Arrived 1 British Packet Reports Russian Repression
British packet brings Paris and Moscow dispatches noting the Czar’s crackdown on Turkish diplomacy. Ministers and officials face confinement, papers seized, and major generals degraded. Reports also mention Mikheas marching toward Derbent and India Company reforms pending in Paris. England notes expanded stuff trade, Buckingh am manufacture work, and prison reforms. Royal assent given to mutiny laws and South Sea capital changes, plus local infrastructure bills.