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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 22, 1760
Page
1
A lengthy dated moral pondering on how young readers and philosophers misread wealth and virtue. It contrasts bookish virtue with real life, traces friendship and pride, and follows Poverty as a test of wisdom and social observation, ending with a reflection on solitude and human interaction.
A reader in Dublin presents a biased portrait of Senerdl Maguire a Dresden commander and colonel praising his noble Kerry ancestry, imperial honors, marriage to a Moravian lady, and links to Irish and German aristocracy. He claims Maguire’s family and allies shaped European warfare and urges Irish battalions to aid against enemies.
Genoa reports the Vatican refusal to receive a memorial on Corsican apApostolic visitor. Algiers notes a French consul forced to leave. Glatz garrison of 2500 men, many killed or captured after a storm. Paris notes troop moves to Rouen and suppression of Parliament resistance. Madrid letter backs Don Philip safety and peace, Parma and Placencia discussions. Warburg action praised by Muy and Broglio. Hanoverian report celebrates Allied victory with 22 cannon captured and 2800 prisoners.
Deal August 20 Wind and weather report lists arrivals including the Seaflower Riven from New York which remained with the fleet. Vessels bound for Lisbon and Newfoundland include the Tagus Allen Dickinson Colvan and Susannah Hayes with Badger dispatched to Sheerness. Also rafts and arrivals include Unity Berg from Stockholm Dispatch Dunton from Virginia and King of Prussia Vernon from Jamaica.
From thie accounts of con fines of Silesia and Poland the army under Prince Henry is about fifty thousand strong while the Russian grand army is sixty thousand men.
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