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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 20, 1765
Page
4
Libertas and Honestus reply to the London Evening Post with sharp notes on labor, subsistence for 36000 starving weavers, and a Paris ordonnance limiting burials to the wealthy. They warn of silk manufactures losing esteem to France and cite public policy measures as needed.
A reader signs as COMPASS, praising a great political writer for offering twenty or so works to the public at no cost or reward. The letter asserts disinterested public spirit and willingness to endure reading the essays over the author’s own writings.
The paper thanks the public for support amid prosecutions and pledges to maintain quality. It invites orders from gentlemen and ladies, promises prompt compliance, and notes advertisements and letters accepted by Mr Almon in Piccadilly for West End readers.
Reports from the Hasue on the 16th recount that Mr. Kit visited the Court for about three hours and that the Duke of York joined Sir Joseph Yorke and the French ambassador at dinner, fueling talk of imminent cabinet changes in Britain. News from Lisbon notes a royal ordinance to abolish the Autos de Fe and establish a milder ecclesiastical court, while Alphen records the death of Lord Hunidon, aged 81. Other items include Cambridge degrees conferred, a Cambridge wedding, a conjurer’s stock purchase amid public folly, a suicide attempt by a tradesman’s maid, and detailed trade figures with imports from Holland and France and exports to Portugal and Ostend.
World news notes events across Europe with a Polish minister from Poland returning to Warsaw, the Marquis de Conflans turning back to join a camp formation near a great entertainment for the Crown, and several local incidents. Reports from Kiev and Vienna detail a murder case and the Empress’s health. In Madrid, Penon and Rafal die at Aranjuez. royal and noble movements are recorded from May to June.
The readable portions show partial race leg splits and class standings. The notes reference half and quarter marks, 8ths, and a Ditto label with a Conf designation. Names and full event context are unclear due to garbled text.
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