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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 07, 1760
Page
2
A letter reviews a claimed method to prevent and treat distemper from a mad animal bite. It details applying mercurial ointment and a Turpeth Mineral regimen, with cautions about salivation and timing. The text also covers naval movements, court notices, and local incidents.
Reports detail Brecknockshire militia marching through Gloucester toward Neiterbaahe, Gen Barrington arriving from London to become Governor of Fort George, and other colonial trade arrivals. Also noted are a royal delivery of a son in Soho, Dumfries magistrates attacked by mobs, a Sussex barn fire from a pistol, and a long list of imports from Oporto including wine canvas hemp linen and various goods. Parliament and court notes cover itinerant preachers at Rolvenden, Maidstone magistrates, and several assize sentences at Stafford and Shrewsbury.
A Victorian column reports marriages at St George Hanover Square and St James Clerkenwell, a coal merchant’s death, a widow’s death in Islington, and a sailor charged with murder at Gravel Lane. It recounts a series of violent acts including a ha nding near Wycomb and a fatal shooting attempt, plus police actions and a peculiar coachman tragedy near Fadpole Lane. Edinburgh and Glasgow notes cover privateers taking ships and marriages, with Justin Doran offering papers and rooms at the Edinburgh coffee-house.
Ort New s Deal Aug 5 Wind at S blows freth. Re main in the Dawns his Majesty s thip St George the Thomas and Jans Barlow a victualler and the Salisbury ackilwain for Partfliocth Set eee Mack.
An express arrives confirming a report from yesterday that Chevalier de Muy, succeeding Count de S Germain, commanded the French corps de Reserve and planned to surround and cut off the Allied division. The newspaper notes this new advantage as consistent with earlier coverage.
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