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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 03, 1771
Page
3
An ancient anecdote recounts a figure who, after allying with the Spartans, received a gift of sixty gold talents. He refused it, declaring he did not trust those who sought power by money and deceit, denouncing corrupt officials who would strip citizens of their rights and flatter the Senate with grand speeches while silencing truth.
Voltaire, welcomed by English nobility, sparred with Lord Chesterfield over invitations and wit. When Chesterfield teased him at White's, Voltaire responded with sharp irony about Chesterfield's use of talent and predatory entertainments, prompting a cutting French retort.
The article notes R Clinch, a young actor, joining Drury Lane for the next season after success in Dublin. Mrs Beau Germain plans theatrical study and a winter engagement. Liverpool actors mourn Mr Gibson, with fifty mourning rings ordered from a London jeweler as respect to his memory.
A speaker contrasts a crude attempt at musical craft with Handel’s refined art. The narrative praises exact technique, disciplined emotion, and moral harmony, arguing true art channels passion through order guided by the master’s touch. It laments vulgarity and ignorance that distort joyous music into excess.
An answer to the Ruffian minister's declaration is issued by Polish Confederates signed by Pulauski Koffowski and Kuc gyński. It rejects the Ruffians and invites all Confederacies to join in driving the common enemy out of Poland.
A hazy list shows multiple ships arriving at various ports from Jamaica to Newfoundland. Names include the Fairfeld Hamilton from Jamaica to the river, the Bella and Jane from Antigua to Holyhead, and Endea vour Millet from Pool to Newfoundland, with other vessels from London Archangel Petersburgh and Barbados noted at different harbors.
Reports from yesterday describe Thomas Devalts audience at St James where the ensigns of the Order of the Bath were surrendered by his late brother Sir Francis Blake Delaval. Letters from The Hague and Vienna discuss possible peace terms, Crimea independence, Moldavia and Wallachia governance, and troop movements. Updates also note naval orders for the Tri channel and a Rochester mayoral contest amid gossip about Lady A H and Mr B the actor.
A sprawling 18th century杂 text recounts marital strife, coercion, and a nobleman's schemes. A wife rejects a lordly offer and pursues legal redress, while Garrick visits Lord Lyttleton. Windsor knights face relocation, market frauds threaten the poor, and a grim succession of accidents, fires, and robberies darken the period.
Saturday sessions before Justice Pollen and a county jury found for the plaintiffs in a Carmarthenshire case involving the recovery of a valuable coal property. A man confessed to a murder from about ten years ago and was sent to Newgate. Additional arrests occurred in Beaconsfield Bucks for horse thefts reaching Kent, with suspected counterfeit half crowns and forged coin cases in Canterbury and Maidstone. Marriages include Edward Jones to a Warwickshire bride and George Wace to Miss Bowman. several notable deaths are reported across London and Bath, with naval and legal figures among the deceased.
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