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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1767
Page
3
An excerpt mocks a critic with playful wordplay on wit and decency. It hints at a delicate balance between wit and propriety and warns against overlong reading and pardonable folly. Strong phrasing echoes eighteenth century tone and the author’s teasing critique.
Copenhagen reports no dividend for the year at the Asiatick Company and no more ships to Bengal. Private merchants may engage under conditions. War saw notes a minister Benoit made a Poland treasury convention, treating purchases for Prussia as royal property. A Portuguese man of war returning from the mines is battered. merchants fear impact on treasure. Denmark and Court of Copenhagen plan closer correspondence with resided ministers.
March notices report the death of the Earl Shan non's only son and the younger daughter of Lord Powericourt in Dublin. In Galway a Cotton-Spinner Elmer Ringly was found dead, with alleged foul play by two youths. Military movements include TL A MD in Edinburgh and the Dragoon divisions marching toward Muffelburgh and Dalkeith with Ancram's regiment. arrivals at Haddington expected. Also noted are deaths of Charles Maitland, Earl Lauderdale's youngest son, and David Ross a Douglas merchant in the Isle of Man.
Maritime and provincial notices document executions and pardons in Bury Ipswich Lancaster and Norwich. The records show five deaths at Bury and four at Ipswich with reprieves for some, plus a Lancaster trial list for forged wills horse stealing and thefts. Other items report clerical appointments and royal travel notes, plus a Boston political letter concerning troop provisioning and quartering.
March reports arrive at Falmouth and Deal with ships from London for Dublin Virginia Poole New-York and Bristol. Vessels sail from Cowes for Waterford Newfoundland Jersey and Newry while Pearl returns from Maryland. Arrivals include Three Brothers from Ostend Endeavour from Rotterdam Earl Chatham from London and Britannia from Barbadoes amid wind and tide updates.
Reports from Shrewsbury describe public dispute over responsibility for recent unrest while traders note low prices for meat and wheat amid a looming lottery scheme. Letters from Portsmouth detail ships, supply shortages, smuggling crackdowns, and deaths, with updates on local crimes and a mutiny of various vessels.
Public notices promote complete Grazier or Gentleman's and Farmer's Book with cattle, grass management, poultry, and farm stocking guidance. Also advertised are a letter to the Earl of Bute, a speech on prerogative, histories of the Ministry and American Stamp Act, Gee’s trade treatise with appendix. Prices range from 3s to 5s bound.
A letter warns against any encroachment on rights and liberties even when cloaked as urgent danger. It recalls the Septennial Act and argues representatives extended their term beyond three years under a specious pretext to avoid a new election during perceived danger.
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