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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 01, 1774
Page
4
A fragmented review of a pavilion pantomime with sylphs and Harlequin. The Bay of Naples scene is described with music by Miró, with violin by Fither, and the performance noted as well staged and entertaining.
A damaged page reflects a polemical excerpt on a political figure noted for vigor and harsh critic of elegance. It includes a personal travel diary from 1773 and a long listing of books for sale, with notices for a new cookery edition and a catalog of publishers and booksellers in London.
The text describes Mr Powell's frail health to the extent of wearing a strengthening device due to pain. It notes his appetite as indifferent and criticizes newspaper accounts as erroneous. It mentions his preference for tea and water, and recalls expeditions he undertook, notably a rapid journey from London to Maidenhead bridge and back in seven hours.
In an Evening Post postscript dated December 31, 1773, Cathe Biaiter of Genese responds to a request for publishing lines that mock a teacher and the preacher. The verse laments shifting roles from actor to preacher and questions the town’s move to favor one over another.
Eighteen Irish Lords including nine bishops sign a protest against the bill permitting Papists to send money on mortgages. In the Irish House of Commons, three money bills and the bill repealing the northern rioters act were read a third time and sent to the Lords. Debates follow on life annuities and stamp bills, with committee dates set. Messages note royal assent to the three monkey bills and the repealing act. Reports from Petersburgh and Elfinur describe Russian military buildup and naval movements, with frosts hindering ships in the Baltic. A Danish ship bound for St Croix and three Dutch vessels suffer partial cargo damage. News from Vienna and Paris mentions a planned imperial congress and a quarrel between Count de Guignes and Duke d'Aiguillon.
A fragmented report notes Count de Guignes facing confinement near the Baffle with Parisian conjectures. Dublin letters recount Lord-Mayor Willoughby Lightburne’s public reprimand of Sir Edward Im, who apologized at a Phoenix Park meeting. Other items include a tobacco price drop after 350 tons of tallow imported, a fashionable West End theft, a slave advertisement from Virginia offering a reward, two footpad attacks in St. George's Fields, and assorted obituaries and notices. Mr. John Nelson’s lodgings in Louisa linked to a runaway enslaved man named Bob. Royal Hospital Greenwich advertises elastic trusses by Robert Brand amid broad public notices.
Flood tides push London Bridge high. warnings issued for morning and evening periods. Officials advise boats and merchants to prepare for rising water. The schedule notes high water around 6 am and 6 pm with forecast timing varying by tide.
Theatrical notices list Darry Langz with The School for Wives and High Life below Stairs. Also shown are A Christmas Toy with A Trip to Scotland Covent Garden and Jane Shore with a new pantomime The Sylphs. Prices of Bank Stock, India bonds, and various bank percent rates appear in a financial section.
Ballab promotes licorice root as a remedy for coughs chest catarrh and lung complaints. The paste claims to ease tickling phlegm prevent settling in the lungs or heal them. Sold in bottles of 28 with directions by J Wilkie London and other retailers.
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