Reflective jab at war talk and public virtue
The writer laments indiscreet war rhetoric in periodicals that praise battlefield glory while attacking enemies at home. Citing Voltaire and Dettingen Fontenoy, he argues conquest loses honor when merit is diminished by contempt. He urges compatriots to maintain merit abroad and restraint at home, signing with regards.
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Voltaire
Monrion
Dettingen
Fontenoy
Change Alley
Court of Supreme Judicature
Areopagus
Anxious Notes on Cattle Disease and Recent War News
Reports discuss cattle sickness in stables and needed precautions, alongside dispatches from European theaters. Detachments under marshal Broelia and prince Ferdinand win actions, with hundreds killed or captured. ships reach Leghorn and Jamaica, while Britain contemplates Baltic support and militia movements.
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Ferdinand Hav
PORT NEWS PORTS AND SHIP Movements At Plymouth and Deal
In Plymouth on March 13 the Rippon's prize arrived from Quebec and the Albany sloop of war carried dispatches for America. The Montague Windsor and Revenge sailed eastward. Two Dutch men of war with merchant ships entered the Sound from the West Indies. At Deal on March 14 the Industrious Bee from London arrived and John and Betty sailed for Barbadoes. Lancashire Witch sailed for Gibraltar after port clearance. St Bernardo Rabilla arrived from London at Bilbao.
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