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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 30, 1767
Page
4
A fragment from a 18th century letter urging restraint toward rioters and warning of wide public condemnation. The writer questions where slavery would be greater than for Englishmen if men are punished merely for looking at a riot with a merry countenance. Pro REPUBLICA.
Letter to the printer complains of market price gouging by hucksters who buy vegetables as carts arrive and sell at a three pence per shilling premium. A reader cites ongoing abuse and urges magistrates to curb this open violation of the laws.
The speaker laments unreturned affection and wonders if true happiness can return after cold disdain. He reflects on Thyrsis and the beloved, admitting uncertainty about his own merit and the possibility of rekindled warmth from love.
A compact verse compares Myra to a beloved in praise of beauty and virtue. The speaker imagines Myra's eyes cheeks and lilies, and wishes a heart true and fond. Mutual love is sought while wealth and ambition are dismissed.
London reports a grand levee hosted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at his residence in St James's Square. The Right Rev Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Cloyne, may be translated to a vacant archbishopric in Ireland. This morning the Dutch ambassador met Mr Secretary Conway on Hague dispatches. Yesterday the Duke of Bridgewater arrived at his Cleveland-row residence from Ashridge Buckinghams.
Reports arrive from Berkeley-square and Genoa detailing a Corsican conflict plan and troops, aristocrats abroad intentions, shipping movements, East India dispatches, a proposed herring fishery in Scotland, and clerical appointments. Racy London crime notes, racing results, and road-postage concerns fill the page with society, sport, and travel items.
Shipping notes show vessels like Brittol Packet Hanyw ells and Friendship Ash sailing to Bristol, and Generous Friend Dawson to Cadiz with Gibraltar Packet Gibson to Gibraltar. Weather wind south, high tides and various bank stock prices and exchange figures accompany the mid 18th century maritime ledger.
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