Folios 180-181. Copy of a letter from Paris, where the only subject of discussion...

Folios 180-181. Copy of a letter from Paris, where the only subject of discussion is the attack on England. Movements of King James who was last Tuesday in Normandy, and Wednesday near Caen where he passed the Irish in review. He is expected to embark next month at Havre. List of the troops that will go with him, including 24 battalions of infantry/dragoons on foot, and 24 squadrons of cavalry; it is said the eight further battalions are awaited. Discusses movements of the French navy, noting that more than 600 vessels are required to discharge the troops, of which there are more than 200 carrying over 150 men, with bridges that can be lowered to set foot on land. There is talk of the province of Kent, where all is disposed to receive the troops. Lord Halifax took part in the negotiations with have been going on for some time. In the printed manifest the Bishop of Salisbury and the new Archbishop of Canterbury are excepted from the amnesty. It is said that King James is granting a perpetual Parliament which cannot be broken or prorogued, and that all the Bishops named by King William will be removed and replaced by their predecessors. The enterprise is spoken of as certain to be an infallible success, and King James and the French King paid each other such compliments on parting as will never be seen again. What is surprising is the 'insensitivity' of King William, which is not understood at all. Shortly before his departure, Lord Montjoye told one of the author's friends in the Bastille that he was obliged to serve King William out of gratitude, but that he did not believe his reign would be long. The French King will leave for Flanders on 10 May and will spend two nights at Chantilly. Caraffa, being carried by chair to Vienna with money, fell and hurt his head and arm; he was carried to a neighbouring place for treatment. By letter from Basle they learned of the German army defeat before Great Varadin and the lifting of the blockade, but this is not yet confirmed.