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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 17, 1767
Page
4
A letter from ELEUTHERIUS to the Printer of the London Evening warns against corruption in elections. It laments bribery to import Scotch members, urges Englishmen to defend liberty, and cites Montesquieu on losing freedom. The writer pleads vigilance to avoid despotism.
The Public Papers reveal Antigallican arguments for full restitution for the loss of the privateer Antigallican and her prize the Penichevre. They urge compensation for ship damages, legal costs, and Spain's affronts to the Crown, arguing negotiation yields no justice and urging stronger action.
Letter to the printer laments a Oxfordshire farmer withholding three years wheat in ricks to push prices higher. Argues government should seize stock not from present year but held as part of personal estate, claiming it aligns with existing laws and would curb avarice without infringing private property.
Intelligence circles say a patriot Ca-r plans to introduce in the next Parliament a bill to curb bribery at electors. The proposed amendment would alter the oath to deny selling influence for the benefit of any candidate or party, explicitly banning goods and provisions sold for inflated prices in consideration of votes.
Fragmented clause from a historic notice warns against selling goods to any candidates or their associates for profit during an election. The speaker asserts they will refuse or delay such sales to ensure impartiality, invoking divine aid and referencing a county or borough context.
London reports numerous elegies being written for the late Duke of York at Oxford Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin as scholars vie to honor the prince. Details mix political gossip and local incidents including retirements and fires and a long list of minor notices and theatrical listings from Drury Lane Covent Garden and Hexham.
A fragmented late afternoon market note lists Bank stock prices and various British and Indian bonds with figures such as 3 1/2 to 4 per cent and 88 3 8 for different issues. Mentions include Old Ann, New Ann, Navy bonds, and India-Bonds, with scattered totals like 121 353 6d and 348 6d.
To be sold is a collection of greenhouse and stove plants and a great variety of foreign shrub plants in pots and without pots. Enquire of Mr. Spencer Turner Nurseryman at Holloway-down Nursery near Layton-stone in Essex.
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