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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 03, 1774
Page
2
A celebrated female politician denounces the Grenville bill as mortally flawed, arguing it has corrupted incorruption and will resurrect the constitution at the general election. She notes Mr Rs and Mr Rts would have been fitting members but for the bill’s fate.
The account, drawn from letters of Cape passengers, recounts a quarrel aboard the Vanntrart sailing to India in May 1773. R- murdered Capt. F at the Cape of Good Hope after stalking him at night, stabbing him nine times, as Capt. A- had provoked strife on board. Capt. F dies from wounds. R- flees in darkness.
A writer wanders through a bustling capital noting rapid changes in shops and trades over a year. He laments fashions of self indulgence, rising and falling fortunes, and a life of gambling and high spending as modern city manners. He recalls friends in St James's Street and the House of Commons echoing concerns about lifestyle and national welfare.
An anecdotal reflection on history as the kings book and the emperor Tai-t-fong ordering a tribunal to recount virtues and vices. The piece argues history should be written only by freemen who seek truth and preserves the idea of a statecraft tribunal transmitting rulers' deeds to posterity.
An old moral tale about considering the end before beginning is followed by an royal patent backed London wholesale advert for medicines. Jackson’s Tincture promises cures for rheumatism gravel and bowel disorders. Squire’s Grand Elixir claims to treat fevers fluxes smallpox and coughs with long success. Several named cures and pills are listed with prices and shop notes.
A king orders gold inscriptions and engraved plate after a warning baton. A conspiracy to kill him by a poisoned lancet is foiled when the surgeon, bribed to strike, hesitates reading the baton aloud about considering ends. The surgeon confesses, is pardoned, conspirators die, and a vizier admonishes courtiers to heed consequences.
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