Queen of Naples and other ships arrive at Salerno
From Jamaica reports a powerful Hispaniola earthquake, causing severe damage only at Port au Prince where 450 died and most of the town lay in ruins. Authorities and inhabitants live in tents while rebuilding. Dividends announced on Nov 15 and several certificates and press warrants issued. social notices include marriages and deaths. Also lists wheat and flour sale returns and stock prices amid market updates.
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Jamaica
Hispaniola
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Parliament summons Besancon and Bourdeaoux to court archives
Paris reports the Besancon Parliament is sent for by deputation and ordered to bring registers so arrets against the Countil and the Duke d Aiguillon may be erased in the King's presence. The Agriculture Society notes many useless dogs consume food yearly. Hague dispatch notes Danish squadron bombarded Algiers July 1–15, council of war calls for retreat.
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Sloop Swift Captain Cleared By Court Martial
In Portsmouth port, His Majesty s sloop Swift remains off Falkland Island. The captain was tried by a Court Martial and honorably acquitted. Also in Salisbury Henry Penruddock Wyndham was elected mayor. In Cambridge the Duke of Grafton and his Duchess arrived at Trinity College Friday night.
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London Letters Report Recruit Orders and Civic Pleas
London letters note orders from England for land force recruitment. Rev. Brownlow North dies in Canterbury. Cerberus 28 guns commissioned at Chatham under Capt. Brisbane. Livery of Goldsmiths seeks committee to handle charters and fees. Goldsmiths petition for charters and bye laws. Harvest reports spread from Hertford to Stafford with record yields. A tulip garden pea crop yields 641 peas from 194 pods. Admiralty orders discharge all mates and apprentices.
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Letter from the late London Mayor to the present mayor of Maxston-Hovsig
A damaged 18th century style letter from a former London mayor addresses the current lord mayor. It condemns political choices and hospitality, recalling former civic feasts and criticising recent dinner politics and alleged misdeeds. Strong voices reference the livery, the parliament, and public dinners as symbols of legacy.
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Roast Beef of Old England and the Bill of Rights
A critic laments a representative who imitates courtly rituals and imitates kitchen practices at the Mansion-house. The writer urges fortitude in defending liberty and the Bill of Rights, arguing liberty yields good eating and drinking as a sign of national virtue.
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St. James’s
Public letter from Simon Touchem Gently to Daftor
An anonymous defender of liberty blasts Lord Chatham and current ministers in a London Evening Post letter. The writer denounces political corruption, lauds past leadership, and mocks Daftor with crude satire while urging steadfast unity for a free nation. The piece ends with questions about public interest and a mock invention to measure bodily excretions.
Lord North praised for naval strength and prudence
A London Evening Post letter extols Lord North's courage prudence and finances praising his naval armament intended to deter France and Spain. It lauds his ability to pursue war abroad to prevent one at home and celebrates his leadership in humbling the Bourbon ambition.
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Falkland’s
Great Britain
House of Bourbon
Letter taunts Dr Cook over diet study and praises late George Challente
In a London Evening Post correspondence, Yo Dr Cook is teased for missing evacuation types in a septennial critique while a tribute extols George Challente of Hale's Hall near Cheadle. Challente, esteemed neighbor and benefactor, died September 8 at Hale's Hall in Staffordshire aged 53, remembered for generosity and upright dealings.
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Hale’s Hall
Cheadle
Staffordshire
Bitter mockery in London Evening Post insult to Cinna
A fragment shows a caustic satire directed at Cinna, accusing him of deceit and vanity. The piece suggests his knowledge is shallow and mocks his wit, likening his signing to Pillory and implying ministry influence taints his writing. It references mercury, lead, and a drug shop as contextual props.
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Billingsgate
Merchants Seek Update on Fleet Destination at Spithead
To the Printer of the London Evening Post. Our merchants are uneasy about the destination of the fleet now fitting out with much expedition and cannot get any answer from Lord North. It would comfort them to know the fleet is destined to parade at Spithead.
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Spithead
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