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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 11, 1764
Page
3
The article recounts rescues and misfortunes from London and environs including a man saving a woman at sea, drownings from storms, a boat accident near Blackwall, and multiple executions or reprieves at Bedford, Salisbury, Huntingdon, and Worcester. It notes robberies, imprisonments, and impending hangings at Tyburn after Old Bailey trials.
ARRAC XK Ave large Parcel now in the Indian Company's Warehouses for Exportation or Home Consumption to be sold at 6c per Gallon Advance on the Company's Sale and a large quantity of very strong and of excellent flavour at 12s per Gallon Jamaica Rum the best importable by the piece of Puncheon at s 9gd Smaller quantities at gs per Gallon Also the best CONIAC BRANDY at gs 3d Smaller quantities at gs 6d per Gallon Direct to Cuarces WENMAN at the Royal Exchange and they shall be delivered in or near Town one Gallon or upwards Carriage free Samples if sent to the Punch-house at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange Brandy or Rum very old and strong Proof at as 6d Arrack at 35 per Quart For present Money only All Wines as usual Casks Bestles etc to be Paid for which shall be allowed when turned
Publication details advertise a defence of the minority in government warrants and a counter-appeal to the public on the dismissal of a general officer with multiple editions and prices noted.
A London Evening Post letter urges safeguarding rights by trial by peers and juries, condemns Star Chamber and trials by information, notes ministers hostile to press liberty, and asks Southampton burgesses to declare support for the Crown or themselves in next election. It also includes verses praising Earl of Sandwich and remarks on carriage fares and Garden scenes at Stowe.
A historic note describes the Queen of Public Liberty placed in the temple's middle niche. The piece mentions consecrated trophies, a fragrant tribute, and praise for nature, art, and beauty, reflecting a period reverence for liberty and public virtue. An extract from Ludlow and other pavilions is planned for insertion.
A July 18 dispatch from Rome notes confidence that a settlement between the Holy See and the Lisbon court will come swiftly via French mediation. Nearby Bocca di Papa reports a monstrous single-eyed infant baptized before death. France promises troops for Corsica, but Versailles Senate holds unsettled conditions delaying their march to the sea coasts. Paris reports Abbe Nogueg seized the Rectorate of St Pius without ceremony to assert his claim.
From Tunbridge Wells reports describe a formal dinner hosted by the Primate of Poland with the Earl of Pewee and several foreigners. The Marq de Paulmy and the French envoy presented a dispatch accusing Russia and questioning the Republic’s authority, provoking a tense exchange about residence and recognition.
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