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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 27, 1772
Page
4
London Evening Post records a satirical Epistle to Dr. K and Mr. G after public announcements. The poem mocks quarrels, infamy, and faction, ending with a note that money buys peace as the two figures trade insults, dated June 24 at St Funcus Coffee-House.
VERITAS writes to Sir John Fielding approving his conduct amid Marybone disputes. He condemns the Ordnance power, criticizes Signior Torre’s influence, calls for punishing mercenary Marybone proprietors, and urges publication to expose private abuse and tyranny in Goodge Street and Bow Street.
Postscript on the nabob play as staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Foote’s satire follows Sir John Oldham and Lady Oldham through a plot of marriage proposals, porterly intrigue, and a levée with the Nabob, ending with Oldham's brother bailing out the house and a final moral on wealth gained by integrity versus knavery.
London report notes Oliver 1459, Lewes 1200, Plumbe 739 as final tally. It recalls Livery’s rule against elected officials once set aside by Common Hall and comments on past refusals. Also includes Scottish market turmoil and bank note issues with Douglas, Heron & Co and various local incidents and notices.
The record notes the trading sector of the nation strained by Scottish, Darien, and English companies, with a deluge of charity failing to reach distant shores. It pins the present distress on several factors, chiefly a growing and now extreme habit of drawing bills on London using fictitious credit to raise funds.
To be SOLD on Tuesday the fourteenth day of July a large collection of silver and copper coins and medals collected by Dr. Phillips, with Greek, Roman, English, Irish, Scotch, Italian, German, and French pieces, rare cabinets, a library on antiquities, portfolios of prints maps and an oriental sword and other curios, to be sold as listed in the catalogues at the Chapter Coffee-House.
Mr Robert Bland of Long Acre announces his Royal Patent Elastic Trusses. He claims to have performed more rupture cures at Greenwich Royal Hospital than in ages past. He seeks no reward beyond the recognition his invention deserves, noting ruptures are common and often neglected.
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