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News items from Cadiz and Europe March 4 to March 13
Publihed by Authority. Cadiz February 22. Warships ready to sail to convoy ships to Caragues Porto Ricco Auvane and Carthagena. A detachment of 9 men per company placed aboard the ships. The Flora departure to New Spain announced. merchants request more galleons to aid cargo. The Senatus Conflium discusses circular letters for provincial diets and responses to invitations to the Congress at Brunswick. Dantzick March 5. Russian commodore detains Dutch ships and prepares to sail frigates from Revel. Czar demands horses from Courland and corn to Riga magazines. Vienna March 6. Porte ambassador seeks land return with a small retinue. Count Virmond’s arrival delays decision. Mentz March 6. Alsace placard orders mint use and bank notes. Royal magazines to stock two years. Hamburg March 8. King of Denmark expected at Gottorp before Easter. Congress near with Danish Saxon Prussian and Hanoverian ambassadors. Gopenhagen March 12. Ruffian ambassador reports Swedes seized Polish ships. 800 Swedes attacked by Muscovites, 250 captured. Berne March 13. Two hundred council chases deputies to reconcile with Bishop of Porrentru?. Zurich envoy in Fribourg for church disputes. Frague March 19-22. Earl of Cadogan signs treaty admission of Sardinia to London Treaty. baggage sent to Berlin. Paris. King issues decree to lower the price of goods and reform currency. abolish gold specie. convert crowns and restrict gold holding after May. penalties for hoarding gold for India Company profits.