12 May 1761
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 12, 1761
Page
1
A reader letter complains of inflated charges for London sights especially the Tower armouries. The writer recounts rude gate-keepers and a guard demanding fees for merely standing on the ramparts, arguing such exactions harm national character. The piece seeks space to publish the grievance and send regards to officials.
Last night the mails from Holland and Flanders report fleets and cannons near Turku, with plans to transport regiments to Sicily for precautionary garrison reinforcement. In Hamburg May 1, Empress-Queen may not send plenipotentiaries to the Augsburg congress until Saxony is evacuated, risking no peace this summer. Hague May 7, Boreel sails for London on an English yacht. Erfurt April 28, the Empire army gathers as Prussians press from Unstrut to Jena, signaling uncertain action.
Maritime notices report ships sailing and arriving May 6 to May 16 at Plymouth Weymouth Deal and Gravesend. Vessels include Torrington Marlborough Asheling Swain Richmond Pearce and others with convoys to London and Lisbon. Several ships depart for Dublin Jersey Madeira and Hamburg. privateering incident noted with a ransom.
London journal recounts the English fleet under Commodore Keppel setting sail from Spithead for Belleisle. The squadron totals near 120 ships, with detailed weather and voyage notes, describing the tense approach to bombardment and the terror anticipated by inhabitants.
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