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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 18, 1767
Page
4
Publicus argues for a government formed on a true lasting foundation rather than aristocracy. He calls for a ministry based on the country’s constitution to purge corruption and repair breaches in the system. The letter says only such a ministry can preserve the Crown’s honour and deliver prosperity.
The writer to the Printer of the London Evening Post discusses last night’s talk of repealing penal laws against engrossing as a way to lower provisions. He laments the omission of a plan to standardize weights and measures and fix commodity prices by market toll gatherers, arguing it would curb price manipulation by large farmers and level the field for small farmers, while urging such measures for relief of the distressed.
Fragmentary lines reference friendship and mutual regard with a nod to Oxoniensis style. The text hints at a narrator and a friend viewing through another’s eyes, noting a friendly supervisor or guide in a classical academic tone.
A fragmentary verse item styled AMOROSO reflects a woman Celia defying a predatory male, seeking rural solace and chastity despite worldly fortune. The text suggests a satirical or moral tone about propriety and flirtation, with incomplete lines indicating ad hoc insertion into a newspaper page.
A public notice discusses a proposed rival East India Company to share half the old company’s acquisitions and to build forts and factories, claiming benefits to trade and government. Other items report nobles traveling to Newmarket, a royal mourning note, court dispatches from Paris, clerical resignations, coin production orders, naval and troop movements, local crimes, market prices, and ship movements from the Downs.
Historical list of securities including India Annuities, Consols, Navy five percent bonds, exchequer bills and various Indian bonds with quoted percentages and dates such as 1716 1758 1763 1762 and 17653, reflecting a market catalog of 18th to 19th century finance. The entries mention old and new annuities, stockhut terms, and coupons alongside exchange bills and scrip.
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