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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 25, 1779
Page
4
A debate reveals concerns over Plymouth garrison stores and readiness. Speakers fault supply neglect, equipment shortages, and underused garrison manpower. Attack feasibility by Bourbon attacked, while officials clash on administration and Ireland policy.
A London Evening Post piece laments English conduct under George III during the long war's aftermath. It mocks the lack of leadership at home and abroad, noting a contrast with past triumphs under Pitt Anson Hawke Wolfe and two Scotsmen.
A critical account denounces Lord Shelburne and his allies as tools of oppression, arguing the opposition to misrule is rising beyond party lines. It notes the public distrust of Shelburne, praises Wilkes’ opposition, and cites ministerial maneuvers, Gibraltar fears, and the broader crisis in Britain and Ireland.
Mesirs Nichol son and Co inform the public that they allocated one thousand pounds for the last drawn tithe, the shares rise in value daily, and they offer drawn tickets stamped at the Bank of England. They advertise new ventures for drawing at one guinea and half a guinea each, claiming entrants may gain more from prizes above twenty pounds. Tickets and shares are available on blanks from their offices at the King's Arms Cornhill Westminster.
An advertisement for a private lottery plan by Mr Sharman listing offices in Charing Cross Fleet Street High Holborn and near Cornhill. Tickets cost one guinea with a potential twenty five pounds prize and a final prize of two thousand pounds. Ticket No 48703 is cited as drawn November 19 for validation at Boldro Kendall Adey bank.
Deal, Nov 26. Winds and ships named including Dunkirk Fairy Ranger Tloops and others outward bound to Portsmouth. Gravesend note of General Maffey, Banner from Barbadoes, Molly and Catharine from Waterford. Arrivals in New York include Hannanel Weeks and others from St Kitts, New Providence, Cork, Barbados, Bermuda, Glasgow.
Publication details note a parliamentary address issued for members of Parliament regarding the nation’s state. Printed for J. Alneny opposite Burlington House Piccadilly, with a foldout by G. Kearsley. Includes pricing and publishing context for readers.
A compact report lists bank stock prices and annuity rates including Bank Stock 3 percent, Bank Annuities reduced, various Consols around 60s to 70s, South Sea stock, old and new annuities, India stock and bonds, Navy annuities, and exchange bills. The entry reads as a ledger excerpt with multiple fixed-rate figures and denominations.
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