Proclaimed Fifth King in the Mountains Amid European Couriers
The Dublin Gazette reports shifting loyalties as factions back various Moorish claimants including Muley Muttach, with the most powerful rival expected to fall as funds run out. In Stockholm the Swedish Assembly praises Queen Ulrika as Regency is transferred after King’s illness, while Madrid notes designs to abdicate. Continental dispatches reveal intrigues from Cadiz to Constantinople and a charlatan Count of Moncada linked to forged letters and robberies across Europe.