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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 27, 1776
Page
4
A New musical short from Sadler's Wells introduces a mountebank and his Andrew haranguing a village audience. A farmer brings his daughters, the lovers wed in church, and the old man blesses the match. Miss Dawson, Mr. Love, and Mr. Kear star, with Dibdin supplying music.
Postscript from London reports a messenger to Lord Weymouth from Denmark, with dispatches sent to Windsor. Admiral Young's Leeward Island convoy news arrives from Antigua via the Jenny. Refits and reinforcements are noted for trade protection against privateers. Letters from Halifax, Quedge, and Lisbon bring updates on Continental and American affairs, including Congress debates in Philadelphia and reports of shortages, troop movements, and naval captures.
The State Lottery Office at No g3 under the Royal Exchange offers shares in Hazard and Co's Lottery, stamped with the Crown. Also marketed is the True Daffy’s Elixir as a stomach and bowel strengthener, advertised by Mary Swinton, niece and executrix, from Salisbury Court Fleet Street.
Fragmentary memorial note from Galltian Brewine Pores SL honors the Senior Fellow of Peterhoute College Cambridge who recently died. The text blends Latin praise with scattered dates and times, ending with cryptic timing references and a link to London Bridge.
Prices shown include Bank Stock, India stocks, South Sea, and Bank of England style notes. Entries note India annuities, India bonds, Navy bills, and lottery tickets with quoted prices and dividends. Currency values appear in old pence and shillings alongside per cent figures and ex dividend adjustments.
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