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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 27, 1779
Page
4
A London Evening Post reader debates royal phrases of honour versus practical relief. The piece questions whether such rhetoric can ease taxes, rebuild trade, end widow’s tears, or heal wounds, or merely preach oppression and famine as Falstaff’s view of honour is invoked by Hal.
A fragmentary dialogue between a Great Person and Mrs. W cur of Pall Mall shows tension over American rebellion and independence. The exchange includes sharp retorts and accusations as the two debate liberty, wisdom, and national identity before the scene ends with an abrupt exit.
The GENERAL POST OFFICE announces the Thynne Packet will sail directly from Palmouth to Jamaica and back, the Grantham to Barbados and the Leeward Islands, returning from St. Christopher's to Falmouth without Madeira calls. The EAWO ships carry the mails on Wednesday next, the 4th of August, by command of the Postmaster General Anthony Todd.
Postscript criticizes Parliament and Crown taxes grants and credit to the Crown. It accuses government and church officials of coercion and bleeding the people to support a tyrannical system. The piece urges Scots and English to pity the administration and donate to a mocked pensioned Parliament while lamenting misgovernment and imperial iniquities.
A London correspondent disputes claims that Sir Charles Hardy returns to Plymouth due to weather. He argues the fleet is weakened by illness, questions Gibraltar and Minorca defenses, critiques Scottish complicity, notes parliamentary pressure and a proposed Hertfordshire militia subscription, and reports on naval captures and public notices including the late Duke of Ancaster’s funeral procession.
The passage condemns Lord George Gordon voices, provocative articles in Morning Post style, and calls Scotland’s actions tyranny. It accuses Scotland of seeking to seize English power and property, cites Bank of Ayr, Adelphi Lottery, and Indian intrigue, and laments alleged Scots oppression of English liberties. The text portrays a crisis of imperial governance and calls for defending English sovereignty.
A long list of vessels including the Ostrich Sylph foop's and the Nottingham Dutton Prince of Wales Ranger Nimble Wellscatters Emolus Bournells for Quebec Three Sisters Brom ley Prince Edward Francis for Portsmouth Polly Warton Sibella Rokterr ion and others sail for various ports. A correspondent asks turnpike commissioners to post direction signs at Newington Surrey to help carriages avoid collisions. In York Crown End four prisoners are convicted for horse stealing burglary and sheep stealing with three later reprieved.
The passage discusses a writer involved in Sketches from Nature, noting his second rate factory-like work and reliance on notes from numerous contributors. It mentions a club, profits from sale, and that he may print a tenth edition while appearing disheveled yet remains cheerful and philosophic amid misfortune.
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