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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1772
Page
4
A broad denunciation of government overreach and ministerial corruption urges a united opposition to protect the English constitution. It laments escalating governance, enclosure policy, and soaring food prices, urging the open reversion of new inclosures to restore abundance and avert national distress.
A correspondent warns Parliament about rising staple costs since enclosure. Wheat at 8s a strike in Coventry, beef 4d to sd, mutton 4d, pork 6d, bacon 6d to 8d, butter 1s, cheese from gd. Prices have doubled since open fields were enclosed, urging action to stop the artificial dearth.
A London Evening Post letter describes a simple meal for six using water beef split peas rice potatoes onions pepper and salt baked in an oven. The writer notes kindness shown to the distressed poor and asks local Society at the Feathers for continued relief while praising church ministers and their families.
A dated 1772 letter from John Wheeble promises steadfast resolve against injustice. It speaks of pride in English rights and a firm stance for liberty, signed from Patzrnofter-row. The message reflects colonial era rhetoric and personal loyalty to a cause.
An advertisement seeks an able man to assist and travel occasionally for a wholesale hardware partner and manufacturer. A partner may be admitted after a trial, upon approval of conduct and character. Letters to W. B. at Batson's Coffee-house Cornhill with real name and life situation. High secrecy required and trusted.
An historical notice summary recounts Parliament's week actions on supply and corn export ban, plus ongoing debates on the Duke of Cumberland marriage, Jamaica case in King’s Bench, and local concerns. It lists ships at Spithead and Portsmouth, robberies, accidents, and weather impacts on rivers, with civic notices and public interest items from London and Hampshire.
The Mail from Holland reports Madrid noting the Duke de Frias secretary to the king has died. Paris mentions a new plan to reestablish the East India Company praised by the council and the rise of East India bands. The Countess de Barry held grandes entrées at Court on January 1. Sieur De La Croix aged 102, lieutenant colonel of horse, died at Longwy on the 26th of last month.
A catalog of letters to be added as soon as possible includes names such as X Y Z Perseverance Viator Meanwell Truth A Bigot E N Benevolus A Friend to the House of Hanover N A John Smith A B and U G.
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