The Virginia Gazette

All the News both from Vienna and France, confirm, that the Imperial Court having very much pressed that of Versailles to put the finishing Stroke to the imperfect Treaty of Vienna, otherwise called the definitive Treaty which has not, 'til now, been ratified, under Pretence of desiring first to obtain the Accession of the Kings of Spain and Sardinia, as contracting Parties, his most Christian Majesty has, at last, complied with this Request of the Emperor.

Emperor's; which, it's believed, that Prince did the more readily, as his Imperial Majesty testified some Uneasiness at its being so long delayed, and seemed to discover that he would gladly have better than mere verbal Security for the Guaranty of the Dominions in Italy, yielded up by Don Carlos, King of the two Sicilies, but upon which Spain still continue to form Pretensions, and threatens to make good such Pretensions by Force. It's certain, therefore, that not only this Treaty is signed and ratified by the Emperor, the Empire, and France, but his most Christian Majesty even flatters himself in a short time to engage the King of Sardinia to accede to it also; and in the mean time the Ministry of the Court of France leaves no Stone unturned in order to obtain the Accession of his Catholick Majesty to this Treaty, who, indeed, hitherto has appeared to have given little or no Attention to this Respect, the Queen, his Consort, being very unwilling entirely to give up Dominions which she thinks of Right belongs to her, and of which the Law of Convenience only deprives her.

They write from Paris, that the Prince de Lichtentein, Embassador there from the Emperor, having represented at Court that his Imperial Majesty had been informed, with much Surprize, of the Declaration that the King of France had caused to be made at Florence, upon the Urgency of suspending the Sale of the allodial Estate of the House of Medicis, the following Answer was made to that Embassador upon this Subject: "That as the Court of Spain, on this Occasion, made some Motions which seemed to threaten Disturbance to the Tranquility of Italy, it was absolutely necessary to seek an Expedient in order to satisfy that Power; that a properer could not possibly be found out than to cause the Sale of the allodial Estate of the House of Medicis to be suspended; and that if his Christian Majesty had done this Thing without previously acquainting the Emperor therewith, it was because an immediate Expedient was necessary to be employed, in order to prevent the precipitate Step which was going to be taken by the Court of Spain. That moreover, the King did not pretend to determine any thing in this Affair; his Majesty was only willing to lend his Assistance to bring this Business to its Point of Perfection, conformable to what has been determined heretofore; when it was agreed, that the Pretensions of Spain to the above mentioned allodial Estate, should be settled in a private Negociation for that Purpose." France well considers of how great consequence it is to prevent fresh Troubles in Italy; and that she might be in a Capacity of hindering any Disturbances, or rather of doing what she would here, it is, that she has intermeddled in the Affairs of the Island of Corsica, in order to have a Pretext of transporting Troops thither, that they may be ready upon every Event; and these Troops are likely to be augmented by a second Transportation.