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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 03, 1774

Page

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Meeting of the Proprietors of the Low Lands Drainage

South Holland drainage meeting of landowners in Lincolnshire to discuss better drainage for the lands. It will be held at the Old White Hart Inn in Spalding on Wednesday the 11th instant by 11 o clock in the forenoon. Interested persons or their agents are urged to attend.

Baron On Trent Barton Blount County of Derby Barton Park John Hellad Thomas Webb Thomas Statham Ashborne Uttoxeter Burton On Trent Nathaniel Lister Armitage Park Lichfield John Fletcher Mr. Harrison Stoney Stratford Bucks South Holland Lincolnshire Touth Holland White Hartlan Spalding Farencon Cearly Lincoln’s Inn London B. Law Ave-Maria-Jane C. Robinson Pater Kertie Vine-street Piccadilly Thomas Trueman Keesington Marchant Norton Gulden-quare Kensington John Trueman Ann Broxton Thomas Todd John Elly Frances Curtis Ann Bow Dry Gulden-square John Norton N. B J. Smith Pater-nofter-row F. Blyth Finch-lane Cornhin G. Kearny Ladgate-streety Fellar-lane Fleet-street J. Stockdale Burl- Head Qourt Newgate-street Robert Winch Haymarket J. Newbery St. Paul’s Church-yard Ludgaten Street Gras Rome David Melvill Bubzwell Nottingham David Mielvill Melvill Sir Charles, Sedley Robert Stanler Bulwell Thomas Nixon Nuthall R. Greenough T. Greenough Ludgate Hill F. Newbery St. Paul's Church-yard

Fragment of a poetical lament on a fallen singer

Unseen, the eglantine blows while hyacinths lie unheeded. The rivulets flow unheard as primroses perish. The main who should crop them is gone. He sang and nature admired, spoke and hearts were his. He fell and pity expired.

To the Editor and Shenstone in a Lament of Loss

A mournful verse to Shenstone notes the poet’s absence bringing disaster to the groves and streams. The speaker laments the loss of the beloved shepherd who tended nature, causing flowers to droop and birds to abandon the thade as love and labor depart to town.

Grant of Baronetcy in Britain to listed gentlemen

On May 3 and 4 the King granted the dignity of Baronet of Great Britain to Richard Clayton of Adlington Lancashire and others. In default of male issue the titles pass to male heirs of the listed figures including Archibald Edmonstone, Walden Hanmer, Richard Symons, William Lemon, Francis Birke, Martin Folkes, William Jones, William Montgomery, Philip Gibbes, Charles Raymond, William Burrell, and John Smith with associated heirs.

St. James's Great Britain Richard Clayton Adlington Lancashire John Clayton Arschitald Edmonstone Duntreath Stirlingshire North Britain Walden Hanmer Himmer Flinthhire Richard Symons Meend Herefordshire William Lemon Careslew Cornwall Francis Birke Twifel Castle Durham Martin Folkes Hillington Hall Norfolk William Jones Ramsbury Manor Wilts William Montgomery Mackiehill Tweedale Notth Britain Philip Gibbes Spring Head Barbadoes Charles Raymond Valentine-house Essex William Burrell Beckenham Kent Sophia John Smith Sydling St. Nicholas

London Chronicle Highlights from May Day to Fire and Arrivals

A late 18th century London chronicle reports on the East India Company bill, Massachusetts government reform, extended work hours for artificers, the Scarborough cannon ship commissioning under Capt. Chads, and a Baltic voyage loss. It notes a cathedral music rehearsal, upcoming royal reviews at Blackheath, street safety tips against footpads, a King's Bench riot case against Covent Garden managers, a fatal house fire, a drowned clergyman, and multiple local marriages and obituaries with brief notices of residents and trades in Covent Garden, Wemple Bar, and Grosvenor Square.

Chatham Scarborough Chads Margaret, Brown Alicant Baltick Streights Yeterday St. Paul Blackheath Court of King’s Bench Dunning Macklin Covent-Garden Playhouse Fae Covent- Garden Theatre William Gerrith Esg Hay- Market Kirby Glats-Ielier Bell-yard

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