London Letter Exposes Court Cost Strains and Empire News
Extract from Paris dated Feb 25 notes Turgot’s plans face difficulties as Court expenses rise, forcing loans from the Farmers General. Cadiz reports Moorish sieges on Oran and two smaller forts near Melilla. Royal events include Bishop of Chester’s sermon at St James's Chapel and a court gathering with ministers and nobles. Reports detail election debates, naval news, and various local incidents, fires, crimes, and social events across Britain and colonies, with mentions of New York assembly votes, Waterford petition, and Granby birthday celebrations in Grantham.
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Providence
Empress Expected to Enter Capital After Public Entry
In the London Gazette notice dated March 4, it is stated that the Empress is due to arrive tomorrow night at a location six miles away where the Great Duke and Duchess will meet her. If the weather allows a public entry, it will occur a few days later in the capital. Hamburgh reports cattle mortality fading as infected cattle have been killed and skinned, per Holstein Oldenburg and Delmenhorst bailiffs.
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Honduras
London
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St. John’s Street
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Williams
John Watt
Southampton
Chancery-lane
St. Margaret’s Hill
Wear
Barnaby-street
Southwark
St. George’s Fields
Bishopsgate
Compter
Gundhal
Holborn
Bristol
Earl’s Mead
St. Catherine’s
The
London Gazette
Amiscow
Serre
Danube Floods and Frontiers Marked in European News
Foreign intelligence reports severe Danube flooding with villages submerged from Prefourgh to Altenburg. Ice floes and rising waters threaten houses and barracks while boats ferry residents. Other items note frontier marking by Austria and Russia, pirate vessel sunk near the Archipelago, and the Prince of Orange’s health improve after convulsions.
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White
Holknam
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