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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 21, 1763
Page
4
A letter closes with a personal petition to spare liberties of the people and asks divine deliverance from Scotch favourites and policy, signed by Tam as the loyal servant. The tone seeks least oppressive methods and due regard for freedoms in governance and church rites.
A letter to the London Evening Post reports a chaotic scene as Excise officers mishandle papers and permits in a 1763 incident. It highlights abuses by excise men, calls for liberty, and praises opposition to broader Excise powers, referencing Sir Humphry Parsons and other officials.
News from Cadiz and Carthagena notes orders to accelerate squadron and transport equipment for Havana with a 30 man picquet per Spanish regiment and full Cardona regiment. Seven Barbary Corsairs seek Spanish, Neapolitan, and Genoese ships. Ferrol prepares four ships of the line and a frigate, destination unknown. A man of war, damaged at sea, wrecks near Peledtrine. 310 aboard perish, Admiral detained for neglect. Regency of Algiers refuses Dutch presents. Dutch fleet to approach Algiers to demand reason. Duke of Bedford travels to London for private business.
London report notes St George's Day celebrated as a high festival. Knights of the Garter Thistle and Bath wore collars, noon court reception at St James's Palace with royal family in crotles to honor the day.
A report from Cambridge lists noblemen and gentry dining with the Earl of Ashburnham including the Duke of Grafton and other peers. It notes arrivals in Vienna, prisoner releases, Cambridge common-council elections, marriages in Cambridge and Southampton, a Lincoln death, a Derby gaol incident, and robberies near Tower Hill.
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