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Foreign and Domestick News From June 15 1728
Stockholm reports Ruffian Minister presented a memorial to thwart rumors of a hostile fleet off our coasts while Empress offers aid if disturbed. Ratisbon notes Protestant grievances and delays in transmitting to Vienna until Brunswick minister arrives. Dantzick and Warsaw dispatches mention a royal ague and new elections, with garrison moves and a Dutch naval loss. Leghorn closes with ships and peace talks between Algeria and Sweden. Vienna praises France changes and a czarina demand over Holstein. In Hadensleben a devastating fire razes much of the town and schools. Plitels records farm adjudication delays and government reforms with new intendants. Portendents from Ortendence dispatch guards and bolster forts. Hague notes Wager’s adjutant delivering a royal proposal and continued galley construction. Petersburg updates cite a cautious reception of British proposals and Wager's possible audience with the czarina. Paris mentions a declaration expected to Parliament.