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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1774
Page
4
The notice denounces indecent dress and public appearances by individuals in multicolored outfits as improper, urging reform of such behavior. Consul General Cadeva Wader Crab warns that offenders posing as Lady Hertford will be publicly called out and shamed.
Dated April 29 a letter from Hoppanpe2s5 describes banditti delivering to the Bailiff of Ajaccio they threaten to seize estates if money is not paid. Two vessels are sent to deter access to the island and M Bachopilli’s house is attacked for refusal. News also notes the Count de Marbenf burnt houses in Luis Petersburgh and a planned royal visit incognito by July.
Amid ongoing parliamentary adjournment reports from Lisbon Constantinople and Paris indicate near peace negotiations. Mentions of clerks officials merchants bakers bill debates in Ireland and appointments arrivals in Dublin and Dublin Castle with brief local incidents and weather items.
Fragmentary notes describe high water at London Bridge with times given for morning and evening tides. The entry lists Thursday events with several time markers and distances, but lacks clear context or complete sentences to determine full meaning. The fragment preserves discrete tide timing references without full narrative.
A list from the Corn Exchange in lanes shows Monday prices for Mark Wheat at 48 to srs. quat, Barley 26 nos. ditta, Rye 26 to 27d, Oats 16 to 20s. ditto, Finest Flour 40s per fa, Second fort 47s ditto, Third fort 34a ditto, Pale Malt 32 to 978 quats, Br Malt 32 to 59-ditto, Pease 31 to 993 ditto, Hog-Pease 26 to 386 ditto, Beans 28 to 305 ditto, Tick 2s 10-24s ditto, Tares £4 to 303 ditto.
Afternoon pricing rounds show Bank Stock rates with India and South Sea alongside ditto entries. Old and New Anglian bonds quoted, Consols and Indian government issues noted. A mix of annuities, long annuities, and lottery tickets appear in the afternoon table with various percent values and yields.
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