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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 31, 1775
Page
4
A plain spoken warning urges the adventuring crowd to wed soon before it is too late. The speaker mocks lottery folly and presses practical life over risky ventures.
Medley pantomime Harlequin's Jacket or a New Year's Git staged at Theatre Royal Drury Lane last night. It opens in a moonlit churchyard with Pierrot and Colombine and follows Harlequin receiving a magic lath from the God of Fun. Other scenes include inn-yard Royal Exchange tavern, barber shop, stock scene, Covent Garden market, and an oilman's shop letter box. Two final scenes show a village meeting Momus for rural happiness and a Hymen temple with moving lamps and cupids, ending with a nuptials dance.
Postscript notes deep public opposition in America to British taxation and policies, contrasting early divided opinions with a firm stance against further coercion. The writer warns that only measured concessions may ease tension, while a hard line risks British control becoming a fragile occupation. Additional items report local incidents, benevolence, thefts, drownings, fraud, and market prices across London and ports.
The Cricklade election contest between Samuel Peach and George Dewar stalls after a dispute halts polling with Peach leading 15 to 25 on day one. Four-fifths of electors remain unpolled and the matter awaits decision in Parliament. Other items note Plymouths St Lawrence arrival and Ireland shipping orders.
Corn prices at Corn-fuchance show Mark -lane figures with oats and barley listings. Wheat quoted at 46 to g11 quar, rye set at 7 bes Hira, oats 15 to 1g, finest flour 443, malt 73 to 388 quar, beans 4 1033% and 6 for another lot, tailing with various miscellaneous commodity quotes.
The readable OCR fragment shows scattered figures for bank stock prices and annuities with references to South Sea, India, and Canadian style data. It mentions bank annuities, percentages, and various securities with incomplete values, indicating a partial financial listing from a historical source.
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