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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 18, 1774
Page
4
Letter to the editor condemns last year's gold coin tax as a robbery of the people while urging cheaper taxes on soap leather and candles to aid trade. It praises Dr Kenrick and Falstaff performance by Garrick noted during a lively lecture with over two hundred attendees.
The London Evening Port laments the Buckingham House Junto for failing to utter unity and reform in a speech. It criticizes their obsession with gold coin regs, warns of wars between Russia and the Porte, and foresees a demand for a free parliament to reform enclosures, reduce farm sizes, and ensure affordable essentials.
Last night Dr Kenrick lectured at the Apollo in the Devil Tavern on the first part of the tragedy King Henry the Fifth before a polite audience. He prefaced with remarks on authors who commented on Shakespeare and then moved to consider this illustrious subject.
From Constantinople to Warsaw and Utrecht the dispatches recount a Russian attempt on Varna foiled by Ottoman forces led by Dagestani Ali Bathan and Bostanghi Barchi. Turkish reinforcements checked the sortie, 19 cannons were abandoned, and Russians retreated beyond the Danube with Hirfowa and Babadag held. Negotiations for peace were rumored despite continued military moves near Varna.
The council opines amended Bengal and commerce instructions legal under the 13th George III act. Discontents center on the XVIIth article placing Bengal ships under the Governor General, risking unlawful commerce. Reports cover ships lost at Cadiz, gale winds, Parliament duration motion, a Clapham church bill, and clergy seeking relief from scripture-based subscription.
Reports via the New York mail describe American actions against East India Company tea imports. Gov Hutchinson bans public assemblies, a 24 to 30 man watch guards meetings, and the Boston Evening Post notes hostile demonstrations with Aboriginal natives as a war whoop near the assembly. The fleet that had pestilential teas began ravages before the meeting closed.
In a careful security effort a watch stood guard while 342 containers of tea were discharged into the kettle area to prevent embezzlement. No tea was offered to the public and none was stolen.
A report lists local events and misfortunes including a fourteen year old girl fatally thrown from a horse in St George's Fields and skull fracture, a murder duo found in Epping Forest likely robbed by footpads, a burglary at Mr Howe's Lifle-street home, a fire at Mr Seely's Bethnal-green, and a death at Mrs Hall's Knightsbridge residence.
William Moore and Samuel Chamberlain announce a Fleet Street shop opening in conjunction with their druggist and hymnist trade. They thank patrons and promise punctual service. The Weekly Magazine is praised for strong early sales and plans a historical plate in issue No. 2. Stock prices are listed as of two o'clock with various securities and bonds noted. ANTI-SEJANUS advertised to appear in two or three days.
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