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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 07, 1776
Page
4
Chronicles a hostile enclosure of a village common near Columbonnel by wealthy landlords. A parson seizes an old wife’s house and garden, turning the house into a fable, while the garden grows. Public church inquiries are mocked as a misused practice ends by a sharp rebuke before locals.
A May 7, 1770 letter to the editor argues that if Parliament cannot tax American subjects, Britain faces ruin and America gains population and prosperity. The writer cites Lord Chatham and warns declined emigration would follow if Britain keeps burdens but suggests some government effort could curb emigration.
In London the Lords read and passed several bills including Inclosures and Paving measures while hearing a long appeal case from Scotland. The Commons approved war funding and coinage expenditures, debated bankrupt and Hindon incapacitating bills, and examined Admiralty licences amid parliamentary divisions.
Committees reported and Bills ordered to be read a third time. Bills from the Commons received, read a first time, and ordered for second reading. A Bill to raise 1,500,000 pounds by Idanson Exchequer, and to discharge 1,250,000 pounds of Exchequer bills per last session. A Bill granting bounties on Irish flax feed from union provinces and the Austrian Netherlands. A Bill laying a duty on bugles, allocating that duty, imposing an extra duty on foreign feathers, and cancelling long-standing bonds at the Custom-house. House adjourned before six.
A jumble of dated items reports admissions to Clerksnygh bridewell for fiscal charges, a death at a child bed in Boroveh, a man dying after a Sharpers attack near Camberwell, a wedding between Mr Jordain and Miss Clarke, and other obituaries and marriage notices including Elinor Thompson at 162 and George Harding’s marriage at St Oswalds Chester with a feasting reception.
Jacob Hemet announces capital improvements in fixing natural teeth and preparing artificial teeth. He explains delays during absence due to entrusted staff, discharged that person, and states he will attend patients daily from nine to one abroad and from one to four at his Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square residence.
Weather and stock notes accompany a London Bridge high water forecast for tomorrow with morning and evening tide timings. The weekly burial totals rise to 362 with 63 more burials this week, and bread prices remain unchanged. The page lists bank and stock figures, indices, and various bonds, shares, and lottery tickets with mixed percentages and quotes.
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