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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 23, 1788
Page
4
A royal speech to notaries and officials praises zeal in examining state matters and urges swift assembly of the States General. Nobles pledge fidelity, while church and parliament leaders vow duty to the realm and the monarchy amid hopes for political renewal.
A chatter filled column reports on Lord and Lady D s Hyde Park outing and Dowager box at the Opera with brief notes on Miss s, Mrs D and Mrs Robinson. It mocks royal intrigue, legal talk, and fashion whispers while noting writer frustration over lost material.
A December letter from Birmingham describes a large fat cow fair at Bewdley with many still unsold and high prices. It mentions fat pigs, a Bridgnorth family losing a pig after a mad hound attack, the Severn River unusually dry and frozen, hindering water carriage, and scarce coal in Worcester. Also reports Lord Kenyon presiding over a Cambridge Corporation mayoral election case, deciding a special verdict is needed for future terms.
Friday Lady Malmsbury arrived at his Lordship's house in Park Street, Westminster, from Paris.
A charitable drive in the city unites Ce the labored classes with the Town Council contributing thirty guineas from the dv fund and fifty guineas from a noble donor. Rutherford's Academy in Uxbridge reports public exams with praise for the scholars in Classics French Mathematics Navigation and more. A Bath letter notes Lieut. Col. Ross attempting a arduous hundred mile ride in fourteen hours while a young performer captivates at Drury Lane Theatre. The Bow Street Officers arrest a pocket thief and guard a suspect, with a case referred to the Public Office and the law. A London lawsuit over forged bills looms with Livesey Co. and Lewis and Potter at center stage for a major commercial dispute.
A political critique argues Mr. Pitt has held power five years without securing any post for himself, while accusing him of rewarding relatives. A Paris report describes a Toulouse crowd’s mock tribunal scene with puppets, a royal decree, and a bonfire spectacle witnessed by over twenty thousand people.
A garbled mixed-page item reports clerical livings and appointments at Cambridge and Lincoln, with parish notices and local honors. It mentions Rev. Thomas Crafter and Rev. W. Mantell among others, plus distribution of funds to privates. Also includes weather notes from Orford and Argyllshire, a turkey nesting scene near Inverary, and lottery prize numbers.
A damaged OCR fragment lists item numbers and prize amounts in a stamp or lottery style format. The text includes numbers such as 28 451 and 27 920 with two cent and ten dollar values, but the full context is unreadable.
The fragment mentions prizes of rol and several lottery numbers, a marriage of Francis Herry to Mrs Harmer at Broad Street, and a break in at the counting-house of Mcif Muan and Salter Brewers in Hammersmith. A payment to their bankers thwarted the theft. one ticket and a quarter of another were left along with a small sum.
Oxford December 29 reports the death on Wednesday of Mr Thomas Cooper of Henley upon Thames a former under sheriff of the county and long time office holder in the region.
An old recipe prescribes scurvy grass brook lime and watercresses each quarter peck cleaned pressed and pounded in a glazed pot then baked to yield a quart of juice. Mix two large tablespoons with half a pint of whey and drink on waking. The author claims a cure after illness left limbs nearly unusable.
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