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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 14, 1776
Page
4
The piece opens with a high ranking church figure and princelike title bearers. It reflects on duty learning dignity and yields to fashion while asserting that peace is bliss and virtue brings fame. The poem closes with a stance on moral balance and timeless virtue.
A readers note on Prologue 20 to the Tragedy of Semi Amis, spoken by Mr. Ruppisu. The speaker appeals for favor, begging protection for a soldier who has shed ambivalence and donned tragic pride, drawing on classical references and a call to restore rank.
Fragmentary passage describes Khe folipasing Exray to a marriage, with classical imagery of night storms and hollow desolation. Jo appears as a bright presence offering cure for sick fancy, while the speaker venerates a power of air and fair science to guide and illuminate.
Postem., this day from Flanders reports a grand concert hosted for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Ostrogothia with a brilliant assembly. Vienna dispatch notes a royal anxiety over poor wood gathering in imperial forests and huntsmen objections. Paris telegrams anticipate a Spanish fleet success and potential early campaign changes.
London authorities report a daytime examination at Guildhall of three lieutenants and a Culloden mate over impressing two men. Depositions detail constables opposing press, warrant from Admiralty, and disputes with Aldermen over lawfulness. Separate notes cover Westminster election irregularities, royal dispatches, European affairs, and local market prices.
The Alderman and officers argued over bail and the necessity to enforce the laws. After delays and objections, the mutimus was issued and the prisoners were committed to Wood Street Compter. Sir Watkin Lewes and others arranged the transfer amid a crowd of notable spectators.
Lottery notices describe tickets sold in halves quarters eighths and sixteenths at Hazard and Co State Lottery Office 63 Royal Exchange. Also Warren’s Milk of Roses advertised as skin cleanser for infants and adults with shop details in Marybone Street and Cheapside. Fuller’s Purifier for cleansing cloths offered at 3s.
A garbled OCR fragment outlines events labeled BHIGA MATER at Tonden with times: tomorrow at 94 minutes after 7 in the morning, 2 minutes after percent in the evening, Thursday 46 minutes after 8 in the morning, and tomorrow after g at night. The text is incomplete and uncertain.
Price list records corn and grain values including barley rye oats fine flour second fort ort rape seed pale malt and various pease hog pease beans and other items with figures and units noted. Names and precise values appear from the historical market sheet.
A fragmented listing references bank stock and various per cent figures, including India related bonds and government notes. The text mentions cent values, dates, and terms like Navy, pills, tolls, and irregular spellings, indicating a damaged financial ledger snippet with multiple numeric entries.
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