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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 03, 1767
Page
4
CIVIS argues tickets issued after paying a quarter more than value. One lottery would cover half the cost, another in three years would complete it. A bridge built at public expense would benefit London by lowering market tolls and provisioning costs, making goods cheaper.
A late London issue carries sharp verse attacking the coalition. The author mocks the authorities and vows to publish more to spoil their fun. The anonymous exchange notes the printer turned author and defends its decision to print the controversial lines.
A reflective verse sequence from Vanitatis Vitaly in the London Evening Post surveys stages of life from cheerful youth to learning and misadventure, manhood and misfortune, old age, illness, death, and finally virtue as a guiding pilot, ending with acceptance of fading joys.
A rural couple returns from labor to find their cottage in flames. The wife cries out for Roger, and the scene shifts to the peasant and his wife reacting with grief and astonishment at the blaze.
A peasant blocks a fire with oil from a dry wellless home, hoping to smother the blaze. The oil instead erupts in treble fury, destroying the small dwelling. The tale contrasts rash action with prudence when faced with an angry person.
A newly created nobleman, waning in popularity, seeks to raise beer prices to three pence per pot to restore fame. He proposes offsetting revenue by imposing an additional tax on all East India goods, excluding tea, imported into the kingdom.
A routine European dispatch covers Polish religious measures in the last General Assembly, Baltic tensions with Petersburgh, and a Fabian response to Catholic unity. It notes a proposed permanent dissidents commission, firearm material from Barcelona, Paris policy on Brittany, and royal banishments of Brittany officials.
London news notes from the Admiralty express to Plymouth Dock and royal entertainments. Reports claim the Manila ransom will be paid in a single sum and Parliament may see a new seat for a Welsh or peerage appointment for Sir Edward Hawke. Local incidents include a man losing an eye on the Canal and a carman injured near Fleet Street, plus wreck news from Amsterdam and the Texel. Theatrical listings at Drury Lane Covent Garden and King’s Theatre note Cymon, Every Man in His Humour, and La Buona Filguola with Harlequin Dr Faustus and related performances.
Prices for hay and straw are listed with varied rates. Entries show different bales and brands such as India and New Ann. while noting exchange values and old figures. The column includes multiple items with prices per unit and dates, reflecting a market listing for agricultural goods.
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