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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 14, 1767
Page
3
In Edinburgh, papers were summoned to the bar of the Court of Session for inserting extracts from the Dorando Spanish Tale pamphlet that allegedly alluded to the great cane of Douglas. They gave bail for appearance before the Lords of Council and Seffion on the 14th.
Reports from Newcastle and Bath markets note salmon at three halfpence per pound and herrings at five per penny. Obituaries rise in Appleby and Shrewsbury. A violent windstorm near Upton destroys buildings and crops. Clergy in Gloucester receive papist lists for Lords’ records. marriages and local trades feature in Aylesbury Devizes Salipur y markets with grain prices and a brewer wedding.
A fragment list of ships and routes dated July 4 and July 14 reports vessels sailing from London to Koningsberg Copenhagen Petersburgh for Bristol Ipswich Dysart for Lynn and other ports. Several ships arrive or are noted at Genoa Koningsberg Halifax New York Maryland Virginia AntiguaPool and St Kitts. Winds vary with many vessels reporting north westerly or westerly winds and currents affecting outward and return legs.
John and Elizabeth Hornsby from Malaga and Guiney at Liverpool. Reese and Carree from Philadelphia at ditto.
Yesterday the king joined a grand Levee at St James's then a Cabinet Council before returning to Richmond for dinner. Lord Clive landed in health at Portsmouth, with Lady Clive arriving in town. General Calliot and Governor Palk also reached London from the East Indies. Townshend elected for West Looe, replacing Trelawny as Jamaica Governor promotes. Letters from Wilna discuss Radzivil Trustees and Prince Repnin’s gifts. NY Legislature passes Mutiny Bill. royal appointments announced for excise and Foot Guards ranks. Local magistrates plan rotating justiciary clerks in Surrey. a new statue for Radcliffe to grace St Bartholomew's hospital. Britannia, Kent, Wormsley, and other ships report arrivals from Bengal and Greenland. Market concerns rise over price discrimination by vendors. Godalming Fair shows cattle. Marriages and deaths noted in Old-street and Shadwell.
Reports from London recount deaths and accidents including a man dying in Red Lion Square, a boy killed by a horse at Leicester Fields stables, and a publican who hanged himself after a failed self harm attempt. Also covered are robberies in Cheapside, the Old Bailey sessions trial results, and various naval and colonial notes.
By decree of the High Court of Chancery the sale of several freehold properties in Odi ham Sheffield on Loddon and Basing Southampton is scheduled for 1Wednesday the 20d instant between 4 and 6 pm before Master Thomas Lane Ely. The estates, part of the late William Hunt, have an annual value around 155 pounds 10 shillings, with particulars available at the Master’s Office Carey Street Lincoln’s Inn London.
An announcement seeks a Gentleman Farmer to recruit a bailiff and farmhand. It promises placement in a healthy, pleasant squat in England owned by the advertiser. Enquiries are to be made at a local bag and change office.
A printed exchange recounts a child’s answers on a Lady’s duties after dinner at Lady Ramble's. The eleven year old Miss answers on marriage, virtue, fashion, and social life, naming Dress and Admiration, eye contact, card games, church behavior, and Hoyle on Quadrille as top books.
To the Printer of the London Evening Post a correspondent urges Thursday's paper to publish a discussion at the Teen's Arms in Newgate Street on whether it discredits any Society to elect a president with deistical principles. The notice forecasts a curious audience using glasses for natural philosophy experiments and a motion to promote Christianity’s triumph over infidelity, urging virtuosi to attend with optic glasses.
A reader rebuts J. L. in the London Evening Post on inoculation arguing that fatal accidents cited are not tied to Souchons inoculation and urging the correspondent to reconsider. The writer defends new inoculation methods and warns against blaming advocates for outcomes.
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