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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 15, 1762
Page
3
Reports from the Allied camp detail cavalry actions near Hohentkirchen and Rogau, with Granby and Rochambeau forces clashing. Prussian maneuvers threaten Fritzlar and Gudensberg as Danes seize Travemund and Lübeck, while Russian plans stir in Holstein and Pomerania.
From Rathcor muck we learn that yesterday morning a dew of honey fell over the neighbourhood. Trees bore the sweetness, and small quantities were saved from long grass using scoops. Reports mention saving water methods used in parts of the West Indies.
Postscript from Exchange Alley notes a ceasefire proclaimed at the heads of Prussian and Austrian armies on the eighth. Sail from Admiral Pocock reports British forces near Havana on June twelfth, with two richer Spanish registers carried to Gibraltar by Admiral Saunders. Halifax frigate brings word Amherst’s troops conquer Louisiana with few losses. Dove from France carries an Olive Branch. A critic denounces political writers as abusive and self-serving, arguing they injure public trust rather than serve the nation.
The writer criticizes a form of moral hypocrisy where people denounce religion yet act upright in private life and commerce. Citing St Evremond and a dying Quaker, the piece warns against over-righteousness and the ease with which fine talk earns respect while true virtue is tested in worldly dealings and trust. It closes with a short Italian anecdote about a famed Lent preacher and a man who gifts five coins to seek favor.
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