William Simpson
Long-Acre
Eaglestone
Princessla
High Court of Admiralty
Rotherhithe
Keil
Office of Excise
Grandell
St. John’s Street
Westminster
St. James’s Park
Virginia
Streights
Pensylvania
London Gazette
Whitehall
Medley
Nassau
Vivero
Martin
Spithead
Port Passage
Carthagena
Harrison
Oporto
Daniel Lambert
City of London
Thames
Medway
George
Fishermens Company
River of Thames
Lunda
Keftminster
Lac
Financial quote list from South Sea era market items
Yesterday market quotes show South Sea Stack at 1023 qrs to 103 to 1027 Sths while South Sea Annuities and New South Sea Annuities trade around 110 to 1121 8th to qr. Bank values around 1411 half with Bank Circulation 61. India bonds at 31 19s to 41.15. Exchequer and imperial loan prices noted with various per cent rates and discounts.
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New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Ditto
To be LETT near Inns of Court at Gracechurch Street
A good house recently repaired with a stout gellar and vault and convenient offices for a coffee house or eating house. Enquiries to Mr Thomas Hushes linen-draper at the Lion and Lamb in Gracechurch Street four doors below the Three Tun Tavern.
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Queen’s‘Square
Ormond Street
Inns of Court
Thomas Hushes
Linnen-draper
Lion and Lamb
Gracechurch-Street
Three Tun
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Naples
Port News
William Sappin
Abington
Berks
Eleazer Ashton
Wakefield
County of
York
London Bridge
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