Vienna Envoy Arrives With Retinue at Schwechat
The Vienna envoy Zaid Effendi from the Grand Signor arrives with a 94-person retinue at Schwechat and will reside for months near Prince Oettingen's palace. Reports from Dresden Liege and Paris note military concentrations, cantoning around Louvain Mechlin and Vilvord, with thousands of troops forming magazines and bridges preserved at Maastricht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Zaid Effendi
Schwechat
Prince Oéetting
Dresden
Poland
Leipsick
Liege
Brussels
Regiment du Roy
Louvain
Tirlemont
d’Etrees
Ranit
Liers
Vilvord
Mechlin
Little Neethe
Antwerp
Marquis de Breze
Diest
Demer
Maestricht
St. Peter’s
Smermues
Trith
M. d’Etrees
Vifet
Hague
Prince of Orange
Breda
Utrecht
Whitehall
Duke of Newcastle
Hungary
Aix la Chapelle
Count Kaunitz
Harwich
War damage and intrigues ripple through Genoa region
War effects devastate Voltaggio and Orba with fires that destroyed 290 houses, a church, and a hospital. Marquis de Roqueline halts spread, seizing prisoners. Genoa awaits Aix la Chapelle results as bonds with Madrid and Naples face political maneuvering and hostilities across Europe.
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Hussars
Voltaggio
Nadafti
Orba
Marquis de Roqueline
Voltri
Republick
Aix la Chapelle
Tts
Genoa
Worms
Madrid
M. Macanas
Aranjuez
Duke de Huesca
France
Duke de Salas Montalegre
Naples
Edinburgh May 16 Lord Armiston and Exchequer appointments
An Express arrives with a commission naming Lord Armiston as Lord President of the Session. John Moule Esq brother to the Earl of Panmure becomes Baron of the Exchequer replacing the late Baron Craigit. Francis Oliphant’s death passes the title to James Oliphant of Batavia. Cumberland Privateer of 40 guns arrives. Dutch recruits ships reach the road. Anne, Wilhelm Hodge from London and Magdalen from Copenhagen sail Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
Lord Armiston
John Moule
Earl of Panmure
Exchequer
Baron Craigit
Francis Lord Oliphant
James Oliphant
Batavia
Langton
Leith
Cumberland
Anne
Wilhem Hodge
Matter
London
Magdalen
Nelson
Copenhagen
Turbulent Dispatches Echo Peace Talks Across Europe
The Mart reports from Dantzick that Count de Barke of Sweden criticized the Empress’s demand, prompting a formal protest. News from Turin notes preliminaries for a general peace, with Sardinia willing to join and Britain to handle Milanese issues. Other items cover Madrid’s envoy actions against a Breda ambassador, German court maneuvers toward pacification, and Dublin grants to Richard Daniel while local crime and Dover-privateer activity are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dantzick
Count de Barke
Sweden
Vienna
Col. de la Salle
Stockholm
Law of Nations
Genoa
Felucca
Savona
St. Fiorenza
Bastia
Turin
France
Great Britain
Worms
Berlin
Legee
Petersburgh
London
Silesia
Louisa Ulrica
Wurtemberg Oels
Oels
Count de Solms
Tecklenbourg
Oderberg
Madrid
Privy Council
M. Macanas
Spain
Breda
M. Preal’s
Hay
Paris
Aix la Chapelle
Count de Chavannes
Sardinia
Gibraltar
Don Philip
Utrecht
Prince Frederick of Hesse
Hague
Prince Stadtholder
Incomplete News Item on East India Ships in Downs
The report mentions multiple Dutch and English ships sailing or awaiting orders in the Downs and Plymouth. Vessels include the Launceston Raven sloop and Experiment Bond, with other ships bound for Dublin, Cork, Leghorn, and Antigua, all under variable winds from the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pune
Wee Deal
Atekins
Antigua
Cork
Duke of Cumberland
Hall
Anticis
A. Lancaster
Buttey
Murrel
Dublin
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London Gazette
Holland
Foreign Affairs
Richard Daniel
Clane
Maynham
Glenshambo
Kildare
Alderman Baker
Royal Hospital
Lord Skerrin
Earl
Carrick
Robert King, Bart
Tuam
Earl of
Country-News
Ipswich
William York
John Cornelius
Sefan Mayhew
Eyre
Canterbury
Dover
England
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