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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 13, 1770
Page
4
A London Evening: Pott records a fiery extempore speech praising Lord Mayor Barlow Treco thick amid accusations of neglect and party bias. The piece lampoons dietary grievances and anonymous critics while defending the Lord Mayor’s parliamentary conduct and magistrate duties.
A damaged public notice lauds Lord Romney and Marsham with classical allusions and praises to Freedom Truth and Love. It references Reynolds and Hooper, the Senate, and virtues guiding the nation, urging memorial portrait placement in the Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Commerce.
London Evening Post correspondence to Megs Kiang and Jasers Surry discusses a delay in appointment notice and criticizes hasty regulation. The writer notes confusion about two men aboard a tender near the Tower and recalls five executed at Tyburn, stating four men were brought from the hold to the deck on Friday afternoon.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses a law and a sachet, mentioning time, appointments, and sailors lives under care near the Tower. The passage reflects legal tone and postscript sign-off. No clear names, dates, or places beyond the Tower context are readable.
A London newspaper notes the extraordinary length of business before the Court of Common Council regarding the Recorder and delays in publishing advertisements. SELIM extends compliments to officers and seeks well authenticated facts beyond the Ordnance. He hints at exposing misdeeds in various offices, including the War Department, and mentions Lord Barrington.
A 18th century notice covers Greaves in The Minor and The Tobacconist at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, critiquing performance and cast. It reports on actors Foote, Welton, and Wetton, plus a satirical take on Ben Johnson material, and notes on public bounty and naval matters, court notices, weather, markets, and a ship commission near Portsmouth.
Private letters from Constantinople report a Russian fleet near the Dardanelles bombing castles blocking passage to Constantinople with a siege requiring 40 000 troops. Deserters arrive daily at Constantinople from the Danube as Ottoman forces push war, while peace remains unlikely. The Duke of Gloucester arrived from Vienna, with no plans for a large army, and government contracts for fifty tenders to be taken into service at eight shillings per ton.
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