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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 07, 1767
Page
4
Letters lament high bread prices amid grain imports and hoarding by grain sellers. A reader blasts neglect of restraints due to parliamentary interests. Another correspondent complains about church bell etiquette and pew access during services.
Mail from Holland dated October 21 arrives as Russian forces withdraw from the capital and move across the Vistula. An officer meets the Bishop of Cracow 24 miles away. The Crown’s second son seeks the Empress’s help to release kin. Rumors place Grabowski as Waywode of Liefland if true. A Ruffian detachment may quarter near Cracow as 100 nobles unite against Confederates. On the 13th night the Bishops of Cracow Kiev and other officials were arrested.
In London at Guildhall yesterday the Lord High Chancellor and several peers attended a royal presence though no ladies of quality were present. Early morning rioting followed due to wine scarcity, with constables and militia officers clashing with crowds in Guildhall Yard as brick bats flew and officers were daubed. An accompanying letter from Leominster notes local political maneuvers with Lord-Lieutenant opening houses and Clive and Price figures in a contest, while a clergyman laments sixteen years as a curate with meager pay and hints at turning to gospel ministry for advancement.
The page recounts assorted items: political opinions urging duty over mere faith, Portugal merchant committees and Genoa rumors, notable travels of Earl Gower and Thynne, a St George's Hanover Square wedding, a Petty-France death of Nathaniel Brooks from the timber trade, a Barnet Course match between Cl Cla clops and Squib for 300 guineas, plus a fish catch at Packington and mob violence incidents in Cheapside. Also noted are sailing movements of the Prince of Wales cutter, London pavement stone imports, and theater listings for Drury Lane Covent Garden and Haymarket with Hamlet, George Barnwell, and As You Like It.
A fragmented OCR list shows stock prices and bond denominations for various items. Entries include Baik Stock 155 and 1-half 3-4ths, India ditto 266 1-half, South Sea ditto, Old Ann 86 5-2 a 3-4ths, New Ann 3 per Ct, and Redu ced $7 3-gthsa 7-8ths. Additional figures cover Contol 89 1-8th, 1726- Ditto 1751, India An. 85 5-8 3 1-half Bk An. 1756, along with Navy 1763 100 1-8th 4 per ee 1763599 3-4thd India Bonds 38 pre.
A long historic advertisement lists new editions and forthcoming works: Entick’s General History of the Late War, a History and Survey of London and Westminster, The British Plutarch, and Boswell’s Corsica Journal. It notes elaborate engravings, multiple volumes, and a 1768 calendar. The notice thanks Public Offices for assistance and urges careful ordering of the Kalendar with the Peers of Ireland.
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