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Various international dispatches echoing European affairs
Yesterday brought two Halland mails and a French ship to port. News from Madrid reports Dutch ambassador van der Meer pressing for free trade in British and French ports and seeking admittance for French consuls, while flotilla effects remain unresolved. Rome notes prayers for the Pretender and a request for funds. Vienna outlines treaties and preparations for Aix la Chapelle. Brussels mentions Spanish guards recruits, and Antwerp reports a large French camp near Mons. The Thetis and Venus capture numerous interlopers, sugar, and other cargo. Petersburg plans entail a mile of post riders, while Edinburgh chronicles Wade inspecting fortifications and a fatal fire in Calton. An Oxford court trial convicts Joan Oliver for infant murder, and an earthquake is felt. the King’s accession anniversary is observed.