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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 16, 1771
Page
4
A fragment notes correspondence addressed to Mr Norton a surgeon in Gelden square London regarding Ana. The readable text provides no clear event date or outcome.
A Geneva Evening Post letter denounces ongoing corruption after Walpolean opposition, alleging Navy neglect, fleet delays, and abuses to support the expanding system. It contrasts past efficiency with present decay, cites Portugal and Mehemet Bey events, notes political shifts, recalls the Genoa doge and Cairo dispatches, and reports civic notices and trials upcoming in Bow Street.
A letter to the editor challenges claims that Wilkes and his supporters are finished. It cites reports of acclamations in Lynn and public civility as evidence that the opposition remains active. The writer argues the people defend constitutional rights and oppose self serving factions, warning against manipulation of popular will.
In London the Serjeant's motion fate remains unconfirmed with readers split over whether it concerns public proceedings or Westminster court administration. The paper notes rising speculation of a rapture with Spain amid the Fairland islands dispute, signaling intensified tensions in the ongoing affair.
An advertisement urges care of children's teeth and introduces ESSENCE of PEARL as a remedy to prevent scurvy gums and premature decay. It claims benefits from early use around age two and lists retailers W. Bayley and J. Price in London, with price 28 shillings and sixpence.
The bill features Deary Lase’s Yesterday and The Wotl Indisa with Miss in Her Beens. Also The Padlods Covexte Ganddin tonight and The Maid of the Mill with Mother Shipton. The Jealous Wife closes the evening with the same pantomime.
Yesterday at the Warbiane corn market prices moved across several grains. Wheat ranged from 37 to 44s per quarrel, Barley 25 to 23s 6d, Rye 28 to 29s, Oats 15 to 13s 6d, Finest Flour 38s per sack, Second fort 35s, Third fort 32s 5d, Brown Malt 28 to 33s 5d per quarter, Pale Malt 29 to 35s, Pease 23 to 29s 6d, Hog Pease 24 to 26s, Beans 20 to 27s 6d, Tares 30 to 36s 8d, Rapeseed per laft.
Prices of stocks and bank annuities listed with rates in percent. Entries include South Sea, Bank Annuities with varying percentages, India Armaments and Bonds, India Stocks and Navy Bills, along with other financial instruments and long annuity notes.
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