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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 20, 1762
Page
3
The King forbids subjects royal family and bishops from using more than two horses per carriage, with prelates excused for farm reasons but ordered to conform. In Madrid on April 27, the King shows reluctance to drag the Two Sicilies into war and allows the Naples Regency to continue treating England as before.
May 10 at Rockvale near Mallow in Rev Oliver's district several Levellers in white uniforms entered a house, confined servants, and looted valuables including six guineas. Mr Oliver offers a reward for capture. Dublin May 15 a linen-dealer’s son was found murdered near Ormond-bridge. coroner’s inquest returns wilful murder with several witnesses in Newgate.
SCOTLAND May 7 A warrant from his Majesty appoints the Rev Dr Hugh Blair to the office of rector of rhetoric and belles lettres at the University of Edinburgh with a life salary of 70 pounds per year. London reports five British ships off Cape Clear with no enemy sighted. Other dispatches note Portuguese ambassador removal, rioting in Lisbon, and troop movements in Europe and Asia. News include naval prizes, elections, clerical dispensations, a beadle election, and local incidents such as a fatality, a fire, and a planned Welch sermon at Tottenham Court Road.
The writer extols continued charity to the poor while urging better distribution of existing funds. He cites Denmark's royal charity model where underprivileged children are taken in, educated, and apprenticed for nine years for fifty crowns. The program sustains the establishment and reduces burden on the community.
A fragmented 18th century miscellany of maxims on vanity fortune friendship and virtue with a dramatic epilogue spoken by Miss Courtney. The passages critique coxcombs folly pride and social behavior referencing hospitality liberty and gender dynamics within a period voice. Contains numerous named phrases and characterful aphorisms.
Extract from Madrid letter dated April 27 discusses lucky moments for nations and individuals shaping future prosperity, warning neglect leads to misfortune. It notes Britain’s current moment of peace, the need to break with a neighbor if necessary to counter enemies, and hints at French diplomacy and Dutch trade as factors in English interests. Letters from Petersburgh mention the French Ambassador and ongoing geopolitical maneuvering.
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