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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 22, 1762

Page

4

News from Petersburgh and Madrid on War Fronts and Trade

Letters from Petersburgh discuss potential negotiations with Denmark over Slerwick and claim Count Tottleben may command light troops. Reports say Austrian forces near Dobeln were captured, with generals and soldiers taken prisoner. Madrid letters note a French memorial to Spain allowing wool imports with a lead stamp for duty. other ports report naval movements and Atlantic commerce, including ships bound for Lisbon and Jamaica.

Petersburgh Denmark Slerwick Hamburgh Tottleben Fall Tiberey Russia Hildéfieim Sporcken Hamelen Limbet Holtzminden Kilmansegg Weferoo Madrid Leive England Amsterdam West Indies Admiral Pocock Lord Albemarle Martinico Malaga Lisbon Germany France Sweden Lyon Lisborn Southampton Clark London Yetterday Spithead Portillion Oporto Bacchus Hall Port Packet Bainbridge Mary Smith Joseph Seager Wardell Sutherland Neptune Hubbard Millegan Deal Charming Nelly Jamaica Flying Angel Wolfe Leghorn Niger Weéiton Knowler Quarton Marti Nica

Favourites and power in crowned circles warned by satire

The piece warns rulers against trusting favourites who gain power through flattery and private access. It cites Saxony under Count Bruhl as an example of how a trusted minister can steer a prince toward ruin, urging princes to distrust superficial charm and preserve truth. It weighs Britain and France in the current war, urging unity and justice to avoid dishonorable peace.

The Monitor Tait Oie Hii Saxony Brusil Vienna Retersburgh Prussia Count Bruhl

To my COUNTRYMEN war of expence and balance

The author argues the current war is a war of expense and that the nation best sustained will win. Britain gains under equal negotiator talents, as five sources of revenue favor Britain, while France relies on commerce and duties. Britain’s power is greater, but tax burdens threaten the French peasantry.

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