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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 14, 1771
Page
4
Postscript from Lao editor laments rising costs and worsened poverty in the kingdom. He cites exports taxation monopolies and greedy middlemen as core causes, urging internal reforms to curb abuses and protect the public from price oppression and economic decline.
A reader laments widespread cynicism that tolerates cheating and corruption. The writer contrasts a supposed Golden Age where justice governed behavior with current elites who excuse vice, praising strict laws, decorum, and punishment while condemning hypocrisy among the powerful and their wanderings to France.
Constantinople reports continuing plague and excesses with the Grand Vizir detained. Incoming dispatches from the Danube describe political maneuvers and a peace proposal rejected, while Polish advices note Adisiad troops moving away from Cracow toward imperial field preparations.
Fragmentary dispatches describe Emperor orders reinforcing garrisons in Transylvania and surrounding gaps as troops ready to field at short notice. Copenhagen reports preparations for royal birth celebrations and charity acts while trade may reopen. A plague scare from Moscow hospital deaths prompts cautious follow-up.
A report from London notes the Address presented to the King after the Upper and Lower Assemblies met before St James's. The Lord Chamberlain announced the Address had been graciously received. Commentary on the Spanish convention, financial policy, and moves by Lord North are included along with theatre and social references.
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