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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 24, 1787
Page
5
Reports describe rising prices, strained credit, and naval concerns as merchants adjust goods costs amid political debates. Mention of delegates, Gen Washington, and potential trade reforms suggests a broader discussion of commerce and governance.
An anecdote narrates Frenen, a Gentleman of Gascoine who inherited 2000 crowns yearly, fell to poverty in Paris, yet kept courage. With a scant remaining pittance he bought water-canner goods and, meeting two old companions, revealed he once held 40,000 crowns’ worth of swaler before servants.
The passage notes that many talk of marriage yet stay single, businesspeople fail to engage, musicians and citizens fail to harmonize, astrologers gaze at heavens yet avoid sworn oaths, orators strive to speak well but do not, critics covet wealth yet fear to act, and philosophers scorn grandeur while courtly elites are prized.
A recent observer describes a stately manor near Little Burgh in Essex about forty two miles from London. The hall stands within a large park and pleasure grounds with river Grancer Fania running through, a spacious tent, bridges and pleasure boats, and views of Sacron Walden Church and nearby scenery. The house features a long hall and dining suite, pale blue sate furniture, and a drawing room of refined elegance.
A detailed daily sketch describes a private suite arranged for Her Majesty with portraits of the King and Queen by Dake, Kneller, Reynolds, and Vandyke, plus a portrait of Lord Howard in regimentals. The library is large and well furnished, and Away-End’s grandeur reflects the cautious ownership and improvements over five years transforming a largely lamp-lit park into one of England’s most beautiful spots.
A fragmentary arts column highlights younger British sculptors led by B. com and Ne kins with praise for Sir Eye Cause. It describes monuments and medallions, including a statue and a marble statue plan, mentioning figures like Sir Lyre and Meavi fA. and projects in Leadestallchet and Abbey Monument.
A fragmentary excerpt reports experiments mixing friction, percussion, and electricity to explore attraction and magnetism. Observations describe graphite reactions, wax sealing, sulphur, copal, and other substances becoming charged or drawing toward magnets, with notes on repeated percussions sustaining electrical effects.
A fragment describes using a leech suspended in a vial of water on a chamber window frame to forecast weather. The leech’s movement is noted as signaling the next day’s conditions, with a serene forecast implying the leech rests motionless at the bottom.
The text discusses how weather affects behavior and routine, observing changes in living patterns before storms. It mentions a rain-influenced experiment with a conical eight ounce phial of water and warns of limited long term understanding of weather’s impact.
The readable passage references a frigate, seats, and people named F Poole and Mr Roge, with scattered mentions of locations and numbers. It preserves only partial names and items, suggesting a damaged page describing a naval vessel and related seating or parliamentary style allocations.
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