Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Peace prospects and court notices in early 18th century Europe

Reports from Amsterdam and Paris detail Count Kingskey's swift departure for Petersburg to press peace with the Czar, while Swedish envoys travel to Finland to negotiate a suspension of arms. Dispatches note Prussian aims toward Courland and a broader North pacification. Contagion news from Tarascon to Marseilles, with quarantine warnings and improving conditions. Obituary and funeral scenes in London outline the deaths and burials of notable figures, including figures from the South Sea era, with state ceremonies and transfers of corpses planned.