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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Private letter from Madrid reports the Queen of Spain's illness and ill humor, her accusation of the Cardinal's insincerity to the French ambassador regarding Imperial Court negotiations on allodial estates, and her forbidding generals from court over complaints about the St. Ildefonso camp's economic impact, leading to reduced troop numbers.
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The Queen of Spain is greatly indispos'd with some inward Disorders: That the said Indisposition, together with the present Situation of Affairs, put that Princess much out of Humour, that she declar'd to the Marquis de Vaugnenan, Embassador from France, that she plainly perceiv'd that the Cardinal did not act so sincerely as he would have it believ'd, because she well knew that he had us'd no Endeavours to induce the Imperial Court to adjust the Pretensions to the allodial Estates in an amicable Manner.
The Queen has forbid several General Officers to appear at Court, they having represented, that the Camp at St. Ildefonso could not be form'd without impoverishing the Inhabitants; that the March of those Troops ruins the Country, and augments the Price of Provisions wherever they come. These Representations have had no other Effect with the Queen, than the lessening the Number of Troops of which that Camp was design'd to consist.
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Madrid
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the queen forbade several general officers from appearing at court; the number of troops for the camp at st. ildefonso was lessened.
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The Queen of Spain is greatly indisposed with inward disorders and out of humor due to the situation of affairs. She declared to the Marquis de Vaugnenan, French ambassador, that the Cardinal acted insincerely by not endeavoring to amicably adjust pretensions to allodial estates with the Imperial Court. The Queen forbade several General Officers from court for representing that forming the Camp at St. Ildefonso would impoverish inhabitants, ruin the country, and raise provision prices, resulting only in reducing the camp's troop numbers.