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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 22, 1782
Page
4
Aviwen on Carn fent with two pairs of Tambour Werk old and new from the duchy of D to Bath. A celebrated female artist taught Tambour work in Bath.
A reader letter warns that liberty is not safe if citizens surrender their rights to a few in power. It recalls Rome under Tarquin and Caesar to argue a free people can betray themselves through apathy and corruption, undermining the constitution and risking political destruction.
Dorsetshire January 14 1782 The Cappadocians recounts a stern appeal to virtue and ancestral debt arguing against servility and for liberty The fragment invokes King Henry I and a solemn pledge to preserve subjects freedoms, urging prudent and mild rule amid uncertain futures.
The writer quotes Capt. Carver’s 1767 account of Naudrowetlee chiefs hearing from French emissaries that Canada belts of wampum were sent to stir tribes. The message claimed the English were petty thieves of France’s land, but would be reclaimed under French protection. The author urges awakening due to long-held schemes.
Letters from Mahon say French work with urgency at Fort St Philip and have erected five batteries within 250 tones of the place. Reports say Spain plans no new taxes this year and funds are ready. Madrid notes Pope lengthening meat allowance during Lent. Toulon, Dec 30: frigates Sultane and Flore failed. Alceste and Blonde to Marseilles for careening. Imperial ship Prince de Kaunitz arrives with corn. Meuse admiralty adds Brille frigate under Captain Alexander Arnols Bots.
The report surveys ongoing war efforts and political strains across Britain, noting hopes for peace fading, naval and military movements, trader concerns, and parliamentary tensions. It references Cornwallis’s Exeter reception, privateering profits, stock market distress, and calls for legislative action to aid distressed debtors and unemployed mariners.
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