05 Mar 1757
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 05, 1757
Page
1
The issue notes French troops forming an army on the Lower Rhine with a possible mid March shift, mentions unconfirmed commanders, and includes Scottish coast storm reports. It also contains letters praising Swiss militia discipline, naval appointments, and commentary on political struggles and public opinion in Britain.
Reports from Liverpool Harwich Leicester Norwich and Cambridge describe the ship Two Sisters put ashore at Crosbie Point with most cargo saved, the death of Captain Samuel Phillips of a Royal Packet Boat, a female volunteer enlisting in Welch Fusiliers and later being discharged, a tragic accidental shooting injuring three children with one killed and the River rope-walk murder of a newborn boy discovered with violent injuries.
A London author comments on a sensational 1688 French tract Observations upon the Government of the Kingdom. He cites Catherine de Medici using sorcery to foresee successors, mentioning Henry IV, Louis XIII, and Louis XIV, and a dream-like mirror showing Jesuits to come, provoking royal intrigue.
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