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Czar's Fleet Praise and Moscow Plans Reported Overseas
A long dispatch from Petersbourg notes the Czar praising his fleet and detailing salary boosts for naval officers, with officers of captains and flag officers receiving higher pay. It mentions Meng Westphalen and ministers visiting Moscow, plus drills near Andreoff and concerns over Georgian treachery. Prague coronation preparations draw crowds, while London reports unrest in Barbados and Ireland’s governance, including Worsley’s reforms and Turkey Company ship allocations for next year.
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Petershoff
M. de Westphalen
Count Golofskin
Pane
Holstein
Moscow
Riga
Hambourg
Reva
Derbent
Andreoff
Afstracan
Caspian Sea
Mire-Weys
Georgia
Prague
Poland
Savoy
Vienna
Russia
Astracan
Muslovy
London
Dollock Allen
Downs
Barbadoes
Henry Worley
Cox
Francis Williams
Cape
Winchester
Am. Willis
Elire
Bashamiar
Hatrover
Cockpit
Gravesend
Dublin
Duke of Grafton
Ireland
House of Peers
Hms Goodness