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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 25, 1767
Page
3
A fragmented article reports rumors of a premier minister and General C Way leaving office for public welfare. It notes fears of a foreman fault being appointed, and mentions a petition of prayer for Mrs Britannia amid illness, with speculation of treachery or poison and slim hopes for recovery.
An advertisement announces the publication Speetnng will be published and sold at the Pamphlet Shops with the title A Letter from Public Credit to a Minister, indicating a financial policy document for public sale.
Festerday arrived and a mail from France notes Constantinople events and a banished Tartars leader returning to Rumelia. Reports mention a fire at the Felterdat residence, Count Czernichew’s embassy plans to England, cattle inoculation in Pomerania, Moroccan corsair activity, and earthquake reports from Martinico. Mary Florence Romeree, widow of Pillet, died in Givet after a sudden illness.
In Kilkenny a man named Sharper, posing as a reputable farmer, offered to sell large quantities of wheat in the market and other towns. He often earned small profits before being rescued by associates. A Tippperary report notes a gentleman’s dog suffers regular aguelike fits, shivering like a human during bursts of hot and cold sensations.
On Thursday evening the Prince of Brunswick was taken ill at his apartments at St James's A physician was sent for bloodletting, and he is now much better. Yesterday Princess Amelia visited him due to his indisposition. The House of Peers did not rise until past eleven o'clock on Thursday night.
Reports from Spa and Boston detail ministerial shifts and acts. Lord Egmont may join new ministers, Spencer and Abercomne advance plans, and Pulteney sails. East India Company grants a pension to General Lawrence. London notices cover militia appointments, Artillery Company disputes, and royal reviews while colonial bills pass in America. A warship sighting and savage nation sightings close the dispatch.
An account reports Captain Wallis measuring several savages from five feet seven inches to six feet nine inches. They showed European goods including French items, and a gentleman notes they differ from those seen by the Dolphin on prior voyages. Monuments to William Levinz and various maritime notices follow, with weather, shipping losses, and local deaths interspersed.
A letter to the printer laments high taxes on life necessities and dearness of provisions. It criticizes trade decay, especially in woollen manufacturing, and argues that young gentry travel Europe too early, absorbing foreign laws and customs before learning their own country’s.
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