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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 20, 1771
Page
3
The narrator notes Turkish methods in handling horses they fear and command with voice and staff. Horses fear keepers, yet Turks train them to respond quickly to commands. Some horses stand still when reins fall, others wheel or obey from distant riders. Groomed stallions hear voices from afar, neighing with joy. Turkish horses have broad webbed shoes, may outlive European breeds, and stables occupy lower floor of houses.
An 18th century cantata sung by Mr Verron in Vauxhall Gardens features Cupid as captain and Venus as queen. The piece invites nymphs and swains to taste delights, rove to the island of Love, and seek a wife, with lines promising treasures and happiness for maids and lovers alike. It depicts lively recitatives and air verses urging youth to join the festive island of love.
In Rochester on August 20 the Mayor and council, joined by Stroud Rochester and Chatham gentlemen, boarded the Queenborough yacht to open the oyster-beds with ceremonial rites. Other items note Birmingham-Wolverhampton navigation reopening, hops recovery, Worcester market prices, and a Poole brandy seizure by Lieutenant Mainwaiing of the Anson cutter.
At Wells in Somerset a jury found the Bath postmaster liable for delivering letters only on legal postage. Also at Somerset assizes six prisoners faced death sentences. Balch and Pinions to be executed for burglary after harming two elderly widows, while Mortham Jefferies Seward receive 14 years transportation.
A London column reports arrivals and voyages of ships including Chatham Frigate and others bound for Virginia Portugal Africa and Cork plus arrivals like Bridgewater East Indiaman from China and ships from Virginia Waterford and Riga. Royal events: Prince William Henry birthday festivities and court visits. government dispatches from Senegambia. political intrigues and a detailed Anecdotes item about Bourret the Comptrille General and Choiseul network. Also Dutch and Amsterdam plague notes and various legal notices, trials and comedies of manners.
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