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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1771
Page
1
Notices reveal jury list updates for Middlesex and Welmern county, debates over Royal pension for Jeremiah Dyson, and local incidents. Reports detail a fatal arch collapse near Crowder’s Well, a dray collision in Chick Lane, thefts at Counsellor Wallace’s house, and multiple obituaries and social announcements alongside new book and medicine advertisements.
London records a royal appointment for Lord Viscount Chetwyrd as Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels. A Quebec letter notes a fatal earthfall at St Peter parish swallowing a man and a woman, while the Naftel jun. ship from Copenhagen to Guernsey loses its cargo but saves the crew. A Guildhall corn price scare prompts a small bread levy, and a fragile political letter from Lord Bute’s circle hints at covert schemes, distrust, and looming pressure on officials. The Irish House of Commons quotes Mr Flood on Jeremiah Dyson’s pension, praising a pliable civil servant amid government burdens.
The essay argues that English kings often descend the throne for three generations before abusing power. When rulers extend prerogatives or corrupt Parliament, laws vanish and liberties erode. The author warns that despotic rule turns people into slaves, lamenting repeated cycles in royal descent.
A 1771 letter to the printer urges the grand council to register Jews by residence, impose fines, and create three status divisions with yearly taxes to fund soap and candles. It calls for stricter enforcement, fines for unregistered residents, and penalties via synagogue wardens for crimes or misbehavior. The author signs as Aerdiah Just in London dated 10th of 12th month 1771.
A fragmented early poem or dramatic couplet appears in this OCR excerpt. It depicts a crowd greeting a figure, applauding as a carriage arrives, contrasting welcome with a lone traveler’s gaze and a shifting sense of decorum. The diction hints at satire and social ritual.
Public notice describes KEARSLY's pocket ledger for the year 1772 with extensive tables of receipts and payments, stock instructions, measures, prices, diaries, and various traders’ aids. Printed for G. Kearfly Ludgate Street. available from bookshops.
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