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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 16, 1773

Page

4

Public Letter on Morals and Oaths in Courts and Society

The text laments corrupting influences in public life, urges magistrates to enforce oaths and prosecute vice in houses of ill repute, and warns against parental neglect. It recounts a court anecdote involving Lord Hardwicke, Mrs Baker, and a clerkly grant of favor to a son, illustrating favoritism and appointments through patronage.

Elieives Éffentes Carey Pepe Drei Foreman London Mini Chancel King’s Bench Robert Walpole Robert Baker

Anecdote of the late Loup Hardwicke

An antique prose fragment notes that actions by great men, when viewed in proper source, reveal benevolence despite seeming slightness. It argues such deeds deserve preservation and careful transmission to future generations to honor their memory.

Loup Hardwicke

New Edition of Exposition of the New Testament by John Gill

Proposals for printing by subscription in four volumes with Scripture maps and a New Testament edition. Pricing includes 15 3 for the four volumes, with a free seventh copy for six subscribers. weekly delivery begins January 3974, with Old Testament to follow. Subscriptions taken by G Keith Baokfeller Gracechurch Street and J Oliver Printers Bartholomew Close.

John Gill D.D N.B Mesirs Carlon Lee Tee G. Keith Baokfeller Gracechurch-street Wi Oliver Bartholomew-close Wett- Smithfeld Baokfellers Ly

Turmoil and intrigue across Europe in late 18th century report

News notes reveal augmented French trained troops, Jesuit relocations to Cleve, a duel murder near Spain, Russian marriage plans for the Grand Duke, and imperial matches with German princesses. Berlin woollen monopoly threatens English and Dutch trade. Paris reports Bastille prisoner freed. Duke and Duchess of Cumberland visit Verdun and Metz with grand military displays. Local crime includes suicides, drownings, highway robberies, and a carman fined for delaying a surgeon. Public notices list Newgate prisoners awaiting trial and a Bedford school headmaster appointment.

Bertin Bomp Hamburg Liege Cleve de Rantzau-Achberg Denmark Lausanne Orange Spain Osborn Petersburgh Hesse- Darmstadt Wilhelmina Heffe-Darmstadt Empire of Russia Germany Charlotte- Christina-Sophia Brunswick Alexis Petrowitz Charles-Leopold of Mecklenbourg Charles-Frederick Holstein Anthony Ulric Berlin Prussian Poland Vistula Dante Bruseli Paris M. Favier Bastille Duke Dutchess of Cumberland Verdun Lorrain Denes Metz Legion of Conflans Carbineers Elephant-stairs Rotherhithe Thames Watehman Paul St. Bartholomew’s Hopital Parliament-street Sidi Kenown Throatling Shoreditch Holloway Black-heath Silves Redburn Herts Guildhall Sharp Ludgate-street Old Bailey Newgate Hook New College Oxford Bedford School Bridle Warwick-lane Heaven Fleet-market Ghather Crcop Herefordshire Hereford Watkin Williams Wynn Chester Almack’s Edinburgh Viscount Townshend Lord Townshend

Advices From Prussia Sweden and Quebec News Briefs

Letters from Hamburg and Elbe discuss Sweden stocking corn amid harvests. A Danish route packet-boat to Cadiz launches from Konigsberg. Active Frampton arrives Quebec with the first grain shipment. Norfolk farmers adopt wheat fetting. Yorkshire gold shipments rise. St Luke’s festival Harveian Oration extols travel medicine gains. Parish church subscriptions at St Martin Ludgate decline due to fewer subscribers. Pineapple carving stone atop a structure noted.

Lower Elbe Sweden Hathburgh Stockholm Norway House of Brandenburgh Quebec Frampton Norfolk Yorkshire College of Physicians Furton Furton, ‘Physician To the Queen’s Houthold Ludgate

High Water at London Bridge Meeting Schedule

Tomorrow plus after sessions in the morning and afternoon with 37 minutes after cent in the afternoon. Thursday schedules show six minutes after six in the morning and six after six in the evening.

London Bridge Mtg

The Deuce in Rim and Comedy of Albumazar at Covent-Garvan

Theatrical listings present Alfred with The Deuce in Rim and the revived Comedy of Albumazar with The Wedding Ring. Covent-Garvan offers The West Indian and tonight the same Comedy with omus.

Davey-Lanz Alfred Rim Albumazar Covent-Garnan Omus

Corn Market Prices Stand Noted in Mark Market Report

Price of corn yesterday at Mark Market shows Wheat at 40 to 529, Barley 2 to 29s, Rye 25 to 26s, Oats 17 to 205. Finnett Flour 48s per sack. Second Fort 4% ditto, Third Fort 423 ditto, 7.

Mark Jana

Assize of Bread Prices and Bank Stocks Featured

A fragmented market brief lists stock prices and bank securities, noting bread price measures and various bonds. Entries include Indian and South Sea stock quotes, Old and New Ditto, Bank of Abn reduced and conféh, 3 percent bonds, and naval bills, with rates around 1e pas.

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