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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 31, 1776
Page
4
A bleak verse depicts pursuit of hare and birds by hounds and gunfire. It describes blood stained death and fearful fear, with a stoic man observing without sympathy. The piece mocks cruelty in hunting and its grim outcomes for animals.
Postscript from Rome Augtio notes two armed corsairs captured a Neapolitan tartane bound for Sicily carrying a Sicilian heir to a large legacy. The two captains are under arrest and face trial though they claim no protection. The corsairs raided Cala bria twice, enslaving thirty harvestmen in one strike while the other raid force landed and re-embarked amid losses. Paris reports a violent tempest at Crecy near Dreux with fireworks that burnt harvests and shattered windows in two minutes.
London reports letters from officers noting General C foresaw impracticability of late attempts and opinions differing. Dispatches to General Clinton praised by a Great Personage, but public unhappy with ministerial accounts of Charles Town. A St. Kitts letter laments American independence talk while Arnold’s army faces clothing and pay issues. Bilboa extras mention Pine-Tree and an American vessel in port, with Flor and rice cargoes and Irish agents.
Letters from Warsaw report Ruffian camps near Willa with Cossack posts and efforts to keep calm at the Diet. Gibraltar dispatches say a 50 gun Spanish ship was captured by Moroccan cruisers and towed to Tangier. Cadiz notes six ships of the line being fitted and the St James ordered to carry 24 24 pounder cannon. A Bordeaux merchant’s letter to Raynal explains naming ships after philosophers. An account from Bombay hints at a peace between the East India Company and the Marathas. The Exeter Knight election and Bartholomew fair ceremonies are noted along with maritime losses, crime, and local misdeeds.
A York subscriber asks for clarification on a puzzle about counting dots on playing cards to match the 365 days in a year. The letter notes pleasure with Carn spiritualized account but seeks explanation for the arithmetic question.
A letter to the editor discusses a treatise titled A View of the Internal Evidence of Christianity. It cites objections to the Trinity and atonement by Christ’s sufferings as contrary to human reason and divine justice, and argues that incomprehensible principles cannot disprove a proposition proven by understood principles.
Forecast notes high water at London Bridge for tomorrow with tides listed as 26 minutes after 6 in the morning and 54 minutes after 7 in the evening Thursday 2 am after midnight and 56 minutes after 7 in the evening.
Market list shows prices for corn and related goods at the Corn Exchange in Kanes Town. Wheat at 31 tn 395 quar, Barley 16 co 225, Rye 23 50 245, Oats 12 t0 175, Finest Flour 309, Second fort 26s, Third fort 238, Rape Seed per fair, Pale Malt 23 t0 483, Pease 42 to 338, Hog-Peale 23 to 25s, Beans 25-10 278, Tick 6 to 24s, Tares 2g to 308, ditto.
Fragmentary financial items list bank stock rates and bond prices with references to India and naval bills. Mentions 1 per cent, 4 per cent, 3 percent, and various dated entries such as 1951 and 1762. Indicates lottery tickets and scrip alongside currency notations and partial figures.
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