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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1771
Page
4
A fragmentary letter praises the newspaper and invites publication of lines as worthy verses from a humble correspondent, signed by SIR and addressed to the printer.
A satirical description of a Pantheon in Cold-bath Fields, portraying a crowded, mixed crowd of apprentices, tradesmen, and ladies, whose refined attire contrasts with bawdy behavior and mock-heroic reverence. The piece laments moral decline, notes waiter chaos, and hopes summer returns to restore its fame as a fashionable, genteel spot.
A fragmentary verse prose piece titled Prologue reveals a satire on giants and monsters as social allegory. It mocks courtly vanity and uses allegory to critique literature, newspapers, and merchants peddling fiction while invoking playful threats of giants and wounds.
The text presents disjointed lines of a hunter scene with references to a pack, pursuit, and fear. It lacks coherent narrative, leaving unclear events or identities. The archaic diction suggests a fragmentary poem rather than a news item.
A fragment from a political pamphlet condemns the Ministry for alleged mal administration and calls for public protest against injustices. It lauds the Livery for electing a defender of liberty and criticizes peaceful rhetoric as a cover for plunder and tyranny.
An auction notice for a spacious and substantial messuage or mansion house called Bugle or Bull Hall with coach-house stable-yard and garden in Bugle-shed. Property fronts the creek 200 feet with river and New Forest views. Includes underground cistern, suitable for trade or elegant dwelling with materials available for rebuilding. Land portions available in fee or building lease. Details via Mr Bedwell Law London or Mr Le Gay Southampton. Auction in August next.
Warsaw dates note readiness to field and defences in the Levant, while hope remains for peace via mediation by the Emperor and the King of Prussia. Reports from June 25 include prayers for Princess Ferdinand and mourning for William Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Spanish Jesuits in secular habit face Madrid inquiry and a stern reply from the Madrid court.
London reports a private Westminster conference revived a press licensing motion though experts deem it impracticable. The Earl of Chatham suffered gout flares risking his life while Crown lawyers reportedly opine that Alderman Wilkes may not be barred from sheriff. Admiralty plans add vigilant cruisers in the Mediterranean and dispatches rush to Portsmouth and Plymouth chiefs. A Beftol correspondent notes a grand Guild ball and entertainment in that town.
A tightly scattered 18th century digest reports on political figures, visits by distinguished ladies and gentlemen to the Patriot and his daughter, the Windsor Knights of the Garter plan, dispatches from Petersburg and Governor Wentworth, debt court screening ideas, a proposed military academy, election remonstrance bets, shipboard robberies, marriages, deaths, cricket matches, highwaymen, thefts, and early stock market prices with a focus on persons such as Dr. Wilson, Mr. Wilkes, Lord Tyrawley, plus places like Windsor Smyrna Limehouse and Battle Bridge Wells.
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