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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 01, 1776
Page
3
Letters from Warsaw report the Diet of Poland has vested authority in the King and the Permanent Council, placing Generals, the Military department, the Treasury, and major officers under royal and council orders. A separation is said to be looming between the Duke of Co and his Duchess.
The Arabella Bradshaw sails for Oporto and Beaver Coffin heads for the Brazils while the Heart of Oak Pat terson departs for the River from Senegal. Arrivals include Britannia from Newfoundland and Thetis from Petersburgh among others at Oporto and various ports.
London: Their Majesties visit Lady Dowager Effingham at Stoke Green. Lord Robert Bertie named Colonel of the second troo p of horse guards. The Marquis of Carmarthen’s daughter Mary Henrietta Juliet baptised at Grosvenor Square. Empress of Russia to lend 24000 troops for the American campaign by April 1797. Reports from Halifax and Antígua describe West India ships, contraband stores, and patrols. Police and court actions include arrests for highway robbery and forgeries, with several suspects remanded for trial. Died: Sir William Yorke, former Chief Justice of Ireland, and others.
Abbeville in France, Mr. Portal of Hertford College, one of Lord Craven's exhibitioners in the University of Oxford, and son of the late Rev. Mr. Portal of Abingdon Berkshire, are mentioned in connection with scholarly honors.
Old-accustomed shop in High Street Watlington Oxfordshire to be let with dwelling house. Includes parlour two kitchens large cellar two pantries five chambers three garrets and out-buildings. Suitable for tallow chandler or soap boiling or other trades. Inquiries Rev Thomas Lowthian South Weston or Mr Green Tallow Chandler Red Lion Street Holborn.
Henry Ellis reports relief from a scorbutic facial disorder after using three bottles of John Norton's Drops, sold at Golden-square and promoted as cures for leprosy scurvy and various chronic ailments. Norton warns of counterfeit imitations and lists many conditions the remedy allegedly treats, requesting caution in purchase at No 46 Fleet Street.
A reader praises the Crown club society as a forum where all classes debate politics and philosophy with vigor and wit. He admires a young speaker praised for his ingenuity and oratory, noting access and variety in urban discourse. He promises a forthcoming report of the debated question and speeches.
The piece describes Sparta as a city with senators and magistrates but lacking Homeric wealth. It notes citizens valued plain entertainment, while neighboring nations sent commanders to this “nursery” of leaders. It observes admiration for Spartan virtues and questions how their ends were achieved, contrasting power with modest living.
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