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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 16, 1771
Page
1
A fragment from a 1771 issue recounts alarms over public funds, overseas disasters, and local ceremonies. Reports describe earthquakes near Veletri and Frascati, floods in Werben, and the Elbe causing village inundation. Also mentioned are appointments, balls at Windsor, births marriages and deaths, bankrupts, dividends, and arrivals.
Orders from the Treasury Board to quarantine the Dutch East Indiaman then at Spithead due to a prevailing malady aboard. Detailing the Bill of Rights Society’s push to test diplomatic privilege against imprisonment for debt, and Mr Wilkes’ alleged pledge to shield officers. Theatre news covers the Tobacconist adaptation of Ben Johnson and performances at Mr Foote’s Theatre with Abel Drugger praised.
A passage from a manuscript notes Monk later Duke of Albemarle as a prisoner in the Tower receiving aid from his mistress Nan Clarges a blacksmiths daughter. The text describes her lack of beauty cleanliness and her mother being a barber and ill reputed. A ballad about five women barbers from Drury Lane is referenced.
A reader criticizes the mismanagement of charity monies including briefs for church repairs. He recalls the Montreal fire fund accounting and urges publishing transparent summaries of all collected sums and their allocations both at home and abroad to encourage more generous giving and curb abuse.
The Leicester races of 1771 announce two purses on the New Course. On September 18 a fifty pound purse for horses never won above sol and never started for a royal plate, with age weights and best of three heats over four miles. On September 19 a fifty pound gentlemens purse for four year olds never winning above sol, with weights and two miles to heat. Entrants must certify ages, pay entry fees, and subscriptions go to second best horse. Stewards: The Right Hon. the Earl of Huntingdon, Edward Reznor, EQ.
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