Cardinals and Diplomacy in the European Balance
Reports from Wezel Dover Paris and London detail courtiers, fortifications, and fleet movements. Marquis d Antin sails for Toulon to command the squadron. a general militia review is ordered. Dutch artillery trains near Nimeguen. Armstrong and Lascelles sail for Calais to inspect Dunkirk harbor. In London, a committee proposes reducing the East India Company annuity and advancing 200,000 to the Exchequer, plus ratifying a trade settlement with a three year notice for termination not affecting the company’s chartered rights. Discussions span Tuscany court secrecy and English-Spanish tensions.