Trade news and war updates from Europe and West Indies
The Hague and London notices report German and Spanish moves as 800 Spaniards seize Passage and Fontarabia while French garrison leaves a castle. Czarist and Prussian diplomacy unfold with Counts Kinski and Fleming heading to Petersburg and Berlin. The South Sea Company discusses paring debts, restitutions, and a dividend of 31 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence in stock, plus plans for Greenland trade exploration and Royal George voyage preparations.