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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 15, 1775
Page
1
Cocking show at Westminster runs Monday next for a large fur with daily fights starting near five. Also advertised is Riley's Celestial Game playing cards with astrological and mythological figures, marketed to amuse and educate youths, with notes for boarding schools and the Princess Royal.
Fragmentary remarks recount a cast of named individuals including Doctor Shebbeare and others connected to Cape of Good Elope3 and Africa. It notes a small man of distinction whose merits will be revealed in a forthcoming treatise. The text also mentions an uneasy judicial track with an appointment to Justice M- after earlier missteps.
The text recounts a 12 article commerce treaty between the King of Prussia and Poland. It outlines duties of two percent on exports and imports, transit rules, duties for shipments to and from Dantzick, frontier receipt offices, and protections for all parties. It notes Bohemia unrest, peasant revolt, and imperial measures impacting farming and stability.
Easter Sunday observations at the chapel royal featured sermon by Rev. Dr. Kove and holy communion from the Bishop of London. The letter from Leghorn mentions Elizabeth seized by Count Alexis-Orlow’s order aboard a Russian ship near Rome. Also notes on the East India Company directors, Neptune wreck, unusual finds in a Bridgnorth coal mine, and local promotions, marriages, and deaths.
The Freeholder of Wilts asks Sir Edward Bayntun to publish the signers of the Rowbridge petition to Parliament praying for the blood of the brave Americans. He lists trades such as Barbers, Butchers, Taylors, Coblers, Publicans, Shearmen, plus Mr Justice M and his servants, as accurately reflecting the subscribers.
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