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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Reports from Poland indicate potential unrest if the King does not convene an extraordinary Diet, with 30,000 Russian troops present due to known motives. Later accounts confirm tranquility in Poland and Royal Prussia, despite the Thorn confederacy, with unverified rumors of Catholic clergy hiding valuables fearing Russian demands for Dissenters.
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LETTERS from different parts of Poland continue to represent the tranquillity of that country as on the eve of being disturbed if the King does not hasten to convoke a Diet extraordinary. There are actually in that kingdom several bodies of Russian troops, whose numbers together amount to about 30,000 men. All the world knows the motive which engaged the Empress of Russia to send them thither, a motive which her Ministers at foreign Courts have also orders to make known to them, by word of mouth, and in writing.
April 17. All our advices from Poland and Prussia Royal agree that perfect tranquillity prevails as heretofore, and that the confederacy formed at Thorn has occasioned no disorders. Among these letters there are some very extraordinary particulars, the authenticity of which we do not vouch; namely that, certain Roman Catholick ecclesiastics, fearing that the demands made by the Court of Russia in favour of the Dissenters may occasion new troubles and fresh disturbances, have removed from their several churches and convents all their ornamental plate, and put it under the protection of several Protestant Gentlemen.
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Poland
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April 3 And April 17
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tranquillity prevails in poland and royal prussia; no disorders from the confederacy at thorn
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Letters from Poland warn of impending disturbance unless the King convenes an extraordinary Diet, with 30,000 Russian troops present for known motives communicated by Russian ministers. Later reports confirm ongoing tranquility, despite the Thorn confederacy, with unverified claims of Catholic ecclesiastics hiding ornamental plate from churches under Protestant protection, fearing troubles from Russian demands favoring Dissenters.