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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 18, 1771
Page
3
A Kentish gentleman laments national distress caused by monopoly, high provisions, and fashion, urging country gentry to stay home and enforce strong laws. He argues that riot and misrule would fade if industry and proper governance are restored, urging unity and disciplined effort. Signed as a personal letter to Sam.
Reports from Liverpool and Gravesend describe seafarers wages, port scarcities, and ships sailing to America and Europe. Observers note shifts in harbor bars hindering exits, with Captain Lamb detained, and multiple vessels from Nice Leghorn Guernsey and Dublin entering and leaving ports. Arrivals include ships from Amsterdam South Griglina Cadiz Waterford and Philadelphia with various captains and routes.
London reports Prince Ernest of Mecklenburgh Strelitz is hourly due at his St James's lodgings. The expense of the upcoming Knights of the Garter installation will be borne by the King. Ambassadors from France and Spain held a long conference at Powis House.
An extract describes the Earl of Sandwich arriving by yacht from Chatham with Board of Trade commissioners, salutes fired, and distribution of funds to Chatham yard workers after touring dockyards stores. Other reports note ships from St Helen’s, a St Patrick voyage delay, and Pigot East Indiaman sailing. A Kensington incident ends with a wound to the offender. Prisoners tried at the Old Bailey include several capital convictions and transportation sentences.
Average prices of corn quoted for the period from April 26 to May 4 1774 by the Standard Winchester bushel of eight gallons. Includes regional price points and comparative levels against previous weeks for standard bushels. Output reflects market reporting typical of colonial era commodity notes.
The notice lists marriages in St George Bloomsbury and Eltham Kent, including John Boynton and Elizabeth Shelley, Gilbert Craddock and Miss North, and John Wall to Miss Spt. it also notes the Right Hon. Charles Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, inheriting titles in 1740 and 1746 7, his heir Lord Bruce, and daughters Martha and Janet. Also mentioned are John Carwell and Mrs Newman of Peckham.
The General Evening-Post carries a satirical letter to Signor Guadagni praising a recent shift in behavior and urging humility and service to patrons. It contrasts this with political upheaval, tyranny, and the alleged downfall of ministers, asking what the rulers have done and what they have not, with further commentary promised.
The author denounces venality and corruption in administration from the end of the late king’s reign to the present day. He accuses state hirelings of twisting impeachments into sedition and loyalty into faction, then pledges to prove with known facts that patriotism once elevated England, now falters under a cursed Thane and Spanish challenge while Britain’s 1760 military power is recalled.
A large meeting at the Half Moon Tavern appoints members must sign pledges to promote a shorter parliamentary term and ensure annual or triennial elections. The engagement requires attendance in Parliament when motions arise and opposition to candidates who have not signed the pledge. The pledge also pledges to aid Middlesex electors against alleged interference by Colonel Luttrel.
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