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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 19, 1790
Page
4
A short verse epitaph from a Kent churchyard, penned by the husband for his second wife who lies beside her predecessor in the adjoining grave, reflecting on love loss and memory.
A correspondent asks the editor for guidance after a dispute over reinstating a discharged servant. A gentleman of honour demands the servant be kept or restored, threatening insult and implying a duel. The writer seeks advice on whether to fight, reappoint the servant, or heed common sense and sensibility.
Postscript notes Thursday report on establishing Justices of Peace. Reads a decree of nine titles detailing citations, appearances, default judgments, fact inquiries, deposition methods, and visits.
Reports from Spain and Berlin speak of shifting peace terms, with France weak and Spain leaning toward concessions. In London, stock market maneuvering and funding estimates rise, while Admiralty orders fleet movements and ordnance shipments grow. War talk tempers public sentiment as Prussia and Russia edge toward conflict and colonial tensions flare in Jamaica and the Baltic.
The text outlines ten titles governing judicial administration. It states the Justices must sit daily for justice except during Bi wine Service, describes how records and registers are kept, fixes court fees, and prescribes specific forms for Jeffries of Peace in Gites. The fragment preserves early legal procedure language and officials.
After troops entered Saxony in support of Mifnia, unrest cooled but Dresden suffered renewed insurrection. Residents demanded the ousting of Prime Minister Comte Marcolina, accusing him of Italian origins and oppression. They threatened violence, even at the Elector's table, if demands were not met, and targeted Father Hertz, the Sovereign's Confessor.
The notice reviews yesterday's Confederacy with The Devil to Pay and this evening's performances include King Richard the Third, No Song No Supper, Covent-Widén, As You Like It, and The Provocation.
Ships arrived and sailed including the Aid, Bine from Jamaica, Samuel and Jane Hall, Alliance for Gibraltar and the West Indies, Ranger Swain and New Hope for the South Sea, Eliza from Chaente Vag lenine Cobb for Lisbon, Princess Mary Howard to Dublin. Admiral Sir Richard King shifted his flag aboard the Dictator with Pomona and Nemesis. Gravesend winds 08.19. Passed by Stanley Green from Waterford Jemima White from Lisbon and Doves from Marseilles.
A compact listing details bank stock prices with percentages and bid figures. Entries include prices and yields such as 173 1 half and 3 percent red. 74 1-Stha 73 3-4ths a 7-8cis 4 per cent. Conf. 95 2-Sth 174 3-4ths a 78chs and Ditto 1726, 4 per cent. Conf. 64 1-half.
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