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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1766
Page
3
The report covers Port Royal fears after a violent shock and mentions the June 1692 disaster in the unhappy town with ships, fires, and lives lost. It also references Montego Bay events and notes figures like William Gita and George Richards, plus a Dublin obituary and military postings.
A sprawling 18th century column reports deaths, marriages, crimes, frauds, and legal actions across Stamford, Dingola Erbe san PWebias, and surrounding towns. Highlights include a hospital of notices for local victims, a fraud at Dolphin Inn, robberies halted by bailiffs, and various university and clerical appointments, with multiple small-town incidents and civic records.
A sailor arrived from Greenland drank and hired a coach to Soho Square. The boy on the box drove toward Whitechapel Road where the sailor, after windows were closed, robbed a tailor of seven guineas and a half, five shillings, three pence, and a silk handkerchief, then fled. Other items note Princess Caroline Matilda’s proxy marriage to the King of Denmark, dispatches from Gibraltar, New England duty on teas and China ware, capture of a Norwegian vessel by Captain Seeny, and schemes to privatize Cross Roads in Scotland to aid royal revenue and inland trade.
A fragment urges readers to suspend judgment and reject a long scurrilous Gazette letter attacking the Earl of Chatham, likening it to prior dirt cast on Sir John Barnard. It appeals to candor and generosity in Englishmen, warning against malignant tongues and urging discernment before believing the pen’s claims.
In Blackheath scene dated August, a speaker likens rival factions to a rabid dog pack. He warns stand firm against the “patriot system” and crushes represented enemies Spain France and other foes to the constitution. The tone mocks factional rabble and urges steadfastness.
A reader voices suspicion about the Printer of the London Evening-Post Meres and the late Commenter’s acceptance of a peerage. The letter argues Bath’s petition to the Great Commoner and notes his choice to accept a peerage to influence governance, remarking it vacated his seat in Parliament and spared him from Bath’s loss of representation.
A letter to the London Evening Post editor requests attention to street lighting as paving proceeds. The writer argues that installing sufficient lamps should take priority to improve carriage and footpath safety and convenience for the public.
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