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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 03, 1776
Page
4
Prologue written for the opening of Drury Lane Theatre features Mr King and a satirical stage coach allegory. It mocks sport and audience vanity while praising new performers and managers as the stage progresses through a lively, rambling performance scene.
Postscript notes from Lisson and Phen dated September detailing the King’s improving health and the Queen’s arrival, alongside French-Spanish Catalonia raids by Algerines near Barcelona. Mentions Zamoyski appointed to revise laws, debates on virtue, and ratifications with Russia and Vienna with Berlin pending.
A recent visitor recounts Lord Howe Island in the Pacific, noting its 106 by 26 mile dimensions, two wide plains, and scarce timber. He describes a British plan to strike enemy positions inland before attacking New York, mentions a military hospital and entrenchments, and calls the island a stronghold with rugged shores and dangerous sea approaches.
Reports from Halifax and Newport detail British reactions to American actions, including mob violence in New York against churches and Protestants, deserter arrivals, and warnings on seaborne trade. Letters from London describe General Washington’s movements, Gates’s pending arrival with thousands of troops, and maritime privateering threats in the Mediterranean and Caribbean theaters.
The report records the resignation of Sir Robert Yeamans to vicarages in Sussex by the Bishop of Chester, a recent death of Rev Mr Willey of Edmundthorpe, and the passing of Leicester alderman Mr Orden at 64. Marmaduke Nelson of Beverley, a former alderman, also died.
Clubs and societies are urged to observe that all shares in Mr Moresworth’s calculation entitle holders to prizes of food rather than coal. The Lat drawa ticket and fractional shares offer two prizes with six number chances. Tickets return 20s per blank, showing potential savings over the lottery. Available gratis at four London addresses with tickets and chances selling.
State Lottery 1776 notice from Eiic HoLson and Co selling Tickets and Shares at Cornhill Bank Buildings. Emphasizes variety and favorable terms, warns against delusive schemes, notes prizes paid when drawn, drawing begins 13th of next month, country orders executed on same terms.
A reader urges the Bishop of Worcester to set a solemn day of fasting to implore Almighty God for success to the fleets and armies, criticizing zealots and hypocrisy in the patriotism of the time. The letter includes a verse admonishing false piety and a call to break ties with solicitous hypocrites.
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