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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1773
Page
4
The London market monthly wheat prices for 1757 are listed by quarter with figures for January to December and a note predicting a similar fall after the current harvest. The data show prices ranging around 34s to 63s per quarter and include remarks on potential future declines after this year’s harvest.
Dr Stukeley and Pine visit Hertfordshire antiquities at Oxfar’s Dile on a hilltop. An old labourer confirms the site names and recalls Cyfar’s toll or ford, tied to Cesar’s march from Covey-stakes to Verulam. The group debates the identify as they survey the nearby grounds.
A London gentlewoman who after burying six husbands marries again is accused of poisoning her spouses. The trial recalls English coroner duties and a critique of harsh smuggling laws and heavy exchequer writs. The narrator laments legal abuses and calls for parliamentary reform to spare the poor from oppressive prosecutions.
In a 1773 letter to the General Evex the author laments general distress and argues officials permit smugglers to operate, while soldiers and authorities fail to curb them. He accuses ministers of neglect, political bargains, and economic motives, claiming the costly suppression would save only a small sum.
Reports from London recount a yesterday Levee at St James's followed by a Cabinet Council on prorogation timing. News from Warsaw notes a three day stay near Lemburgh and an expected incognito meeting with the Polish monarch, while Romanzew gathers 12,000 reinforcements to cross the Danube.
High water levels forecast for London Bridge with tides listed for tomorrow morning and afternoon. Notable times include 2 pm, 3 am and 4 pm with corresponding increments and a late afternoon high. The entry presents sequence of tide events for the day.
Corn prices yesterday show Mark Wheat at 48 to 645 quar, Barley 25 to 28s ditto, Rye 26 to 28s ditto, Oats 16 to 25s citto. Finest Flour 48s per fack, Second fort 455 ditto, Faia for 429. Pale Malt 329 105.avaz. Br. Malt 54s ditto, Pease 40 to 743 aitro. Hey Peale ditto, Beats 24 to 70 ditto, Tares 24 to 309 ditto, Rape Seed listed.
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