That his ships, which were foul, should out-sail the English squadron, which had just put to sea, was a mystery which the people of England could not explain.

They complained of having been betrayed through the whole course of the West Indian expedition.

The king owned he did not understand marine affairs, the entire conduct of which he abandoned to Russel, who became proud, arbitrary, and unpopular, and was supposed to be betrayed by his dependents.

Certain it is, the service was greatly obstructed by faction among the officers, which with respect to the nation had all the effects of treachery and misconduct.
THE ELECTOR OF SAXONY IS CHOSEN KING OF POLAND.
The success of the French in Catalona, Flanders, and the West Indies, was balanced by their disappointment in Poland.

Louis encouraged by the remonstrance of the abbe de Polignac, who managed the affairs of France in that kingdom, resolved to support the prince of Conti as a candidate for the crown, and remitted great sums of money which wore distributed among the Polish nobility.