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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 20, 1748
Page
1
Foreign affairs documents recount the Aix la Chapelle treaty progress France and Britain, plus reflections on English domestic life and hospitality customs. News notes include treaty ratifications, Polish and Dutch alignments, ship movements, prize drawings, and public notices from London to Exeter.
The essay argues that giving money to servants at meals marks mercenary vanity and class bias. It notes the difficulty of ranking payments by rank and position, cites foreign customs, and recalls how exiting guests leave tips, with English servants forming a disciplined guard at the doorway.
Sailings and arrivals include Warren Woodward bound for Barbadoes, Resolution Humphreys from Maryland, Sarah Harper from Rotterdam, Duke of Cumberland Calvert from London for Marseilles, Berwick Trail from Gibraltar, Mary Gally Moncure for Antigua, Conqueror Fireship from the Westward, and Bedford Higginson put back for Jamaica. Outward-bound Gram pus remains. Earl of Granville Smith Judith Bradshaw from London arrive at Oporto. Diamond Goatly from Leghorn arrives at Naples.
London reports from Warsaw that the second Sessions of the general Diet of Poland proceed calmly and increasingly hope the outcome will please the Polish Majesty and serve the Republic. Severe drought has left rivers low and harvest poor, causing prodigious scarcity. Royal escort troops prepare to sail to ports on November 1. Wine and biscuits loaded aboard the Royal Caroline at Greenwich for the king’s service.
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