Regency pays Ruf fian Colonels and pivots in Polish war briefing
The Daily Courant reports Regency has paid M Fizkull the Ruffian Colonel the second term of sums levied on the city. Warsaw ministers warn of Polish forces aiding Prussia, with Saxons and Russian troops poised near Dantzick. King Stanislaus backs off from leading, Pooley’s 15,000 troops, Lacy’s 8,000, and Bachmerow’s division near Pultusk join. Messages from Konigsberg discuss pacification terms with the Bourbon king. News from Messina: Neapolitan monarch’s arrival, sieges of Syracuse and Trapani, capitulations, terms for Garifons and Spaniards, and various troop movements. Deaths and political appointments fill the Strand and Westminster.