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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 03, 1776
Page
4
A full Court of the Aldermen at Guildhall reports Sir Stephen Theodore Jans sen resigning as Chamberlain. A Common Hall will soon elect a successor with Aldermen Wilkes Hopkins and Mr. Paterson among candidates. Alderman Wilkes is favored for the post.
A letter to the printer of the London Evening Post contrasts Spectator warnings with January temptations. It argues winter in the city draws fashionable women from virtue, detailing the flirtation arc from guarded friendship to romantic impropriety and the complicating lure of a fashionable lover. The piece mocks the fragile virtue of refined society and highlights the perilous January social season.
The piece discusses the 1745 Preston Pans defeat, a collapse in public credit, and a dramatic revival as merchants sign an association at Garraway's to accept Bank of England notes. It criticizes Treasury mismanagement, Bank practices, and calls for scrutiny of public finances amid looming American conflict.
A reflective excerpt discusses siege warfare as a metaphor for romantic and social restraint. It warns of manipulation and tyranny by rulers, urging readers to hold guard, observe caution, and seek security and happiness through prudence and steadfastness in love and conduct.
A notice from the London Evening Pot reports details for the Combatants in the new opera staged at Drury Lane. It outlines participants and scene settings, with emphasis on principal roles and production credits.
The notice states Yondys in cur next and the West India Merchant on Saturday. Mr Jefferies's letter is nonvoidably postponed until cur next.
Dalbys Carminative praised as an excellent remedy for wind and bowels in infants. Sold only by Francis Newbery junior at No 65 three doors from the Bar in St Pauls Church Yard. Price 1s 6d a bottle with quantity discounts for charitable uses.
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