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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 04, 1771
Page
4
Epitaph honors Ox John Sprong, carpenter to Lord Chancellor Ring, at Oakham in Surrey. The verse laments his quick temper, reclaimed by death, praising his craft of oak work and posts, and noting Hollis the bricklayer as a fellow laborer.
A request to the printer of the General Evening Post to publish an epigram mocking Joseph Arnold for his advertisement in Faulkner's Dublin Journal for May 11. The verse laments Arnold's secrecy and urges him to reveal his knowledge and craft in future writings.
Poetic plea mocks the spread of tomes about inoculation urging someone to inoculate Arnold with a bit of sense, a rejoinder to the paper’s puffery and hype.
A sly verse notes Arnold advertises as an inoculator whose methods remain unknown and unverified. The piece mocks the secrecy of his practice while urging skepticism from the public about his claimed cures.
The General Evening Post analyzes a split among opponents of royal prerogative and people’s rights. It accuses a Reverend Divine, John Horne, of vanity and public snobbery while tracing his actions from Wilkes’ arraignment to question his notice and contempt. The piece denounces private indiscretions and stresses concern with public duty and trust.
The speaker questions clerical equality with laymen and urges the Parson to act with honesty, condemning alleged hypocrisy in dismissing attacks on Wilkes. The text mocks Horne as a private-honor violator and hypocrite, arguing real patriotism can outlast factional rancor and a corrupt administration.
RE now selling Tickets and Shares of Tickets by Receipt at the lowest prices in Halves Quarters Eighths Sixteenths Thirtyseconds and Sixty fourths. Tickets registered examined earliest account of their success sent to any part of the world. Shares sold at this office will be examined gratis. The lottery will begin drawing Monday the 18th of November. Correspondents may have tickets and shares mailed by remitting good bills at sight or short date in London. money paid for the prizes as drawn.
Hazard and Co stock brokers offer state lottery tickets and shares registered at 6d per number. Prizes paid by Government at the rate of gd under Parliament act. Draw begins 18th November. Letters post paid. schemes gratis. office at Royal Exchange with government securities bought and sold by commission.
Postscript from Constantinople notes a second British squadron of 60 large ships and 10,900 men ready to land at Galatz or other ports, to cruise the Black Sea. Dardanelles fortifications are strengthened. four thousand troops moved to the garrison amid rising bread scarcity. News covers Paris and London court intrigues, Irish funds, and broader European tensions shaping policy and potential peace measures.
The price report shows bank stock figures and various India and South Sea listings with fractional quotes. Bonds and annuities appear with long-term and short-term rates, including per cent notes and Consol figures, all reflecting a market snapshot at one o clock.
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