15 Sep 1760
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 15, 1760
Page
1
The writer ridicules the rise and fall of great men praised by crowds, noting how fame shifts with fashion. He recalls a dinner where a supposed great man was insufferable, and observes how emulators and ceremonials inflate modest achievement into legend.
Wind E N E brought vessels to sail for Virginia and Bremen as several ships left Deal. The Galloway Whitehead led toward Virginia while the St George Dreadnought Argo and Granada remained in the Downs with victualer Thomas and Jane and transport Union Major. Additional ships from Hamburgh include Carolina Elizabeth Anna Catherina City of Hemburgh and Rebecca.
Letters from Venice and London describe King Frederick’s campaigns in Silesia and Bohemia. Prussian losses are cited as high. Schweidnitz besieged by Laudohn while Daun covers. Austrian and Russian moves shift with Pellegrini and Soltikoff, as bracing for battles near Lignitz and Striegau.
A reader letter inquires about the fate of Mr. Watson, held as hostage for the Lucretia Fabre, reportedly brought by a smack from Christiansand to Amsterdam and to be forced inland to Dunkirk, arguing that no hostage can be detained on shore in a neutral country and urging publication for reflection.
Summary of reports on Tunisese corsair seizures by the king's decrees, a new hospital project in Naples described as Europe’s finest, and Austrian troop movements in Lower Pomerania. French and British forces clash near key passes as Prince Ferdinand presses against Broglio’s maneuvers, with substantial casualties near Zierenberg and a pursuit toward Fulda.
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