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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 02, 1790
Page
4
In the fragment from a sonnet about Romeo and Tybalt, Juliet laments banishment as harsher than Tybalt's death. She questions clearing her love's name, recalls a word she cannot forget, and moans that fate has struck her family, leaving Juliette in despair.
Poem fragment expresses anguish at banishment and longing for Juliet. Speaker rejects exile, desires death if mercy cannot come, and finds heaven only in Juliet's presence. He laments philosophers who speak of patience while not feeling true sorrow.
Paris intelligence reports a decree limiting the state and clergy debt paid in Affignats with no more than 1200 million total in circulation and burning existing issues. Vast crowds at the Tuileries celebrate the measure amid testimonies on the Versailles events and Orleans faction actions.
Cadiz reports a Tartar cutter failed with dispatches for Solano commander in chief and orders to cruise between Cape St Vincent and St Maria. Two divisions sail to Corunna to copper and join the line at Ferrol. a 14 ship line fleet is bound for the Havannah. Boze at Marseilles saw Spanish ships and Tangiers bombardment. London notes cabinet delays, war risk, and parliamentary prorogation. A six-ship line squadron under Hood to the West Indies is planned, with Ork and Earl Howe involved. Excerpts from Vienna describe Sicilian nuptials, Archduke Francis as Regent, and Hungary transits. Madeira governor imprisons a respected English merchant, and English dispatches arrive at the Admiralty.
A garbled 18th century dispatch mentions Lord Chancellor and Duke of Richmond, Covent Garden performances, and a report on the English stage amid political chatter. It notes dispatches to Pitt, theatrical scenes at Covent Garden, and references to coin theft near Liverpool and a marriage in Axbridge with local legal figures.
A mixed program at Covent Garden features The Provocation with Douglas and The Highland Reel with Cross Purposes. The evening offers a varied bill including a Painted Tower setting and a Prominent Lise Covent garden tableau, delivering a broad experimental tone.
A garbled 18th century shipping and stock ledger fragment lists ships such as Nemesis and a Dutch frigate, with names like Anna Dorothea and Margaretta, plus scattered mentions of bonds, stocks, and Navy credits. Towns and firms appear obliquely, including Venice and Zanes. The text mixes ship movements with financial quotes and prices, yielding a chaotic historical catalog.
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