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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 19, 1771
Page
4
Postscript signed Brutus argues for new taxes on saddle horses and household servants as a means to curb vanity, misused land, and economic waste. He cites Pelham and Townshend, warns of ruin to young traders, and links virtue to national strength, urging reform and unity to safeguard Britain.
An opinion piece lambasts a weak administration and degraded morals. It denounces universal prostitution as a grave insult to virtue, cites Dr. Brown’s claims about France, and questions national strength, noting high desertion in the French army and widespread exiles.
To the Editor the SHE Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce proposes a premium for sowing the greatest quantity of common wheat in spring. It notes spring sowing may help when autumn planting failed, cites 1768 and 1769 experiences, and argues that price gains could offset smaller yields, urging farmers to plant spring wheat this year under approved conditions.
The writer questions why women at Mrs. Cornelys events fear a coffin scene and warns that Luttrell should be banned for indecorum. He mocks the terror of mortality and suggests strict penalties, urging preservation of decorum by Soho angels and Caterie saints.
In a critical letter the writer denounces Dr Samuel Johnson for betraying his prior anti revolution stance and Jacobite leanings by accepting a pension, claiming he now venerates the royal house he once despised and harms public opinion.
An excerpt laments changing esteem toward former opponents. It contrasts the respect once shown to Oxford conservatives and Scottish rebels with current courtly judgments, noting irony in shifting loyalties and wisdom of courts. The fragment hints at political tension and social reversals.
A jumble of London political chatter describes Lord Cam’s possible return to leadership and the strain within the ministry and opposition. The piece notes factions, attempted coalitions, and anticipated assemblies, plus rumors of appointments, libel doctrine, and royal concerns as the age’s constitutional tensions unfold.
The notices list King Arthur with The Guardian Covent Garven and The Jovial Crew with Mother Shipton this evening. High water at London Bridge occurs tomorrow morning and evening, with Saturday song at 7 morning and 8 evening. Also includes bread assize and currency exchange rates for Amsterdam Madrid Rotterdam Antwerp Genoa Hamburg Paris Porto Bordeaux Dublin Cadiz and stock prices for Bank, India, South Sea, and annuities.
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