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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 04, 1771
Page
4
A poem of nature’s beauty and a mournful tale at the water’s edge. The speaker recalls Idalia like groves, hears a soft lament from echo, and recalls a fatal day near the brink where deceitful lovers and a magic wand lure a mate and infant into danger. The damning line warns careless roamers who tempt fate.
The dog who performed a principal role in Pantomme En tertainment of Mother Shipton petitions George Colman Esq seeking enrollment in the Benefi List. The writer, unpensioned and not seeking weekly salary, asks for a fixed day to advertise and be compensated by adding the name of YATES to the bill.
In a baronial era debate, a speaker denounces state execution as murder unless the crime is murder itself. He asks if justice aligned with Christ permits killing criminals for nonlethal thefts and fraud and argues repentance is central to Christian law, challenging immediate execution without repentance.
A writer condemns the Maidron forgery verdict, arguing the trial hinged on dubious indorsement equality rather than proof the bill was forged or passed. The author contrasts Captain Salter's case and notes murder seems unpunished, urging stricter application of law.
This Day was published in Octavo price One Shilling sewed. NASSAY on Wetcuinge of GOLD shows how to discover counterfeit coins and metal plate by weighing to determine intrinsic value. Prefixed is a large table detailing numerous fake pieces circulating as genuine gold. attributed to William Symonds, collector of excise and author of the Practical Gauger. Sold by J Nourfe opposite Catherine Street Strand.
Advertisement for a bound one volume folio dictionary of arts and sciences with introductory preface on literature progress. Sold by J Hinton in Paternoster Row near Warwick Lane. Supple ment offered bound and lettered. Subscription weekly numbers from No 7 at six pence each.
Vienna notes a rumored treaty between this Court and Petersbourg and Berlin and the Russo minister Gallitzin seeks a passport for troops through Phingary. Tartars deputies in audience with the Empress report prep for the next campaign. Paris reports Sweden’s king’s brother improving and likely to depart for Stockholm in about a fortnight.
London reports indicate a respected figure advocates mercy and stability as the nation faces a tense period. The public hears of plans to support a key subscription drive amid design by adversaries, with ministers and ambassadors across Europe shaping policy and diplomacy.
A fragmentary prologue performance at Theatre Royal Covent Garden for You Like It stars Mrs Bulkely, with George Alexander Stevens directing Touchstone. The scene features a prompter, stage bustle, and musings on gender roles and theatre power. It notes audience location and mixed reception with lines about rights and female agency.
The column lists bank stocks India stock and other bonds with quoted prices and closing figures such as 151 for Bank Stock and 724 for India Stock, alongside various 3 and 4 percent bonds and government issues, showing mixed activity and current values.
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