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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 17, 1773
Page
4
The editor laments widespread trade discontent over a new act halting coin clipping and weighing fraud. He argues Parliament acted to curb the diminishing gold coin and urges traders to endure short inconvenience for future stability. The piece stresses the rich and general public face impacts, not the poor, and warns of renewed evasion if weight is restored.
A woman visiting a farmer's wife near a cottage left her cloak when a sheepdog leaped the pales and clutched her gown. The dog held her arm but did not bite as the farmer's maid arrived with the horse, and the woman walked on unharmed. The piece also prints verses about the Montgomeries of Ireland and Lord Townshend's marriage.
The fragment recounts a lively quarrel between Nature and Garrick over art and praise. Garrick defends Shakespearean painting as stronger, while Nature remains cryptic about stolen records. The verse hints at a theatrical rivalry and poetic boasting with a final note of shared celebrity.
From the Rev Mr Byroms poems a new publication notes two painters depicting religion. One artist gazes at her全over while the other highlights facial features. Hervey and Lacy are named with contrasting approaches to grace and dress in the portrayed scene.
A learned man’s specious sermons are mere flashes in the pan. True preaching, with Christian grace, scorches vices and prompts the boor to change his ways.
A society revises aims to interpret scripture by Holy Scripture alone, rejects human explications or required subscription to any formulary, and plans to renew their parliamentary petition next session. A general meeting is set for the first Wednesday after Parliament meets. correspondents directed to the Feathers Tavern Strand.
A pamphlet describes import of a large Russian turnip seed for cattle feed sold at 6s per pound via Gregg's Coffee House Covent Garden and an auction for a 58 acre Oving dairy farm near Buckingham to Thomas Flowers with details of lease terms. Additional notices tout ship weight balances, bread distribution pricing, and Venetian window blinds patented by Edward Bevan with multiple agent locations.
Reports from Pottscript date June 12 indicate Fuirkith officers find Ottoman forces more courageous disciplined than earlier campaigns and better at fortifying camps. Grand Vizir praised as shrewd strategist, a relay of praise from an Aga. Madrid says Cadiz receives news of ships from Carthagena Vera Cruz Hawatinah with wealth and goods totaling many crowns and sugar.
A Paris dispatch notes Count Faledern’s elegant arrival as Empress Russia’s ambassador with a thirty‑scope retinue. Sweden reports bishops tasked with a new Swedish Bible translation. Bamberg warns of robbers terrorizing routes, with 230 men seized and many executed or punished. Courts in York begin Northern Circuit. a Grenada customs case concerns seizure of Campbell figures for duty. Local anecdotes cover fires, assaults, and strange deaths, with weather and market updates sprinkled throughout.
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