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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 03, 1774
Page
4
A London Evening Post correspondent, signing as Bold Briton, rebukes a figure for attacking press liberty. He suggests the action stains patriotism, questions motives, and questions whether fear or political expedience drives the shift from defending to subverting freedom. The letter defends press rights amid political pressure.
A correspondent argues that a fifty guinea Adelphi lottery ticket would deter lower class adventurers and attract foreign buyers, boosting domestic finance. Four yearly lotteries of 6000 tickets each could inject three hundred thousand guineas back from the continent, with a five percent early discount. March 1.
Letter to the editor arguing that bailiffs may not break locks to serve writs, warning such practice erodes English liberties and common law. Cites Blackstone and Lord Mansfeld, laments Scotland’s influence and shifts in jurisprudence threatening security of estates and lives.
A letter dated March 1 from VERAX demands Reverend Joseph Fell fulfill his pledge to publish the History of the Regium Donum titled Achan's Wedge. The writer urges public disclosure or a satisfactory excuse, noting readers have waited and been disappointed by delays in the work.
A 1774 London Evening Polit item recounts King James I, at Lumley Castle, faced a verbose genealogist. It also covers East India Company court debates on advertising methods, proposals for director ballots, maritime news from the Caribbean, ship arrivals and sailings, pardons, robberies in London, ecclesiastical appointments, and social events with prominent figures and donations at a charity service.
The London Evening Pol. Angepors recalls Mr Lovey of Drury Lane Theatre who, undecided between careers, switched from pamphleteering in support of Sir Robert Walpole to acting after receiving a kingly reward from Paxton. He later left politics and pursued the stage, becoming a decent, respectable performer.
Post notices 5 Guinea reward for delivering parcel of 484 letters aboard Palis capt Turner. 1 bag from Maryland and 8 from Virginia, dispatched from Dover last Sunday, believed left on the road between Rochester and London. Seek finder to bring to GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
ACOB HEMET presents Essence of Pearl and Pearl Denti Frice for teeth and gums. Claims include preserving teeth, whitening, preventing decay, easing toothache, firming gums, stopping decay, and sweetening breath. Sold by Bayley in Cockspur Street and Price in Leadenhall Street, London. also by M. Purdie in Bath. Price 2s 6d each.
The article discusses the presidency of an assembly and the Premier’s troubled position. It notes the Ministry’s confusion over how to proceed and who should be appointed as successor. Recent reports indicate the Premier hinted a bleak outcome if the badger, when opened, revealed troubling details.
In Worcester on March 1 the Sheriff adjourned a court session to complete Sir Watkin Lewes’s scrutiny. Nicholas Lechmere, Esq. was declared elected by a majority of legal voters. The returned member was cheered through the city amid vast crowds and festive demonstrations. Financial notices list various annuities and securities referenced in the period.
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