Rumors of Court Break and Baltic Alliances
A compendium of Foreign and British military and political chatter reports a looming break in Parliament relations, use of neutral powers to decide conflicts, and rumors of Russian imperial changes. Dispatches from The Hague and Vienna mention regency orders, 2500 invalids conscripted, and potential Sicilian army plans. Local notes include petitions about grain trade to the Spanish Indies, East India Company reforms, and a sensational rape trial with a dramatic courtroom scene and police action at Westminster.