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World News Chronicle From 1730 Seville Talks And Maritime News
From Saturday to Tuesday in November 1730 a long dispatch details arrivals and mail routes. Reports note British pacquets bringing multiple mails to Port St Adary and Deber, with ships ready for a Cadiz voyage. Vienna notes measures to boost imperial forces by 30 800 men if Seville talks fail. Cadiz reports a fever called black vomit and rain easing. Commerce pleads for shares of Flora fruits in the king’s warehouse amid indulto delays. Rome reports accommodation accords with Portugal and Cardinal promotion hopes. Venice cites Ottoman war talk and Signor leadership. Vienna notes expected diplomatic missions to negotiate Seville matters, with Poland’s treaty and Prussia letters. Paris mentions Dunkirk demolition and harbor works. A French pamphlet proposes two temperaments to influence the emperor over Italian estates and succession, while Saxony levies 16 000 troops. A Spanish ambassador may soon visit to press accommodation.