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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 07, 1758
Page
3
A fragmented chronicle reviews ancient leaders and modern financiers, noting Caesar and Frederick the Great in contrast, alongside schemes to raise six million for the year and notices of prize draws, ship losses, marriages, deaths, trades, smuggling, and a London Nervous Medicine plea amid public notices and disasters.
The latest dispatches report the main Ruffian army crossing the Vistula toward Prussia and preparing quarters in the kingdom. A convoy of about eighty-two artillery trains nears Dirfeau and guards have been doubled around fortifications. Vessels carrying provisions and ammunition to the army are barred from landing as protests rise over ongoing hostilities. Dresden reports Prussia’s envoy being rebuffed, with other European courts scrutinizing recent events. Berlin notes a large troop advance toward Bohemia after Dresden, with Swedish forces withdrawing from Prentzlow and Manteuffel moving to secure Prentzlow.
Fragmented excerpt covers political critique on faction and royal power, mentions Richard II, Clarevacn and Southampton, and warns of public calamity. Includes obituaries, naval notices, Danish appointments, ship arrivals, privates captured, and early financial market quotes. Names include Sarah Cowper, Earl Cowper, and Denmark king’s appointment of Peter Henry Meyer. ships from Lisbon and St. Eustathia noted.
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