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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 03, 1772
Page
4
The writer laments a coming crackdown on the liberty of the press this winter. He warns printers of forthcoming government vengeance for exposing corruption and praises a single moral act against a corrupt court. The piece frames posturing officials as hypocrites while calling the public to feel the pressure soon.
A London Evening Post poem condemns Cabinet corruption and tyranny, praising liberty and a free press. It attacks pardons for murderers and protections for vice, urging steadfast resistance to an oppressive monarchy and extolling the virtue of conscientious dissent.
A speaker argues against rich farmers and tradesmen encroaching on land, claiming theory cannot replace practice. He cites Birmingham and Coventry cases, decrying high rents and land enclosure, warning of dwindling provisions and land scarcity as speculative farming spreads.
The notice from Richardson and Goodluck declares a lead on a lottery calculation that supposedly predicts prize-rich numbers. They boast a past record of capital prizes and promise to pay half a crown for every blank whale ticket sold before November, with shares and half-crewns added to shared tickets. They warn against imitators and advertise offices at Admiralty Whitehall and Bank New Buildings Cornhill for ticket purchases.
This day was published in two volumes at 5s each, adorned with cuts. It is the fourteenth edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, an account of a York mariner stranded for twenty eight years on a remote island near the Orinoco, rescued by pirates. Published by Buckland Strahan and others.
A correspondent reports strong grounds to believe Lord Bute is insane, lamenting royal misrule, corruption, and poverty across England and Ireland. The piece notes pensions for Macartney and Hewitt, court amusements, theater plans, and unrest in London and across ports, with casualties from crime and conflict, and updates on ships and arrivals.
An advertisement warns buyers that true Milk of Roses remains unequal in Europe for skin care and warns against counterfeits. It states each bottle will bear Warren perfumer London marks and lists authorized retailers across Wakefield Worcester Oxford Bristol Bath for Warren's perfumery goods.
This day was published in 8vo price 4s bound Eleventh Edition revised corrected and improved of Rithmetick in theory and practice by John Hill Gent with logarithms extraction of square and cube roots and algebraic questions. Published for a line of London booksellers including Strahan Rivington and others.
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