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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 21, 1771
Page
4
A long letter argues for virtue over vice in youth, condemning taverns and spouting clubs, defending oaths in universities, and critiquing theatre managers. It laments luxury and crime while urging moral reform, cites Drury Lane performances, Garrick, and the theatre’s economics, and ends with a note on Jeremy Collier.
A reader exhorts the editor to publish extracts from Mr Overal on religious oaths and university matriculation vows, arguing measures to emancipate the clergy from unwarranted bonds. The letter then shifts to a broader theatre critique, defending pantomimes and urging provision of pecfactors in theatres to sustain performances during actor illnesses or absences.
A correspondent derides Papists and Methodists as the sharpest foes of the English Reformation. He argues Methodists defend Anglican articles and liturgy while Papists cling to the Pope’s authority and sacraments. He warns that internal Papist divisions would doom their own faction and the broader cause. Christianus signs off with plans to publish a reply to Mr Modern.
A critical examination of Mrs Abington and the theatre world sparked by a dedicated poem. The piece argues critics target her while noting her influence, denies injury to her fame, and questions the motives of those who attack her.
Mail from Flanders notes the king’s illness recovery needed, Count Lafcy to gain authority once held by Prince Eugene, and the Emperor planning a Styrian tour to inspect Hungary magazines. Reports from Hamburg and Elfineur cite high prices and rapid currency shifts, while Swedish provinces face extreme misery in unsettled conditions.
A damaged fragment from Cotterbourg notes that if a party had not tardily reached Embdeg or Markraunt with a seat rye, there would have been general farming implications. The garbled text references transport delays and potential agricultural disruption.
A lively compilation notes society rumors and official actions. It mentions royal marriages and betrothals, sightings of nobles at Drury Lane, and a possible union between Lord Ligonier and Miss Greme. It covers civic debate on expulsions, Wilkes, Reynolds, and City elections, plus charitable efforts by the Lord Mayor during Christmas Eve.
Yesterday Hamlet by Garrick with Thomas and Suiv This evening The Committee with The Witches Covert Garnen Yesterday The Beggars Opera with Man and Wife This evening The Mizer with Mother Lipton
The report lists bid prices for stocks and bank annuities with items such as Bank Stock 15604a, South Sea at 1 percent, and India Bonds 528. It notes reduced annuities, various percent figures, and mentions Navy bills and related financials. The text appears as a fragmented OCR of a financial prices column.
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