War News From Marches And A Royal Address In Parliament
Reported dispatches describe naval preparations with 13 ships of the line and a postponed Majorca expedition. Letters from Dunkirk note damage costs and large land losses, while Swedish officers and court gossip from Hamburg and Brunswick touch on prison, diplomacy, and a proposed north European congress. The Commons address the king in gratitude for his accession and urge protection of the Protestant succession and national trade amid ongoing war fears.