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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1764
Page
3
A royal report to the King states that several vessels from northern states are expected to pass the Straits of Gibraltar with warlike stores for Barbary regencies. His Majesty has ordered four ships of the line to set sail to intercept these convoys and seize the vessels.
Port news from Falmouth and Deal notes arrivals and sailing passages. Vessels include Only Daughter, Bonwall from Newfoundland to Poole. John Burpritt Batinda from Bayonne to Havre de Grace. Happy Jener Churchill from Seville to London. Wally Dillon from Ones to Penryn. Young Anna Wessling to Zurickzee from St Anthony. Zephyr frigate from Portsmouth. Prince Edward Chinchell from Dover. Fortune Newton from Sunderland. In the Downs Tweed remains. wind blows hard.
The Rev Dr Law of St Peters College Cambridge was chosen as Catuistical Professor of Divinity replacing the late Dr Walker. Reports from Ely warn the Hundred foot bank is at risk of explosion. In Bedfordshire three oxen, 100 half peck loaves and ten guineas were ordered for the Hawnes and Williamsted parishes by Earl Granville.
A London report chronicles naval movements near Newfoundland, French activity, and trade concerns, including gunpowder shipments and St Peter's operations. The piece notes a shift in religion in Virginia, parliament talk of new churches near Bloomsbury, and various local deaths weddings and crimes.
A fragmentary notice from Trinity-House in Loxnon dated December 29 1754 states the Phature Light Feel at the gNORE is corrected after it drifted from its stings. Lights are exhibited as intended.
An Englishman signs a letter from Candor warning Englishmen to defend liberties amid corrupt ministers. He recalls historical precedents on General Warrants, citing Parliament’s 17th century actions against Strafford and Cromwell era refusals, stressing vigilance to protect constitutional rights.
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