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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 29, 1775
Page
4
A late masquerade poem mocks social types from rich to rustic and notes wit and pity amid dances and mock titles. It ends with the warning that Death’s fatal wound hides in Masquerade as TITUS TAG.
A letter recounts a boarding school ball with hundreds of elegantly dressed ladies and wealthy displays. The writer worries polite education cultivates love of dress and pomp, leaving daughters of tradesmen ill suited for respectable domestic life and happiness. The piece critiques early emphasis on wealth over virtue.
This day arrived mail from Planders with advices from Barbary. It reports that the repencies of Algier and the country are much confounded at the ill success of the arms of the King of Morocco.
Rome reports in Montalto di Castro a forest cabin fire killed twenty five laborers and left seven half dead. The blaze likely started from park embers used to keep cabins well ventilated, prompting pleas for fortified coast defenses and new batteries along the Barbary frontier.
In London the House of Lords met on May 1 and debated the Irish case of Rochfort Hume and Rochfort Elgis with the Earl of Ely as respondent. Att. Gen. and Mr. Forrester spoke for over two hours, hearing adjourned to continue today for the reply. Bills on Milford and Launditch industry, cottages, Shadwell paving, Watt engine, Brirfley enclosure, Sutton enclosure, playhouse at Manchester, and Hampstead lighting were read, reported, or committed. The session lasted past five and adjournment was set for the next day.
The House debated corporate powers and bribery claims against the Corporation. Mr Whitbread spoke at length and was corrected on bribery charges by Lord George Germaine. Sir Serjeant Adair and Mr Dunning supported the motion. Mr Jenkinsor and Mr Ongly opposed. A division recorded 71 noes to 37. Committee of Supply voted 46,000 for extra coinage expenses, 22,000 for ordinary coinage, 12,001 to cover aspects of Ad-Crenes, 13,002 for coastal forts repairs, 5209 for Barbadoes harbour works, and 0 for fines recovered in Exchequer. 13,002 for Manning’s effects. A petition from Thomas Howell requested relief from confinement. The House adjourned to the next day.
The report on the relief of insolvent debtors and amendments to censure removals of the poor were discussed. A second reading was granted for a bill preventing hand notes as legal tender, with further debate on apprentices settlements and the Antigallican Privateer petition. Several notices, storm anecdotes, and court actions followed, including a Haslemere election matter and a murder trial acquittal.
A nineteen year old girl was found dead in Covent Garden with her throat cut after being seduced by a gentleman who then left her. A distressed woman with three children attempted suicide by drowning in Marylebone fields. Market prices at Leazes, Whitechapel and other locales are listed along with clergy appointments and a Dorset widow’s death. In Glasgow a minister at Tron church suffered an apoplectic attack during sermon and died after the incident.
Forecasts list high water at London Bridge for Thursday with precise hours and minutes. Entries note morning and afternoon levels: Merely exact timings show 27 minutes after 5 in the morning and 44 minutes after 4 in the afternoon, plus 2 minutes after 5 in the morning and 21 minutes after 5 in the afternoon.
Grain and produce quotes listed for corn in various forms from MM Wheat to Tares. Prices show ranges: Corn, Barley, Rye, Oats, Finest Flour, Second and Third fort, Pale Malt, Br Malt, Pease, Hog Pease, Beans, Tick, and Tares with shilling figures. Prices per quarter or per stone vary by commodity and quality.
The column lists various securities including Bank Stock totals, India and South Sea stocks, and government bonds with rates such as 3 percent and 4 percent. Notable items include Bank Long Anns and Navy Bills, with assorted figures like 87283 and 644655 reflecting quoted prices and reductions.
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