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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 25, 1767
Page
4
A satirical letter complains about a newspaper advertisement offering a parliamentary seat for sale and links the issue to church livings, simony, and bribery in a general election context. The writer questions eligibility, venue, and propriety, urging scrutiny of political patronage and entanglement of church and state.
A sender criticizes laws intended to aid the poor as ineffective due to monopolization by engrosser traders who store imported goods. The writer laments hunger and asserts that legislation has failed to relief the starving and that reform is needed to stop profiteering by cormorants. The letter ends with a signed plea from a Pauper.
A country letter to the London printer laments persistent urban nuisances in aging towns. It highlights encroachments dirt and rubbish pitches pavements defective drains overhanging windows trap doors tiling deterioration and lamp and scavenger shortages, urging remedies and candid commentary.
A reader submits a playful note to Mercury with rebus clues and names. The text references JANDYKE the painter, a tankard for gentlemen, and hints at a Dutchman named Vartandeflo, ending with a quip about framing a ministry on a broad bottom and a Gotham Wise Men remark.
Intelligence Extraordinary from the West End reports Squire Briton plans to dismiss his current staff and rehire the previous set, with talk centering on a domineering steward who dictates terms. Locals describe the squire as kind and generous but difficult to please, while insiders blame the steward for volatile staff turnover. A Bath correspondent offers a cautious warning and counsel.
This day arrived the Mail from Flanders Genoa June 27. Reports note ships from Toulon sailing for Cadiz and increased artificer work to hasten Toulon ports. Florence reports 6000 Jesuits in Ortibello Port Real. the Marquess de Bourbon Patrella de Courtence died recently. Rome notes Pope High Mass with 28 Cardinals and Nag tribute for Naples.
Yesterday at Powis-house Ormond-street the Princess Poniatowski and Prince De Ligne dined with the Spanish ambassador and other distinguished figures. This morning they departed for Oxford and Bath for several days then back. The princess’s residence was taken months before her arrival by Earl Spencer. Her brother, the Polish king, stayed five months in 1754 at Coppenhole’s Hotel and learned English with ease.
Reports from London describe arrivals at Grosvenor Square and Holland House as well as preparations for seats at Grimsthorpe and Foxley. The piece notes Count Guerchy’s mass discharge of servants, a large cash gift from abroad, pestilence reports from Paris prisons, tea duty reductions affecting smuggling, and various coastal shipping movements near the Thames.
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