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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 03, 1767
Page
4
Letters discuss bleak prospects for the kingdom and note buyers purchasing boroughs. Questions about Green Cloth clerks and parliamentary eligibility appear alongside editorials on rising prices and the distress of the poor. Reports from Holland, Moscow, Warsaw touch on diplomacy and internal unrest.
August reports from Breslau Vienna Bologna Paris and Madrid detail a Poland fire destroying 960 houses including the Town-house and the Jews Synagogue. Lords from Upper Silesia visit the King of Prussia. Rome notes posts for the Primate of Poland and Jesuits seeking vows absolution. Deaths include Don Pedro de Castille y Caballero and D Dominique Do minguez in Madrid.
Extract from Luton on Anglo Portuguese relations and pay ment of large sums for truces. News from New Providence reports a Rhode Island vessel seized by the Spanish Guarda Costa and cargo confiscated in Porto Rico. Dispatches arrive from Admiral Parry in the West Indies. Embassy meetings in Pall Mall and Madrid unfold policy. Royal visits and noble arrivals noted with upcoming speeches and proposed tax schemes discussed at Inner Temple Lane and the Robinhood venue.
In London a heated three night discussion on whether any government better serves the people than the English Constitution ends with a majority favoring the English system though defects are noted. The column also reports appointments, local incidents, executions of bravado and a coroner's inquest verdict of manslaughter, plus maritime notices and travel sailings.
A dated excerpt lists stock prices and annuities for various instruments. Bank stock values show around 147 3 4, Old Annals near 87 8, New Ann. about 87 3, and Consols around 88 3 8. India bonds and Navy issues range from the mid teens to over 100, with several 4 per cent and 5s pre. bills noted.
Fragmentary OCR lists course items with partial scores and dates. Mentions Antwerp Hamburg Paris Bourdeaux and various halves. No clear narrative, participants, or outcomes available for a complete summary.
Fragmentary market note lists prices for gold in coin and bars and silver in bars. Mentions Mexico and a stand, but specifics are unreadable. Short report reflects commodity price snapshot with limited legible details.
The Sherif notes no meeting this day for nominating two representatives to Parliament. The session adjourned by consent to Thursday October 29 in County Hall at eleven o clock. Derby, Sept 3, 1767.
An 18th century remedy claims to cure the bronchocele or Derby neck common in girls aged eight to twelve. It promises non confinement and a money back guarantee for those under twenty, with specifics on when the swelling first appeared and its slow growth. Orders are via T. P. at Mr. Squires's Wardour Street London, at Thyée-Guineas.
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