Fresh Imperial Loans and French Mediation Schemes
The letter from an unknown correspondent reports Gunt d Uhlefeld pressing for a Dutch consent to a new loan for the Emperor. It alleges plans to bargain with France over the Austrian Netherlands, critiques Cardinal de Fleury, notes Turkish-Russian-Persian offers, and warns Britons of France's strategies. It also mentions health rumors about de Fleury and a Madrid court intrigue involving the King of the Two Sicilies and the Marchioness de Montalegre.
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GUNT
Uhlefeld
States General
Austrian Netherlands
France
Holland
Austrian
Netherlands
de Fleury
Porte
Serakier
Petersbourg
Russia
Czarina
Proteus
Christendom
Ruffia
Great Britain
Paris
Cardinal de Fleury
Vals
Languedoc
the Two Sicilies
Marchioness de Montalegre
Spain
Don Carlos
Procida
Madame de Tarcy
Louis XIV
Parliaments inquiry urged into faulty legal practice
London notes warn of untrained attorneys causing scandal in courts and urge a parliamentary inquiry. Also reported are resignations, new bridges, ill health of MP William Curzon, Kennedy family fate, Scarborough events, Hackney petition drives, Mercers' wardens, Sabbath laws, and coastal vessel news.
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St. James’s
Townshend
William Townshend
Princess of Wales
John Cotton
Thomas Lediard
Elgis
Westminster
House of Commons
William Curzon
Clitherow
County of
Lancaster
Spa
Germany
Paris
William Kennedy
James II
France
William
Mary
Mount Kennedy
Wicklow
Kingdom of Ireland
Sir Richard Kennedy
Bart
Bedford
Fole
Hillerston
Hattong Garden
Scarborough
Dicky Dickenson
Tymperton
Will’s Coffee-House
Dicky’s Pier
Hackney
Hacknty
Francis John Tyffen
Worshipful Company of Mercers
Roe
Trinity Hospital
Greenwich
Clark
Mediterranean
Guildhall
London
Guillet
Plymouth
Cadiz
Pone