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Ambitious European State News From Several Courts
Stockholm reports the General Assembly opening with routine formality and pending major affairs. Diplomatic chatter notes Count de St Sevérin in frequent talks with King’s ministers over Russia matters as couriers arrive from Petersbourg. Vienna highlights sessions with the Queen presiding during pregnancy, court economy cuts saving 80,000 florins monthly and plans to trim pensions. Transylvania and Croatia promise loyalty and seek privileges to bolster forces, while Antwerp conferences pause awaiting new royal instructions and local spending reforms begin. Liege notes regiments planned for Prussia with Neufchatel raising more soldiers, and Hats Hanover foresees army talks amid remount efforts and flood-related village inundations.
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Byet
Count de St. Severin
France
Russia
Petersbourg
Vienna
Principality of
Transilvania
Brussels
Antwerp
Hungary
Bohemia
England
Liege
Austrian Netherlands
Schaffhausen
Zurich
Neufchatel
Prussia
Fufcany
Hanover
London
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