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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1776
Page
4
Poem tribute praising Exhir Ned Shuter known as Merry Prince of all Mummers Neo Shuter. Reflects on his charitable acts and memory by a friend who witnessed his bounty and worth on earth and anticipates heavenly reward for his deeds.
Mr Shuter initially refused to perform Foote's Minor citing religious scruples tied to Ridicule of the late Mr Whitefield. Time and reflection altered his stance and he later took the role, provoking the Merhads to denounce him after their nearly worshipful regard.
The Proprietors note that as a proof of early intelligence the General Evening Post was first to publish Lord Howe's remarkable Declaration to the American Colonies, which provoked an extraordinary debate in the House of Commons yesterday with vigorous speeches from leading members of both sides.
The Commons debate centers on a declaration said to be issued by the King’s Commissioners in America and whether to publish it. Lord Cavendish urges full disclosure and revising Parliament acts to ease American grievances, while ministers and Fox question the move as premature and potentially dangerous to the negotiations.
The debate mocked a proposed Committee on a bill already discussed and blocked a declaration. Mr Dunning. told the Solicitor General he learned of the motion while at the Opera and supported it. The division ended with 109 to 47 against, and the House adjourned until Friday awaiting the navy estimates.
The article recounts a Commons debate with Mr Danning opposing, likened to Swift in satire, and notes camaraderie with Irish orators. It reports Burgoyne advancing toward New York, dire conditions in New York and Pennsylvania, and Kingston Quebec era wheat exports. It mentions Carleton’s proclamation, a Russia treaty, Baltic arrivals, and press-gang legalidad amid naval provisions.
Reports describe hops from stalls and pockets at gas works scenes while press gangs guard streets in St Giles. A sailor wounded by a pistol in Planket, linked to a pardoned footpad gang, is cared for amid fears. A publican in King'svest wounds a journeyman weaver, sent to London hospital with poor prospects. Mrs Eyre, widow of York residentiary Rev Eyre, dies at Barnborough. she was daughter of Rev Dr Prescott, Master of Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
State Lottery tickets are sold in halves quarters eighths and sixteenths by Hazard and Co stock brokers at their Royal Exchange office. Shares bought there will be stamped with the Crown and labeled Hazard’s Lottery Office. A notice warns that Mr Morsworth’s calculations are copied and that shares from him are sold only at specific offices listed with exact addresses.
A rare advertisement offers a Premium Ticket entitling the holder to Five Hundred Pounds if the number is drawn in the current Lottery. Signed by Mr. Moles worth and delivered at several London locations. Funds for payment are lodged with Me. Beldero Kendall and Co. Bankers, Lombard-street, who will answer any inquirer.
Verse laments Ned's death with mock gods sighing and earthbound mortals and the simple tomb. The lines mourn the fallen, noting the Bedford Coffee House setting and the public display of grief.
Fragmentary OCR lists various stock prices and percentages, naming stocks such as Sank Stock Cosel Navy Bank and Lottery Tickets with scattered figures like 81fa8rahaj per er and 84.a8 pfad4, including references to percentages and dates, but readable details are limited.
The firm announces a 16 day lottery scheme promising original tickets with prizes and a return option if undrawn within the period. It contrasts with office keepers offering only ten days, asserting higher value and lower risk for purchasers. An affidavit before the Lord Mayor supports their integrity and terms.
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