Imhoff reforms trade and education in Batavia colony
Batavia notes praise for Baron Imhoff governor general for creating chartered companies to manage trade, establishing a college to train clergy in multiple languages, and setting up a public Gazette to report East Asian news. Reports from Madrid, Petersburgh, Stockholm, Paris, Amsterdam, and London outline ongoing imperial politics, wars, and outbreaks, with dispatches on Poland, Russia, and the Baltic theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Imhoff
Odtroys
Indies
China
Siam
Pegu
France
Spain
Italy
Madrid
Ferdinand
Petersbourg
Poland
Count de Virzhum
Livonia
Kr. M
Allion
Versailles
Vienna
London
Rufsia
Stockholn
Russia
Sam Gottenbourg
Paris
Rennes
Amsterdam
Samuel van de Putte
Granby Marquess and Duke Arrive as Town Honors Crown Office
Newcastle learns of the Marquess of Granby arriving from the North and the Duke of Cumberland entering town from Scotland. The local High Sheriff Lancelot Allgood and Sir William Middleton welcomed them as the Mayor Cuthbert Smith and Recorder William Cuthbert presented the Duke with Freedom of the Town in a gold box and granted Freedom of the Trinity House Guild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gountry
Newcastle
Marquess of
Granby
Irom
Duke of Cumberland
Scotland
Lancelot Allgood
Ely
William Middleton
Bart
Cuthbert Smith
William Cuthbert
Newgate
Trinity House
Francis Heath
Diversions and Notices from London and Cheshire Society
Credible reports state the late Spanish king bequeathed his crown after his sons to the Right Honorable We- P-, Elq. Sir William Duckenfield Daniel and Thomas Assheton jun. wed Miss Vernon and Miss Clayton at Chester. Weddings celebrated at Tabley with splendor. Also reports: Mr Thomas Hurst, an eminent attorney, dies in Stamford. Lord Mayor conducts Court of Conservancy in Essex and Kent with display at Greenwich. East India Company elects Rev Mr Burges as chaplain at Bencoolen. Capt Hancock to voyage. Several local deaths and clerical resignations noted, plus a brief on ancient peerages and the Lords Balmerino and Kilmarock. Bishops request leave to withdraw before votes on Balmerino’s guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Spain
William Duckenfield Daniel
Duckenfield and Tabley
Thomas Assheton
Ashley and Holford
Cheshire
Earl of Cholmondeley
Chester
Miss Vernon
Henry Vernon
Hilton
Miss Clayton
Richard Clayton
Stratford
Fordyce
Fort St. George
Hancock
Norfolk
Madrass
Bencoolen
Benjar
East India Company
Cookham
Berkshire
Thomas Aleyn
Richard Carter
Queen’s Head
Thames Street
Garrick Hill
Thomas Hucks
Ely
Southwark
Gibson
St. Paul's
Elphington
Balmerino
Anne
Great Britain
Boyde
Earl of
Mackenzie
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Batavia
Pattena
Atr
John Albert Lichterman
Bengal
Lhasa
Thibet
Great Tartary
Asiatick Scythia
Sukanoor
Blue Sea
Peking
Canton
Ganges
Cachimir
Leffler Guzarat
Lahor
Indoftan
London Gazette
Viler
Count Daun
Mehaigne
Waffeige
Longechamp
Oftin
Daun
Athe
St. Germains
Trips
Pandours
St. Dennis
Lowendahl
Judoigne
Count Clermont
Tirlemont
Gemblours
Louvain
Medaigne
Sombres
Marshal de Saxe
Conroy
Seven Stars
Prince of Conti
Chasteroy
Prince Charles
St. Denis
Count Lowendahl
Prince of
Hague
Warem
Leige
Brussels
Placentia
Brest
America
Trebia
Edinburgh
Millar
South Uift
Sky
Lady Clanronald
Inverary
Fort William
Hawley Arriv
Perth
Semple
Wolf
Pulteney
Kinghorn
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