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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 07, 1786
Page
2
A London Evening Post printer note introduces a Hayley poem criticizing liberty and poetic virtue. The text references Mrs Hayley and Seward, praising measured meter and the artful craft of verse while noting decorative imagery and the minting of a literary wreath.
An old manuscript fragment features a speaker named Charles musing on marriage and a wry view of married life. The dialogue mentions a wife, a sovereign lord, and playful faults, with a nervous wish for harmony in the household.
The account recounts M. Poivre taking possession as Intendant of the Isle of Roorbo and launching a May voyage with the Vigilant and Morning Star to Manila, Patani, and Gueby. D'Etcheverre seeks mace and clove seeds, forms alliances with Malayans, and secures clove plants despite Dutch objections as monsoon winds delay arrival.
A description notes the voyage where a sailor avoided a party of five Dutch guarda-costas aboard a boat off Boutan. They questioned him, but he eluded them and arrived safely at Mauritius with his party.
An 18th century advertisement promotes A New Edition of The Complete Housekeeper and Practised Cook by Mar. Smith dd, with price bound and boards. It offers extensive sections on marketing rules, boiling, soups, sauces, puddings, pickling, wines, jellies, and monthly bills of fare, plus copper plates. The volume, Vol. 1, mirrors Sir Walter Rinchent and Lembo Fans eo 8 Pee h Wentsteh endorsements.
The piece records royal audiences at St James's, honors conferred on Dr. William Watson and James Sanderson, and remarks on England's precarious position amid Dutch unrest, French coal strategies, and Hanover Madrid dispatches. It notes negotiations over Minorca, Dutch-Prussia tensions, and a looming general war risk with open ministerial correspondences.
Fragments describe a Baltic scene with ships like Catharina Sodergreen of Stockhelm and Cornetie en route from Bordeaux to Stralsond. The text mentions wine, brandy, coffee, and a Baltic incident with a vessel named Rover of pais and a rescue at Sandhammer.
The page lists horse names ages weights and owners for forthcoming races. Notable entries include Rockingham owned by Mr. Wyndham and Oberon owned by Duke of Grayton with four year olds carrying 5 ft. looks at two and four year olds and bidding odds in a historic bets section with various owners and stables.
Fragmentary stock prices show minor movements with small percentages in several listings. Mentions include Bitto Consul 97 and 128th after a tenth, Gent 312, and Mot Bank long and short positions with 1777 and 85 86 quotes.
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