Parliamentary Debate on Army Estimates and Bank Secrecy Committee
In the House of Commons on Wednesday November 15 Lord Enchigain and Mr Brooks took oaths and seats. The Speaker announced the Army Estimates would be considered next Monday. Pitt moved a Committee of Secrecy to review bank restrictions, with Belgrave replacing a vacated member. The Budget was postponed to Friday night and discussions covered naval seamen numbers, economy, and maintaining Britain’s wartime strength.
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House of Commons
Lord Enchigain
Mr. Brooks
Pitt
St. James’s
Bank OF England
Banky
Yary
Goom
Chomas
Powis
Tierney
John Sinclair
Pett
Haishing
Arden
Miajesty
Huffey
Pit
Treaty Udina sparks Cis-Rhenane fall and Vienna faction
London dispatches describe the Udina treaty triggering the dissolution of the Cis-Rhenane Republic, amid Vienna’s Neapolitan faction dominance. Reports note Prussia’s King recovering, French naval letters, and moves toward Hanover. Other items include court entertainments, naval appointments, and a Bristol prison incident.
Resolution on Seamen Wages and Supplies Adopted
The resolution approved payments to seamen including wages at 375 per month and victualling at 38s per month for 13 months, wear and tear for ships at 3s per month, ordnance at 5s per man per month, and transports and maintenance of prisoners of war for 1708. The measures were ordered to be reported tomorrow and the session adjourned.
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Lord Arden
Mara in Love in a Ubaie at Covent Garden Theatre
A review condemns Madame Mar a for appearing as Rofilta in Love in a Ubaie at Covent Garden. The piece mocks the performance as ludicrous and a violation of decorum, criticizing foreign casting in a native English role while praising her singing and charm.
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Madame Mara
Polly
Rosetta
Health of His Majesty and German political shifts
Private correspondence from Burlin November 1 notes His Majesty's precarious health and looming dissolution. It highlights cabinet instability, predicted reforms, and concerns over the Cis Rhenane Republic, Malan invitations, and French government actions affecting Germany and Poland.
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Burlin
Cis Rhenane Republis
Malan
Directory
Germany
Poland
Venice and Adriatic Trade After Republic Dissolution
Oct. 20 dispatch notes Venice no longer a state, its lands divided between the Emperor, the French and the Cis-Alpine Republic. Population about 150,000 in Venice, Trieste booming as Adriatic gateway, French control of Corfu to Zante enhancing Levant trade, Cis-Alpine population around 4 to 5 million. Venice now second to Vienna in empire wealth and size among Italian realms.
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Adina
Europe
Vienna
Trieste
Adriatic
Htria
Adriatic Sea
Corfu
Cephalonia
Zante
Naples
Sicily
Var
Revolutions Near the Rhine Signal New Era in Confederation
In Coblentz on Oct 29 reports say Austria and France have completed talks that influence the Cis-Rhenane Republic. The ancient Electoral Regency is expected to resume its functions soon as Revolutionists gain footholds along the Rhine. Joy spreads among the French, with Bonn described as the birth of a new era for liberty, though it may soon fade.
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Austria
France
Rhine
Cis-Rhenane
Bonn
Ship News Portsmouth Arrivals From Brest Fleet Refit Orders
The Portsmouth ship news reports ships from Brest under Admiral Lore Brpros ir refitting. His Majesty's ships London Royal George Duke Impstueux Stag and Incendiary are to be reinforced on the coast of Ireland for winter. The Centaur and Montague with 74 guns depart for St Helen's. The Grand Falconer has set sail but details are unclear.
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Lore Brrpros Ir
London
Royal George
Duke
Impstueux
Stag
Incendiary
Irelaid
Centaur
Montague
St . Helen's
Gopssin
Naval Dispatches and Mutinous Talk Amid Baltic Action
Tuesday evening a Naval Officer set off for Falmouth with dispatches for Bart St V in Cen a Mr Joan Scorris appointed Purser of Formidable 98 guns Captain Monckton and Secretary to Vice Admiral Sir Duarttes Tuomeson. The corpse of Admiral de Reintyres sent to the Nore for Holland. Knight Banneret dignity conferred by the King on Captain Trottore precedes other nobility. Captain Drury praised for his leadership. mutinous quarrel with Dutch forces ends when discipline restored and cheers upheld. Cattle fairs in Chelmsford and Epping see high prices and strong demand amidst crowded markets.
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Bart St. V
CEN
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Formidable
Monckton
Duarttes Tuomeson
de Reintyres
Nore
Holland
Banneret
Trottore
England
Scotland
Ireland
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Drury
Powerful
Daury
Davey
Chelmsford
Epping
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