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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1771
Page
3
A dated mail from France at Vienna reports March 23 and repeats a local ordinance forbidding subjects traveling from this country without permission under severe penalties.
An English schooner reports being pirated near Statia by a Spanish armed ship, crew bound and whipped as war was declared. The piece then shifts to a London House of Assembly debate on arrears for barrack money and a court scene at Westminster Hall about the governance of the city and its magistrates. It includes lengthy moral reflections on courage, military virtue, and critical views of historic generals.
A blaze on April 16 in a Shoemaker's shop area of Tostock caused extensive damage, gutting nine dwelling houses and numerous outbuildings. Thirteen families were left with nearly all possessions lost in the fire.
The report lists numerous ships entering and leaving Bristol and various ports including Oporto, Amsterdam, Dunkirk, Hamburg, Cork, Waterford, Barbadoes, and Gibraltar. It notes royal attendance at a Pall Mall Royal Academy event and policy debates on peerage claims and the Durham yard embankment bill, with detailed testimony on navigational rights and embankment impacts.
The text urges the military to be above suspicion and to examine their hearts with solemnity. It notes few instances of true virtue and suggests the current age lacks it, attributing this to profiteers and flawed teachings.
A reflective dialogue contrasts two Englishmen, Adonis and Tancred, exploring virtue, military duty, and the allure of red coats. It warns against joining for mere parade or glory, urging careful consideration of danger, discipline, and the true costs of military life.
A fragmentary reference notes Houeraken's Heans and Birch's Lives of One Hundred and Eight illustrious persons. The text hints at biographical works and authors but provides no full context or details.
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