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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 03, 1776
Page
4
A fragment from a poem appears amid Fant ary laf pages, captured as a short verse snippet. The piece hints at whimsical imagery and local literary flavor, reflecting the paper's varied content mix without full context or source lines.
Postscript reports Alterro Marine and Pacha of Diarbekir with 10,000 men defeating Timur Bey Pacha in Syria, believed killed. Algerines seize an armed barque from Trapani with eight guns and 50 men. Warsaw notes tumult in Dietipes. Hagué reports pacific capital. Zeland warns against fraudulent bankruptcies amid French tempest damages.
Messenger from Lord Stormont reports from the French Court while Marquis of Cordona travels from Sardinia to Lincoln’s Sun-fields. Duke of Cumberland travels from Windsor Lodge to Pall Mall and on to Canterbury for races. An intercepted rebel letter from Canada mocks retreat as losses mount and Indians march with Sir John Johnson. Minerva sinks in the Gulf of Florida. Jamaica notes two West Indiamen lost. Greenock reports Juno and Glasgow arriving from Boston with word rebels have erected batteries at Pad din Point and Long Island and begun a cannonading campaign.
Reports from wartime Britain describe the Worcester and other ships aiding a fleet, captures by American privateers, and convoy tasks off Jamaica and Florida. Also noted are highway robberies, a nursing child tragedy, trials at Guildford, and local market prices amid harvest reports and crime briefs.
In a July 25 General Evening letter, the writer rebukes W HAWES for harshly attacking Wesley and his book. The author defends decency, questions motives, and argues that gentlemanly conduct would have preserved credibility and impact.
A rough Times of high water schedule lists events at 7:00 AM forty minutes past seven, 8:13 PM, and 9:46 AM with subsequent 8:22 PM. shows timing in morning and evening slots across Thursday and related days.
Prices for corn, rye, wheat and various grains listed with bids in shillings per quarter and per hundredweight. Flour types and malts recorded with quoted ranges. beans and peas shown with per bushel figures. Market notes reflect trading terms and unit conversions. entries include varieties such as pale malt and hog-pea fractions.
A fragmented financial page lists stock prices including Van Stock 1384 India and 1694 South Sea and Ditto Old/New with various percent figures. Bank and onlot entries show ex div values, 3 percent, and other minor percentages. Also mentions Afternoon at Cine Clock, lottery tickets, and scrip $32 with several bank and bond references.
A 1575 Critical Review notes a new edition of Sunday Ramble by the author, featuring an elegant plate of Sagnigee Well Garden and scenes from London and Westminster. It describes weekly interet ine scenes at wells, coffee houses, churches, gardens, and public venues with original characters and memoirs.
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