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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 21, 1771
Page
3
A historical notice describes a public notary and surveyor della Seahratories handling parcels of land. It presents a practical guide to dividing estates and calculating value shares, aiming for clarity and public acceptance.
The piece recounts Sir Robert Walpole’s generous acts amid a smear of praise by Fazackerly in Parliament. It details Doctor Atwell’s appeals for fellow scholars and church matters, noting Walpole’s timely aid to Reynolds and others, and ends with a reflection on judging the dead’s memory fairly despite faults.
The Theatre Royal Drury Lane began with the Beggar's Opera and the farce High Life below Stairs to a crowded, appreciative audience. Mrs Wrighten made her first appearance as Pelly Peach, earning strong applause. Covent Garden plans a Lavutia style installation with music by violinist A Fisher and new painted scenes, while rival theatres prepare rival exhibitions.
A Lyon scale of dispatches from Capiz Mogador Leghorn and Florence report a Moroccan city revolt led by a 6000 strong mob armed and looting Jewish and Moorish property. The emperor delayed force to avoid wider rebellion then surrounded rebels and executed the ringleader. Other reports note Hungarian troop movements and Russian frigates near Paras with no Turkish fleet engagement. Grand Duchess of Florence gave birth to a prince. Corvettes prepared at Brett for Martinice.
A note from the keeper of His Majesty's jail in Reading proclaims that claims of a noble administrator ordering the ban on ink and paper are false. The keeper says there was no such order or warning and that the prisoner has long enjoyed broad use of ink and paper, writing to many nobles since commitment.
An elderly Reverend James was reported dead in his bed in Noak after his inflitation to the regory of Hiyaferd. The fragment lists ship arrivals and captains, with many vessels and origins including Petersaurgh, Virginia, Jamaica, Leith, and Oporto, alongside other late nineteenth century maritime details.
The narrative notes Parliament delaying meeting after Christmas as Earl of Rochford discusses with the Spanish Ambassador naval preparations. It mentions the King of Prussia seeking Madrid's stance on warlike moves, the Venus and Alarm ships arriving at Lisbon, Banks’s voyage plans, and the Princess Dowager of Wales provisioning servants. It also reports curious gossip on the Chevalier de St. George, Danish actions near Algiers, and various London social items, appointments, births, marriages, and deaths.
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