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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 12, 1760
Page
2
A historical tract questions the prohibition of malt distilleries arguing that spirits from grain may be healthier than sugar and treacle based liquors. It examines impacts on agriculture sugar prices and the poorer families while weighing reform, harvest prospects, and the broader economic balance of Britain and Ireland.
A sprawling inquiry lists numerous questions about malt distilleries versus sugar spirits, farmer rents, taxation, and colonial sugar profits. It argues farmers may struggle to pay rents if agriculture declines, questions colonial sugar profits, and weighs whether grain or sugar spirits best serve public interest amid war taxes. It asks if malt distillery should continue to curb spirits consumption and protect domestic producers.
On a trading voyage to the Spanish Main Captain Tarbox and several townsmen were attacked at Carpenters River tent by armed Spaniards at dawn. The assailants fired on Tarbox, his clerk Hayes and Strahan, along with Rowland and Butler, wounding and killing multiple inhabitants as they seized cargo and goods.
A letter from New York reports Major Rogers destroyed the Indian Village of St Francis killing near 200 Indians and burning 60 to 70 houses with goods of value. He was said to be joined by 400 Canadians and a French priest perishing when the flames rose. A German guide provided the details before being captured. In Ireland, orders halted locals from raising men for East India service. Dublin reports rioting in the city with seven rioters captured as authorities tightened patrols. Fire news mentions ships Neptune and Defiance foundering with survivors saved. News from Cork notes a French barque taken by Hawke’s fleet arriving at Youghal. Oxford reports a Birmingham stagecoach robbery near Shotover Hill with 17 pounds stolen.
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