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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 06, 1767
Page
4
A Candid Enquirer asks if Papists with estates pay a double land tax and what oaths are required to avoid such taxation. He seeks details on who must swear and how oaths are administered, hoping correspondents clarify the rightness of the positions discussed.
A notice from Derby announces a 29 October publication of an abridgment on County Elections revised and corrected. Subscribers are urged to attend. peers may subscribe and direct, the work aims to influence votes and clergy opinions, aiding calendar compilers, with a past failed attempt in Hertfordshire due to opposition from Freeholders.
London society items report a crowded levee at Secretary Conway’s Pall Mall home and multiple noble departures to Arlington Bagshot Wilton and Ireland. Speculation on a Great Personage’s death affects a lady, and clerks seek mourning rights. Fleet Street tradesmen recover from coronation bells.
Reports from New York describe a Delawar Indian chief who learned English, married a white woman, and began trading in furs last May. London notices cover debates at the Queen’s Arms, smuggling seizures, magistrate actions, deaths, and a busy schedule of theatre offerings at Drury Lane and Covent Garden.
A stock and commodity listing shows bond and stock prices, gold and silver rates, and bills with various denominations. The column covers India Bonds, Mexico coins, and bullion, alongside a weekly casualty tally including broken limbs drownings and deaths, noting a net increase of burials by 56 for the period.
A writer urges Parliament to investigate the neglected River Thames and advocates major repairs. Proposals include rebuilding ruinous bridges with deep foundations and arches at least eighty feet wide, embanking risers, gravel for roads, removing shoals, destroying partial causeways, and replacing them with grand stepped flights leading to river access at low tide.
A correspondent defends Navy reforms and challenges a prior letter’s claims about Queen Anne era comparisons. The writer argues earlier fleets lacked capable officers, notes age and merit issues, disputes counts of ships and officers, and advocates pruning superannuated flag rank while preserving capable captains. He questions the number of admirals and emphasizes truth in promotion tallies and naval strength.
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