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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1763
Page
3
An elderly man, while passing through Reading, was struck during an incident and died. Earlier, Mr. John Weller, Limner of the town, was lighting his fire when he suffered a sudden fit of apoplexy and expired immediately.
PORT NEWS. Falmouth Dec 22 Arrived the Cornelia Byers from Milford Charlotta Jenkins from Dublin Drake Powell from Bristol Duke of York packer boat Copeland from Liverpool Plymouth Dec 23 Arrived the Hope Jacobs from St Domingo for Amsterdam left her mates 5 and Heroines from Newfoundland for Ty nmouth Deal Dec 24 Came down and remain with the ships as per last the Commerce Gowland the Augustus Cafar Duffield and the Manning Robinson all for Jamaica Wind S Deal Dec 25 Came down and sailed the Earl of Sandwich Knowler for Cadiz Arrived and sailed for the River the Boston Packet Coffin from Boston and Elizabeth Calvert from Jamaica Remain the rest of the ships as per Jaft and William and Mary Downes for Senegal and Prince George Bennet for Chester All the outward bound are just failed Wind NNW Gravesend Dec 25 Passed by the Minerva Lambert and Briton Hutchinson from Quebec Benjamins Conclusion Weare from South Carolina Susannah and Mary Hitchton from Dublin and Four Friends Merrington for Boulogne
A compilation from London dated Dec 25 includes Wilkes fleeing Dover by chaise, the Earl of Rochfort's arrival in Madrid, and hints of political reshuffles. Reports from Bombay detail ship movements to Ceylon and Colombo, Dutch exchanges with Captain Tinker at Galle, pirate threats near Angria, and a fleet with various ships lost or saved. Also notes of fires, thefts, weather, shipwrecks, and local ads for Bateman’s Pills amid a bustling, dispersed 18th century news digest.
A letter to the London Evening Post laments public funds strain and rising discord in Britain, praising past ministry harmony and warning that naval buildup by France threatens renewed conflict. It urges party reconciliation to deter enemies and preserve peace. An Englishman argues against heavy taxes, proposing a ten shilling tax cut to ease cyder duties while boosting revenue.
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