Diplomatic Moves Mark Turkish Question and Belgrade Plans
From the Absfterdams Courant dated Feb 20 lies a report on British minister Wortley Metha gue signaling readiness to discuss the Turki sh question only after a formal invitation. The piece notes advances by Colags and the Emperor on Belgrade with officers’ commissions and plunder be hind, while Prussia’s king receives a Czar letter seeking free passage for 12 battalions to Poland. Also mentioned are Danish and Swedish naval actions, and the Dutchess of Ventadour resigning on the King of France’s birth day.