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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 11, 1774
Page
3
Reports from Paris London and other ports detail naval changes in the Ruffian fleet, prize seizures and redress attempts, locust plagues near Viterbo, and political shifts in Russia Poland and Turkey. Also noted are marriages deaths and local incidents including a swindle on the Change and a fire scare in Orchard Street.
In Salisbury on the 2d instant the coroner sat on the body of Alice Clapham of Batt court near Malmsbury who had hanged herself the Tuesday before The jury returned a verdict Lunacy It appears the old woman had amassed 15 guineas by hawking small wares and on weighing her money found a deficiency about 30 guineas which led to her suicide Reading June 11 a farmer near Basingstoke was found hanging in a stable He had been insane since his father's death crying that he should be starved.
A messy OCR list reports numerous ships arriving at and departing from ports including Portsmouth Plymouth Falmouth Dover Portland and Liverpool. Names include Betsey Salvator Breede Kent Taylor Yorick Yorick from Lisbon and many more ships with origins such as Norway South Carolina Maryland Grenada and Oporto.
An extract from a Petersbourg letter notes that the lottery expiring laws and Laleham Borough bills were read a second time and committed for the day. The House of Commons plans adjournment tomorrow night, with Parliament to rise next Thursday. The letter reports Tartars pressuring Noai exiles, delivered Lieut. Panto and Cossacks to Selim Gherai Chan.
A letter from James Clarey to Sir Harry Urmon recounts initial estate mismanagement, revealing how aggressive surveying and landlord control harmed tenants. After dismissing bad stewards and overhauling rents, the narrator faced discontent, then adopted moderate leases and tenant security, finding renewed peace and popularity.
A speaker pleads for tenants fearing rent hikes and asks judges to assess land values fairly He cites Morney as an example where value tests led to evictions and unpaid rents The story frames a community's distress over rents and indifferent valuation amid harsh seasons and losses
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