Evening Post in London, Middlesex

News from Madrid and Lisbon Circa September 26

Dispatches report Fernando entering his seventh year as court mourning ends. Naval movements include Commodore Don Redto de Monte mayor’s galley convoy reaching Leghorn, storm forcing retreat to Ovistan. Lisbon notes 29 English ships and 7 others arriving July to August, plus fire deaths at a Dutch merchant house. Cardinal Scrottembach orders audits of crown rents and religious estates, suspends salaries of officials, and the populace praises his audience. Imperial siege actions near Messina progress with citadel bombardment and coordinated troop maneuvers_under Montecchio’s command. Fragments also mention Abbot Volponi’s death sentence rumor and alleged libel about Princess Sobieski.