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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 16, 1776
Page
4
An archival fragment invokes Brita-Day on May 19 with lines praising loyalty and the muse. It asks Gayins of Loyalty to inspire verse and paint the County's fame while simple truths are rehearsed for public praise.
A fragmentary urge to petition Parliament to allocate able bodied convicts among ships in the Greenland trade and related fisheries. Proposes 16s monthly pay or in-flops, exemption from whipping under limits, and uses for convicts in seafaring drudgery and whaling. Suggests women convicts aid in curing herrings salmon and pilchards.
In London the Lords debated the Sandwich drainage bill with petitions from Sandwich and others fearing the canal would drain the river Stour, raise floods, ruin the harbour and devastate 4000 acres of land. Engineers warned water loss would worsen navigation and trade.
The House rose amid quorum, congratulating Queen on birth of a princess. Debates covered Insolvent Debtors and Banks cases, felons punishment, sinking fund payouts, and a million pound loan. Turnpike, Chester, Ludlow roads, Six Inch Wheels, coal draw back, and Sandwich Drainage Bill discussed. Committees and witnesses examined. vote for committing the Drainage Bill underway as the session adjourned.
Yesterday Lord Stormont left St. James s for Versailles as he proceeds on his embassy, accompanied by his new wife. A Sandwich Harbour witness described currents and shallow water. General Smith and Henry Dawkins, MPs, were elected for Hindon by a large majority. Mercury and an armed brig captured eight foreign vessels near Philadelphia, while Washington fortifies nearby Boston. Reports from Falnouth note a Duke packet boat wreck and dispatches from Lord Dunmore. Gloucestershire polls show continued contest with heavy drinking deaths amid the local election.
The report covers Sterling Alvar prices advancing on Monday to five Millicgs and seven-pence per ounce, debtors awaiting insolvency benefits, a pony rider robbing three ladies near Dulwich College, and two suspects linked to Mr Phillips’ murder not seen since. It notes William Philips’ generous character and his murder aftermath, a poor woman and child killed by a passing chaise in Bishopsgate Street, a Maidstone claim about Sergeant Dunk being robbed as unfounded, the death of bailiff Trovee, and a Melton Mowbray church lightning strike that damaged the pinnacle but left lives intact.
High water readings listed for London Bridge with times and magnitudes across multiple days. The schedule shows measurements at 22 minutes after, 40 minutes after 3 in the afternoon, 54 minutes after 6 in the morning, 14 minutes after 4 in the afternoon, 36 minutes after 6 in the morning, and 7 minutes after 4 in the afternoon over successive days.
A compact list of stock prices and bank shares with various percentages and annotations. Includes entries like Bank Stock 1472 Inia and 1602 a4 South-Sea ditta with percentages, odds on Annuities, Conto figures, and additional items such as Lottery Tickets and Scrip. Dense numeric values and terms typical of historical market schedules.
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