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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 14, 1763
Page
4
A fragmentary verse piece laments lavish spending in the army and court. It references a prodigious sum of three hundred thousand pounds for purchases, a Scottish laird’s rise and fall, and a kingly decree affecting the Scorfmen and their homeland, with the court retelling a tale of diplomacy and loyalty.
A 1726 dated mail from Flanders reports French deserters being discharged by the Brunswick court, allowing quick exit from service. Letters from Rome and Anconia note papal mediation efforts, Ragusa tranquility, and Corsican coastal activity. Hanover items mention the Countess of Yarmouth, court appointments, and ship movements from Cadiz, the Downs, and the Baltic with arrivals to Lisbon, the Tagus, and Hamburg. Trade figures show silver coin exports, gunpowder, cloth, sugar, coffee, tobacco, and colonial goods. local crimes include a drowning in Greenwich and a highway robbery near Epping Forest. Theater and road notices, wind conditions, and port arrivals fill the day.
London tide report lists high water times for London Peidge with morning and afternoon readings through multiple periods after five o'clock. Entries include 2e M after five, 44 M after five, 11 M after, 3% M after, and 5 M after with varying signals across mornings and afternoons.
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