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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 23, 1765
Page
4
A reader laments national distress caused by enclosure of open fields. He argues inclosures depopulate the countryside, enrich landlords, and oppress the poor. He urges patriotic gentlemen to oppose enclosures and support the country’s welfare through this stance.
Printer of the London Evening Port writes from Peterborough May 18 praising plentiful provisions. He notes wheat around 48 49 and 56 23 bailey, beef at threepence, veal at two pence farthing, a 14 pound leg of veal for 2s 8d, pike at 3 eight pence, butter four pence per pound, and ongoing abundance of corn and grass. He wishes friends well and quotes a Royal Psalm.
An ass laden with a heavy basket bears fare to market while his master pushes on despite the weight. The burden grows daily and the beast groans beneath it until the load becomes unbearable, provoking the master’s anger and the beast to plead for relief.
A brief fragment notes a cruel man and an attempted act by the Afs, who fell and died, concluding with a moral. The text presents archaic phrasing and a cautionary lesson without full context.
The King assented to multiple bills including funding the year's services, militia reform, prohibition on foreign silk import, cash note issues in Scotland, duties on gum arabic and fena, road preservation, Westminster paving, Yorkshire wool, insolvent debtors relief, and corn trade regulations. Reports note Lord Lyttleton's forthcoming chair, embassies at Versailles and Madrid, Parma’s princess voyage plans, and Denmark currency loan rumors deemed unfounded. Also covered are sermons against Rome, Gibraltar strength orders, lending offices in Breslaw, livestock arrivals in Dumfries, coal and bread price shifts, a Persian horse sale, a Westminster fire, a Nowell v Palmer case, and various local incidents with theft and ship losses. Current market data and ship movements are listed.
A High Court decree issued before Justice Chaves in London details an undivided estate totaling pounds shillings pence. The real property extends to about five thousand acres in County Leitrim Ireland, with multiple parcels and hereditary claims specified, involving fractions and assessments.
A damaged notice describes a plantation in St Thomas Parish with 49 scores of land and 26019 canes, including enslaved people and livestock. It lists a mortgage or writ process, likely outlining owners, executors, and proceedings, with inquiries directed to John Tancaifer at Coney Court.
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