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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 23, 1771
Page
3
A garbled excerpt hints at a discussion of language acceptability across many places. The text references Septionable 5 and the licention mness of its language, noting it was well received upon the whale.
A playful prologue delivered as Flor a by a female performer, praising the gods of ancient myth reimagined as stage characters. The piece notes seasonality, flirtation, and sprinkled humor as the poet’s plan to unveil divine personae through song and wit before the audience.
The lettered summaries from Stockholm and Warsaw report a royal speech praised for uniting factions in Sweden while Turkish raids against Moldavia and a Russian assault on Fort Turnoe near Nicopolis unfold. Reports from Ragusa and Otranto mention Ottoman fleet victory rumors and leakage on French trade restrictions in Lisbon.
An express reached Raleigh with news of a decisive victory by His Excellency the Governor over the Regulators at Almanfee. The dispatch says the governor, with about 1300 troops, advanced from Hillsborough toward the Regulators who were unembodied and armed about 40 miles ahead, and moved to attack if opposition arose.
The account describes a battle where His Excellency led a line of troops against Regulators estimated at around 2500. After hours of heavy firing and grape shot, Regulators suffered about 300 dead and many wounded, with 20 to 40 taken prisoners while the governor’s forces suffered lighter casualties. The victory is attributed to disciplined conduct and divine providence, with one local official wounded.
A conderable meeting of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights at the London Tavern heard a report from the committee on a proposed public pledge for candidates before the election. Proposals favored annual parliaments and revisions to the preamble. Wilkes and others opposed the amendment. Letters from across the kingdom praised the society, which adjourned to September.
A fragment announces a publication next month priced at 5s. devoted to valuations of lands and estates in England. It targets nobility landed proprietors clergymen barristers agents stewards notaries and farmers with guidance on buying selling letting and valuing common field land and related rights.
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