European Peace Talks and British Ties Reach Narrow Margin
Dispatches from 1748 report French and Austrian diplomats near signing a definitive treaty while Britain prepares to evacuate Cape Breton. Mentions Counts d Effrees and Hautecourt postings, new provincial taxes in place of former levies, and ongoing military and political maneuvering across Europe. Also notes local civic matters in Dumbarton and the election of city magistrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soieurre
Paris
Marshal Saxe
Low Countries
Cape Breton
Canada
Alsace
Vienna
London
Hague
Aix-da-Chapelle
France
Aix-la-Chapelle
Storm and tragedy strike Edinburgh street in apoplectic wind
Reports describe a severe storm in Edinburgh causing deaths and injuries as slates and stones damaged roofs and trees toppled. A local apothecary mentions one man William Sinclair, a former treasurer, collapsing in the street. Shipping news notes arrivals at Leith harbor. Court actions include Justiciary sessions on treason and a sheriff appeal in Hamilton. Local ministers and figures appear amid unrest and political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburgh
William Sinchir
Taylor
Cannongste
Leith
Richard and
Elizabeth
Main
London
Caroline
Brun
Frazerburgh
Della
Lothians
Highland
George Whitefeld
Whitefield
Georgia
Tinwald
Minto
Sheriff Court of
Hamilton
Hops Trade and Missing Pocket-Book Reported
Ipfiich reports Michael Thirkle and John Firmin chosen Portimen of the Corporation on Michaelmas Day. A gentleman left a pocket-book with two bank notes between Seamer and Sudbury. a messenger learned the notes had been paid before London. Wayhill Fair notes large hops arrivals with brisk sales. Farnham hops steady at 4 to 5 pounds per hundred, prices rising slightly as demand persists.
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London
Canterbury
Wayhill Fair
Farnham
Prize and ship movements from an August sea letter
An excerpt from an experimental voyage letter reports capturing a Spanish privateer snow Dilizence from Surinam to Rhode Island, with six English and six Spaniards onboard. The Betty Sloop, bound for Guernsey, regained control near Delaware Bay with cocoa and melons aboard. Other ships arrive or sail, including Stilton Hero Elizabeth and Mary, and Devonshire and Andalusia passages noted at Bristol and Gibraltar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohn Drayvey
Bermudas
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Petit Guava’s
Surinam
Rhode Island
Capp
Hero
London
Elizabeth
Mary
Coulson
Scarborough
Content
Wilson
Ditto
Newcastle
Winchester
Janviere
Pory
Oporto
Guernsey
Betty
Allén
Lucy
Johnson
Deal
Tryton
Gravesend
Charles
Allison
Hamburgh
David
Vizzer
Bilboa
Gilbey
Jalais
Hudson’s Bay
Fowler
Prince Rupert
Spurres
Coats
Fortune
Elphiston
Aberdeen
Virinta
Devonshire
Pollard
Porto
Bris
Petersburgh reports Ottoman heir designation amid unrest
From Petersburgh we learn that on September 6 the Grand Signior proclaimed Sultan Ibrahim, heir apparent, in a full Divan to quell a potential insurrection while pledging to uphold treaties with Christian powers. Vienna reports that after the definitive treaty, Imperial forces will be stationed in Italy and the Low Countries to deter further surprises in her hereditary dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburgh
M. Nepleus
Porte
Sultan Ibrahim
Ottoman Empire
Vienna
Italy
Low Countries
War News and Local Crime in Early 18th Century Dispatches
Reports from Barcelona mention Maltese ships cruising for infidels and naval captures as the Portuguese squadron remains quiet. Paris notes a naval timber review and Cape Breton restoration rumors. Utrecht proclaims a reward for a Pasquinade author. At Leicester House the Prince and Princess of Wales arrive for winter, while births and nobility travel provide lively tidings. West India Fleet officers were entertained, ships wrecked near Carl afrona, and betting prizes announced. Local crime includes assaults and sodomy prosecutions at Westminster, with a watchman seriously injured and parish efforts to enforce constable duties. Sessions and inoculations for the smallpox proceed as Lords Weymouth and Gower receive improving health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Paris
Kingdom of France
Sieur Goguart
Canada
Cape Breton
Utrecht
Amsterdam
Dete&t
Prince
Princes of Wales
Cliefden
Leicester House
Princess Royal
Confort
Sweden
Bath
Barbadoes
Leeward Islands
Pontat’s
Pocock
Sutherland
Brodrick
Carlfcrona
Newcastle
Maltis
Masterland
Johnson
Scothand
Dantzick
Enfield
Brown’s Field
Pedder
City and Liberty of
Westminster
Richard Skadow
Saidichard Skadow
Falks
St. James’s Park
Bridge
Palace- Yard
Skadon
Richard Skadon
Samuel Brown
Matthew Layreau
Henry Howard
St. Paul
Covent Garden
Brown
Loyfeau
Covent-Garden
Tothill-fields Bridewell
New
Hicks’s Hall
Earl Gower
Lord Gower
Brook-street
Viscount Weymouth
Long-Seat
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Farquehar
Dumbarton
Robert Henderson
Fordel
Bart
Tol
Andalusia
Gibraltar
Leondon
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