Ambitious European Powers Reform Plans and Alliances
An English Dublin Gazette item reports Russian orders to evacuate the kingdom and talks of troops on Taraty and Ukrania, with General Bismark. Persian envoy Kalifa-Mirza-Caff meets Empress. Spain plans recruiting and regiments. Corsican viceroy proposes Bastia as a Mediterranean market, free ports, and liberty Edict. Dutch fleets hold ground as Prussia prepares to expand to eighty thousand.