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Departure of King Stanislaus and European dispatches
The Dublin Gazette reports from Hague dated March 30 O.S. that King Stanislaus departed Konigsberg on the 16th. Paris dated March 31 O.S. notes eighteen battalions of Spaniards sailed from Leghorn toward Barcelona and Spain’s cavalry and infantry movements toward France. Paris April 3 O.S. mentions a Portuguese tax on diamonds and gold, while Genoa borrows funds for the Genoese Republic. Rumors place Duke Celarias as Extraordinary Ambassador to present an annual tribute. Lisbon reports famine fears and rising prices. charcoal shortages constrain public consumption. Yachts prepare for Holland to receive Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. Constantinople dispatches discuss a possible revolution and cautious diplomacy with Russia, Britain, and the Emperor. Warsaw considers a summer interview with the Czar. Poland’s Diet urged removal of foreign troops. An ambassador from Spain may arrive in Vienna, with talks on a marriage involving Don Carlos.