When was it published?

March 23, 1739 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News March 23, 1739

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Marquis De St. Gilles, Catholick Majesty

Q: What keywords are associated?

Spanish Ambassador, Memorial, States Of Holland, British Spanish Convention, Dutch Alliance

Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia

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What is this article about?

Amsterdam report: Spanish Ambassador Marquis de St. Gilles presses for Dutch response to memorial demanding satisfaction for insults to Spanish ships. States of Holland to resolve before assembly ends, to be deliberated by States General. Delay due to ongoing British-Spanish preliminary convention; Dutch may ally with Britain if talks fail.

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Amsterdam, Nov. 23. The Marquis de St. Gilles, Ambassador from the Court of Spain, tires very much to obtain an Answer to his late menacing Memorial, wherein he, in the Name of his Catholick Majesty, demands a full and perfect Satisfaction for the Insults and Injuries committed by the Subjects of the Republick to some Spanish Ships. The States of Holland, who still continue their Assembly, will, before its breaking up, make a Resolution upon this Memorial, to be carried to the Generality, in order to be there deliberated upon by the States General. Less diligence is used in preparing an Answer to the above Memorial so speedily as the Spanish Ambassador desires, because the Preliminary Convention between Great-Britain and Spain is not yet fully concluded, which their High Mightinesses look upon as a Circumstance greatly in their favour, being now determined, if the Negotiations for Peace between those two Crowns should prove unsuccessful, to make theirs a common Cause with Great-Britain, and to go heartily into the Measures of that Crown.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic

What keywords are associated?

Spanish Ambassador Memorial States Of Holland British Spanish Convention Dutch Alliance

What entities or persons were involved?

Marquis De St. Gilles Catholick Majesty

Where did it happen?

Amsterdam

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Amsterdam

Event Date

Nov. 23

Key Persons

Marquis De St. Gilles Catholick Majesty

Outcome

dutch determined to make common cause with great-britain if british-spanish peace negotiations fail

Event Details

The Marquis de St. Gilles, Ambassador from the Court of Spain, tires very much to obtain an Answer to his late menacing Memorial, wherein he, in the Name of his Catholick Majesty, demands a full and perfect Satisfaction for the Insults and Injuries committed by the Subjects of the Republick to some Spanish Ships. The States of Holland, who still continue their Assembly, will, before its breaking up, make a Resolution upon this Memorial, to be carried to the Generality, in order to be there deliberated upon by the States General. Less diligence is used in preparing an Answer to the above Memorial so speedily as the Spanish Ambassador desires, because the Preliminary Convention between Great-Britain and Spain is not yet fully concluded, which their High Mightinesses look upon as a Circumstance greatly in their favour, being now determined, if the Negotiations for Peace between those two Crowns should prove unsuccessful, to make theirs a common Cause with Great-Britain, and to go heartily into the Measures of that Crown.