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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 17, 1764
Page
3
A May 5 Hague Gazette note claims France may borrow 8,000 millions of francs with interest paid as life annuities. We assess the figure as probably 80 millions rather than 8 billion, noting uncertainty in the report.
A General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock met at Merchant-Taylors Hall due to a nine-proprietor request. Debates focused on adjournment rules, Lord Clive’s troop regiments plan, and drafting instruments for Company servants’ gratuities. The vote on the main motion showed 475 for and 285 against, with adjournment and later business proceeding to evening sessions.
A crowded pamphlet page lists Mariners on board Snow Linlé Foster’s voyage 1754 and offers legal notices from Elizabeth Arrowle and Bowrs executors, plus notices for water-proof hats by Samuel Bramsney and Samuel Elmsley. Also advertised are lodging by Hawk Bridge, inoculation for smallpox by Thomas Searancee, and various household services.
The writer addresses the Whigs as friends of the constitution and liberty, warns against the fallacy of linking measures to parties, and argues that bad men may pursue good measures to gain power. He recalls Queen Anne era Tory missteps, critiques prerogative as a threat to liberty, and urges vigilance against abuses by ministers and faction.
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