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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 11, 1771
Page
4
Public notice from the Assurance Office at Serjeants Inn Fleet Street detailing meetings every Friday and Tuesday for a month to settle claims arising from deaths of named individuals, with a long list of deceased members and heirs, and urging fraud detection, plus a summary of the society’s payments and meeting details.
By order of the assignees of John Robinson late of Lincoln merchant bankrupt a freehold estate will sell by public auction on Tuesday August 6 between four and five in the afternoon at Rein-Veer Lincoln. The property includes Red-Hall mansion with gardens dove-cote granary stables and offices near Bracebridge two miles from Lincoln plus a farm house barns out-buildings and several closes totaling about 370 acres with one cottage one toftilead and a small plantation. Purchasers may view with Mr Thomas Hanson and particulars are with Messrs Chaplin Melish Philips and Lyon Lincoln.
A reader describes headless snails with glutinous belly valves used as feet or for dew gathering. He notes shells reseal after breakage and ponders how a creature without blood or heart can move. He compares plant motion and argues vegetables may be excitable, asking how sensation and motion arise in life forms. PHILOPHUSIS. we The favours of this Gentleman will be always acceptable.
London readers see a vivid survey of political maneuvering around Mr. Wilkes the Sheriff elect and the City Remonstrance. Accusations of defencelessness, calls for a Common-hall, and hints of a 15001 sum for Wilkes's year in office echo tensions with Lord Mayor and Parliament. An Paris letter notes court metamorphosis after a new minister is promoted.
The article cites widespread discontent with the monarchy and clergy, noting suspicions of tyranny and financial plunder. It details protests, arrests, prison reliefs, and a mediator role of the king, with London and Versailles commentary. It also mentions arrests in Borrowstounness for skibbing and a high court trial, awaiting judgment.
Fragmentary financial and weather notes from a London page show high water forecasts for London Bridge with times and fluctuating stock prices listed for Bank Stock India Stock South Sea and other securities. The text mixes times, dates, and rough price figures in a dense, garbled OCR style.
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