Renunciating the French Crown and Maneuvers Abroad
Postscript from The Hague Courant May 16 details Madrid and Paris dispatches on a potential renunciation of the French crown in favor of the Duke of Berry, the arrangement to register the renunciation, and Allied movements. It notes the Squadonaciones in Cadiz Bay, Vendome in Valencia, and troops near Badajoz, with strategic ports in Portugal and ongoing Congress talks at Utrecht. Further reports cite St George in Anet, possible Geneva or Switzerland journeys, and a Commerce Treaty between France and Britain in flux as Parliament debates publication.