31 Jan 1760
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1760
Page
1
Reports from multiple ports recount arrivals of mail ships from Holland and Lisbon dated December 18 with news of Jesuit expulsion, archbishop decisions, and mandates in Brazil. European dispatches note court reshuffles, ambassador appointments, a king's rheum illness, and military movements across Saxony, Prussia, and the Netherlands, plus earthquake shocks in Amsterdam and The Hague.
In Pekin the English seem silent and proud yet courteous, while the French show politeness by sharing robes in rain. The narrator observes debates on liberty amid prison talk, national virtue, and religion, noting English reserve, disdain for contempt, and social dialogue as a window into a society’s values.
In Weymouth and Portland Road reports a transport convoy to Portsmouth under a Jalon man of war name, with St Lucas and St Antona of Bilboa, Joseph Lucas commanded fifi for Bilboa, Reynolds for Plymouth is listed. The sailing appears to be underway dated Fan 28.
The Vienna and Petersburgh courts hint no congress, urging pressure on enemies for indemnities before any accommodation. Empress Catherine will reinforce with forty five thousand veterans, while Daun is ordered to pursue cessation of arms with Prussia. Reports from Toulon note war readiness and St Dominque stores. Dutch advices mention ten thousand Cossacks nearing spring deployment.
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