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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 25, 1786
Page
4
A London dispatch comments on mercantile stress from Jamaica and Georgia debts, criticizing Pine-Barren laws forcing prewar British debts into state treasuries. It notes fisheries as a promising industry, calls for seafaring training, and discusses naval and colonial trade policies, with remarks on theatre crowds and political rumors.
The Swallow arrived from Jamaica with large remittances for merchants and reports several ships ready to load, expecting to sail early this month. July dividends may be the largest in years as financial bills shift payments to March and September. News notes Nova Scotia colonization plans for American refugees and shifts in governance. Windsor letters describe May 19 events at a royal gala for Princess Elizabeth with a limited elite attendance and a bridge report of 2000 quarters of corn sold to London.
A Monday Opera House masquerade drew fashionably dressed attendees led by a noble peer who stole the scene with witty presence. Guests admired metamorphosed costumes and dances, while the Prince’s party joined supper at Carlton House. The event supported Mr PD Egville’s benefit, though wine quality disappointed some guests.
A concise eighteenth century bill outlines repealing duties on wines and related imports. It references Acts of Geo II and other orders, proposing to remove added imposts and grant new duties to the king. The text signals the expedient repeal of existing wine duties and associated duties on produce.
A flood of bankruptcy and adjudication notices lists various tradesmen and merchants from Stockport Exeter Chester London and surrounding areas. Names include George Schwartz John Fraser Thomas Archer Levi Woodham Jane Renill and several others with dates in June July and May referencing surrender of property and legal actions at Guildhall Bodies of certificates granted for manufacturers and merchants across Middlesex Surrey and other counties.
Fardes Kine of the North Shore within the Phere ties of Newcattle upon Pyne, etatsemanitecs were to surrender July 1 at the White Hart in Newcastle.
An 18th century medical excerpt touts Dr James’s Fever Powder as a remedy for fever and cough. It prescribes small doses by age and claims the powder can prevent severe coughing later in illness. The text notes London availability and purchasing locations in Francis Newbery’s shop and Dr James’s Brom Street house.
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