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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 23, 1765
Page
4
A speaker argues against taxing industry while taxing luxury, proposing a half crown on diversion tickets and a ten shillings stamp on playing cards, to raise funds by targeting extravagance. He contends duties should fall on vice and voluntary excess to ease manufacturing costs and improve foreign competitiveness.
London reports that His Majesty met with the Duke of Gloucester and other distinguished individuals for over an hour. Mr. Wilkes is warmly received by British subjects in Rome and by the Borghese and Corsini families, who presented paintings and curiosities. Lisbon letters note favoritism shown to foreigners in Portuguese service.
A London item reports unsettled weather and fever sweeping the city, with ongoing discourse on Spanish and East Indies affairs. It notes the St Antonio a Spanish prize sailing to the East Indies, supplies and wages for colonial servants, and local sheriffs petitions. Also mentions Byron's illness, the death of Mr Holden, and naval activity around the Cape of Good Hope and Madura.
A compact dated price listing describes stock positions with various shuts and annotations. It references India Stock South Sea Stock Consol directives, and entries include figures like 86 1-half and 87 1-8th with multiple 1926 and 1751 markers. The fragment reads as a market tick, showing relative values and annotations rather than full trades.
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