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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 14, 1777
Page
4
Mr Miller laments growing apathy and corruption in Britain. He attacks ministers, naval and military leadership, and calls for reform, warning that oppression of prisoners and harsh wartime policies threaten the empire and its future. He condemns Scots influence and urges bold change to restore liberty.
The text laments insults from elevated Scots and critiques ambassadors and their uncles for narrow, degrading measures toward Britain. It questions provocations amid known holds on governors and merchants, notes failures of campaigns and distant prospects of victory, and comments on Burgoyne and the war’s slow progress.
A satirical verse laments American war news and British governance. It mocks politicians profits, taxes, and misrule, urging the people to resist and exposing distress in the empire. The poem contrasts wartime setbacks with calls for reform and national burden under current leaders.
A London evening polemic lampoons General Sir William Howe’s retreats, noting French gains after each withdrawal. It mocks Howe’s tactics as predictable, contrasts American advances with British setbacks, and ridicules the notion of British superiority despite European training.
The public is asked to pause judgment on General Champetre. It argues his rapid journey across vast country does not prove legal ownership by conquest or rightful seizure. It claims a prior claimant’s rights are being supported by more than five thousand men and stronger advocates.
A soldier under guard, newly under a colonel’s command, fortifies himself with brandy and stumbles toward Hyde Park. A fellow soldier confronts him about his condition with blunt remarks, the other replying that it will do for rolling and tumbling.
Anecdote about the late Sprancer Barry describing him as a superb actor with refined humor and stage grace. A tale from Drury Lane recalls the Prince of Wales praising Barry’s merit and offering his dancing master to improve his performance. The anecdote emphasizes Barry’s lifelong acclaim and royal approbation.
A fragmentary epigram mentions a person paying a fifty at Cain Woop during M d's visit. It notes he drank chocolate and left the Scot at-d. The person is thought to have a minor impression of the cours de centre on him at that time.
Miller's Weekly Paper advertises the publication of Memoirs of the celebrated John Gay author of The Beggar's Opera Polly and related works. The item notes the London edition will be inserted every Friday in Miller's Weekly Paper at No. 6 Old Bailey printed by J. Miller.
London reports criticize the Carleton arrival narrative and credit Col. Maclean for Quebec's defense, with ministers accused of obloquy and public manipulation. Letters from New York show no firm America news, while Irish coast privateers are sighted. Duke of Manchester recovers, Leeward Island fleet arrives, and Camel man of war readies for sea. River press reveals a heavy sailors’ press near St. Catherine's and Wapping.
A fragmentary letter from Deal and the Downs notes ships under convoy nearing sail and a report of the Exeter and Boreas men of war headed for Plymouth while Jamaica bound vessels depart. Widespread price notes include wheat flour oats barley beans and hops, plus a haunted house tale from Lincoln's Inn Fields. Public notices announce a state lottery and obituaries for notable tradespeople and officials, with stock prices and alderman election results mixed in.
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