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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 26, 1776
Page
4
A letter criticizes Lord Stirling and the claim to a Scotch peerage, detailing how Wedderburne and Scottish figures urged the title, the public proclamations in Edinburgh, and the deception of fortune. The piece compares modern war dynamics to past civil strife, questioning motives and religious soberity while urging sober judgment.
The letter attacks pompous reports from British officers claiming sweeping American victories. It mocks their inflated courage and boasts of New York and Boston, condemns their arrogance, and questions their humanity as they recount battlefield deaths and misrepresent the conflict.
Postscript recalls a July 23 report alleging a France Spain America treaty trading Canada Nova Scotia West Florida Illinois Grenada Porto Rico for peace ports in Philadelphia and New York and free ports elsewhere. It says France and Spain have armed, Britain fears war, warrants issued, and cries foul at French ambassador arrival as political cover.
A London correspondent reports France plans to aid with twenty ships and sixteen thousand troops. Impressment tears through the fleet near Portsmouth and Limehouse, with hundreds of sailors deserting ships and forming armed groups to resist forced boarding. Rumors link Spain and Portugal to possible conflict as tensions rise, while Ireland’s land tax debate is dismissed as unfounded.
A political play bill announces Thursday performance of The English Constitution a pageant with lectures and a farce at the old theatre in Westminster. Rehearsals at the Cock prompt public updates on New York capture and ongoing political fever. A burglary on Temple-bar shop near Knott's Drapery is noted. Also a ship captain Ridley Cuthbertson dies at North Shields and two marriages occur at Simonburne.
A review of an AST night performance at Drury Lane applauds the cast led by Mr King Miss Pope Mrs Baddeley and notes Sterling’s portrayal by Mr Parsons surpassing the late Mr Love. The Christmas Tale was trimmed further and the piece now focuses on music and scenery as a possible pantomime. Also included is a Bedford Coffee House stock prices list featuring Bank Stock India ditto South Sea ditto and several annuities with varied rates and months, culminating in a mention of Navy and Other Bills and Lottery Tickets.
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