Proposals for Russia Treaty and European Peace Talks
Warsaw and Vienna dispatches describe the king's plan to present proposals for a treaty of friendship and alliance with Russia at the next General Diet. Reports mention a Russian ambassadorial mission, a new Poll-Tax in hereditary states, and troop movements to Hungary. Milan and Ratisbon items discuss peace, evacuations, and imperial efforts to secure truce, with notes on Tuscany Parma and Placentia. An Imperial Commission abstract notes the emperor's praise of efforts to maintain peace and the anticipated restitution of fortresses. An extract from the British House of Commons records a budget approval for the crown.