Gallies Seize Coast of Sicily and Malta Gift Prospects
From the London Gazette Naples August 13 reports Barbary pirates driven from Sicily shores, Maltese rulers receiving 100 condemned criminals for life aboard gallies. Rome August 17 notes Paolucci resigns Ferrara legation, Pope grants crowns to Rospigliosi for Maccarefe crew. Florence August 20 records La Motta’s canonry and pension, edict against cattle import to Tuscany due to sickness. News from Lombardy and Mantua describe Austrians seizing woods, levying foraging and 150,000 florins tax. Hagug September 10 cites Orange at Amsterdam, deposing four burgomasters and reshaping city council. Orange dowager to arrive soon.
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Naples
Sicily
Ferrara
Cardinal Barni
Rospigliosi
Eople
Maccarefe
Florence
Tuscany
Lombardy
Germany
Colorno
Parmesan
Mantua
Placentia
Hagug
Prince of Orange
Amsterdam
Mefirs Gerrit Carver
John Six
John Sautin
Peter Vande Poll
Papal and European affairs reported from Rome and Amsterdam
In Rome the Papal Chapter marks the Exaltation anniversary with a Coronation celebration planned for Wednesday including morning rites and fireworks in the evening. Cardinal York to be ordained Sub-deacon and Joseph de la Calafanzia beatified in the Vatican Church. The Portuguese King seeks authority to let priests say three Masses on key religious days. From Milan and Amsterdam, reports describe Italian and Dutch political maneuvers, royal timber concerns, and civil discontent in Amsterdam. The Sardinian action toward the Teflino Bridge and Lake Maggiore threatens supply lines, while Dutch princes and magistrates reel from reforms and popular demands, with patience and liberty shaping governance in Amsterdam and Nimeguen. News of Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla evacuation and Infanta escort preparations border nearby shifts in Austrian Netherlands policy, and Marseille reports Marshal Belleisle delaying movements until Don Philip takes possession.
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Rome
Papal
Cardinal of York
Spain
Portugal
Milan
Sardinia
Worms
Rouen
Parma
Piacentia
Guastalla
Don Philip
Madam
Infanta
Maastricht
Bergen op-Zoom
England
Cape Breton
Austrian Netherlands
Provence
Marshal Belleisle
Paris
Militia Order Promises Return Privileges for French Forces
From Paris, Sept 7 a kingly ordonnance orders French militia to be returned to their provinces while preserving their wartime benefits and governance principles. It also notes a council arrete regulating silk warp serge manufacture.
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Paris A la Main
Council of State
Continent to Constantinople News on Turmoil and Plague
A mail from Holland reports events in Constantinople including a late insurrection quelled with banishments. The Mufti protested to the Grand Signior, prosecutions ceased, and tranquility was restored. Later, a deposed official and a new high official were noted, with risks of further unrest and plague spreading in the capital. Reports from Naples, Genoa, Leghorn, Cremona, Pavia, and Venice describe pirate action, martyrdom in China, and political shifts affecting Parma, Placentia, Guastalla, and Genoa. The Genoese merchants prepare to return, while the King’s agents press treaty terms. Rumors also connect Sardinia’s king to a possible marriage alliance.
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Constantinople
Afuta
Effat Effend
Kedalefkir
Romelia
Porte
Vienna
Russia
Arabia
Achmet Pashan
Bagdad
Siese
Sigm.c
Naples
Rome
Congregation of Propaganda Fide
the Dominicans
China
Genoa
Nice
Spain
Antibes
Don Philip
Parma
Vicenza
Uring
Worms
Republick of
Aix-la-Chapelle
Chambery
Kina Sardini
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Teflino
Lago Maggiore
House of Austria
Serene
Nimeguen
Holland
Burghers Council of War
France
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