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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 05, 1771

Page

4

Postscript to the Editor on faction and royal rights

The letter argues factions misrepresent national affairs and opposes arbitrary power. It condemns Lord Bute for war peace, warns against Jacobite and traitor influences, and stresses that English rights must remain protected, with representation and lawful governance against abuses of power.

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Power and liberty fears in a turbulent age

A lengthy letter to the editor argues against concentrated power, warning that prerogative and elite rule corrupts, citing Henry VIII and the revolutions, bounties, and parliamentary shifts. The piece cautions citizens to guard public virtue and avoid faction, urging prudence in governance.

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Theatrical Entertainments and Stock Price Snippets

The West Indian and The Devil To Pay are shown in Drury Lane listings with Elopenent and Covent Garden features including The Brothel and Mother Shipton. Pantomimes Barbarossa and related performances appear alongside stock prices for Bank Stock India Stock and South Sea Annuities with various reductions and gilt figures.

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