Praise of Virtue and public memory in Britain letter
A correspondent writes to the Daily Post praising a recent letter honoring the late Duke of Buckingham. He argues for true courage and polite manners learned abroad, recalls Socrates as a moral exemplar, and urges enduring virtue against envy and calumny. He calls for a future Essay proving virtue is its own reward and cites Athens as a warning against misrule.
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Lome
Deceas
Duke of Buckingham
Marischal
Berwick
Great Britain
Athens
Greece
Socrates
Aritamn
Lacedemonians
Port News from Weymouth and Deal Ships Sail and Arrive
The port news lists vessels at Weymouth Plymouth and Deal with arrivals and departures. Ships include Blandford from Portsmouth to Plymouth, Brogden for Gibraltar, Three Brothers outward bound, Dragon Nease for Philadelphia, Rotterdam Merchant to Bristol, Major to Lisbon, and Mary returned for Barcelona. Arrivals include Fanny from St Kitts Macclesfield from Jamaica Fragrant Rose from Gallipoli plus several vessels from Peterborough Stockholm Zante and Bilbao.
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Weymouth
Portland
Blandford
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Miller
Waterford
Dragon
Nease
Philadelphia
Rotterdam
Alderwood
Bristol
Major
Lisbon
Mary
Lawrence
Barcelona
Arriv
Fanny
Wirchild
St. Kitt’s
Newton
Jamaica
Rose
Bruce
Gallipoly
W. Gravesend
Sarah
Margaret
Spenton
Barker
Peterbourgh
Maria
Crown
Stockholm
Philippa
Woodhouse
Zant
Radburn
Newdigate
Johannah
Mackenzie
Montferrat
Santa Reta
Bilboa
News from Genoa and Mexico Amid Coastal Turmoil
London reports from Genoa dated the 11th Instant mention no Corsica news as reports of King Theodore landings prove groundless. Cadiz letters confirm a silver mine discovery. Mexico's governor pursues the source after Indians trade with silver. Also noted: Augusta's health at Kew, Trade Commissioners appointments, Westminster Sessions, Lord Mayor’s St Matthew’s Day events, marriages in Kent, a Bicester death, hops market strain, and a seizure of illicit goods at Woolwich.
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Genoa
Corsica
Theodore
France
Republick
Cadiz
Mexico
Europe
Seiz
Spain
Augusta
Kew
Alured Popple
Bermudas
Hoye
Deceas
Thomas Pelham
Lewes
Sussex
Alured Poppie
Westminster
Westminster Hall
James Oglethorpe
Haslemere
Surrey
South Carolina
Georgia
America
Edward Marley
Ely
St. Matthew’s Day
Christ’s
St. Bartholomew's
Bridewell
Beth-lehem
St. Thomas’s
Christ’s Hospital
Christ-Church
Newgate-street
Smpton
Theald Hofsttal
Wallwin
Chatham Yard
Chapman
Maidstone
Kent
Maicstone
Biciter
Oxford
Harcourt
Seven-Oak Road
Dent
India
Woolwich
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