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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 19, 1771
Page
3
News from Bristol and exmouth reports bakers petitioning magistrates for corn importation. A committee at St Peters Hospital unanimously supports the motion. Excessive coastal flooding from Powderham to Exminster submerged marshlands, drowning 328 sheep and some young cattle while older animals and many sheep swam to higher ground.
Windy day brings several vessels into and out of port. Hope, Robinson sails for Philadelphia. Hayley, Scott departs for the river from Boston. Scarborough, Morant, Raffles, Charming Nelly and Maynard make movements for Jamaica London and Nevis. Amity's Providence Pilmour Alive Plowman James Fhames pass by. Pilton Lovering London off Whitby. various ships arrive at Limerick Grenades and other ports.
Thursday reports detail Mary brig bound for Falkland Islands with bales and packages from England. Other vessels including a French ship from Martinico toward Bayonne perished near the Irish coast. several more ships and crews lost for Operto to Dublin and Barfleur to Cape La Hogue. Local incidents include theft arrests, assaults, and a few suicides, with marriages, deaths, and prize drawings noted.
To the Editor of the GENERAL EVENING Post S72 relates a letter lamenting alleged corruption in temple police and society. The writer condemns expulsions tied to poverty and nonconformity, demands consistency, and criticizes bankrupt members in both Societies while noting robberies in gentlemen’s chambers.
A lengthy critique targets Westminster halls and Temple chambers, condemning Benchers and residents for housing diversions and disorder. It argues the Inns of Court have strayed from true legal study, cites tenants from army officers to gamblers, and calls for tighter oversight and reform with a broader plea for moral renewal.
This edition offers interest calculations at various rates, a comparison table of Randard gold and silver with Amsterdam and London exchange, and tables for converting gold coins to pounds. Added are a salary and wage casting table and practical money handling aids. Printed for G Keith Gracechurch Street.
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