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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 14, 1767
Page
5
A letter from Senex laments high corn prices stoking bread hunger and thwarted relief by engrossers, cites export frauds, and praises embargos. Civis urges ballast use for Blackfriars Bridge and safer river navigation. Philippus attacks livery stable frauds, demanding government regulation and redress for inflated farrier bills and unnecessary physi cings.
In a letter to Reverend Sir M Ray the writer urges restraint and defends local folk named by birth, arguing they are not worse than reported by others. The piece frames social blame and calls for fair treatment of the near birth community.
London marks the 209th anniversary of Queen Elizabeths accession with Protestant demonstrations across the cities of London and West. Crowds engage in traditional celebrations and public expressions of loyalty to the throne.
Notices from London and surrounding areas recount arrivals at Bedford House and Berkeley Square, parliamentary voting plans in Wiltshire, theatre listings, robberies, ship movements, and local deaths. Chiefs include Duke of Bedford, Earl of Thormond, and John Offley MP. incidents feature a butcher robbed, a tidewater drowning, and a telegraphed view of HMS actions against smugglers.
An advertisement lists a 1768 Ladies pocket book and travel notice for a new turnpike road from London to Manchester via Derby and Ashbourne. It includes price, bindings, frontispieces, and a catalogue of contents such as a memorandum book, holidays, nursing rules, recipes, poetry, dances, and beauty aids.
A period notice from Swindon Wiltshire invites bids on a well built brick house with fifteen acres of pasture, outbuildings, and accessory stock. It states the present occupier has held for over seventy years and promises more land to be acquired by a preferred tenant. Inquiries to Mr John Smith, Swindon or Mr John Smith Lad-Lanborough.
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