Continental News and Military Movements Across Europe
The Dublin Gazette reports arrivals of British packets and foreign mails from Florence, Genoa, and Seville. It notes Genoa’s interference with ships from Leghorn, Moroccan civil strife affecting Mequinez, and a royal ordinance in Spain confiscating Algerine goods aboard English-flag vessels. Dispatches from Sevile, Cadiz, Barcelona, Ratisbon, and Vienna cover troop deployments for Italy, naval plans, and political protests including Infante Don Carlos’s stance on Parma’s dowager pregnancy. The report also mentions preparations for war, including 6000 Spanish troops, and a royal audience for senior officers to coordinate embarkations.