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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 04, 1775
Page
4
The item notes a publication detail stating a price of 15 and mentions it being part of a continuing periodical. It references The London Review of English and Foreign Literature and signals ongoing monthly issues.
A detailed account describes a May 27 1775 clash between Provincials and Regulars near Chelsea Hog Island and Noddle’s Island. Pro Patriots, supported by a naval squadron and marines, repelled attacks, burned enemy vessels, and seized four 4 pounders, with about twenty enemy killed and fifty wounded, while the Provincials suffered four wounded.
Sheriffs with the City Remembrancer went to St James's to place the Revolutions of the Common Fall and the Common Hall papers into the King's hands. Lord Rochford sought to view them but was refused. Plomer presented the resolutions in the King’s presence while the Mayor Aldermen and Livery waited in Common Hall. If the Common Hall remonstrances reach Parliament, a lasting divergence is foretold.
Girildina's Royal India Composition, famed for removing eleven facial hairs and preventing regrowth without harming delicate complexions, is sold by S Gifford at No 3 Serle Street Lincoln's Inn Fields. Price one guinea per ounce with directions. Minimum quarter ounce. Merchants and ship commanders can order, with post paid letters answered.
Our correspondent Academicus professes himself unable to explain his opposition to certain religious topics in the newspaper. The exchange pits two scholars against Christianity with claims that either doubts exist or are resolved by many books. The writer urges the paper remain virtuous and liberal.
Turbid schedule shows high water readings at London Bridge with times listed as morning and evening. Burials and gendered counts appear for the week, noting increases and entries labeled Cratonerie and Paria Pal Inall alongside generic burial references.
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