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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 05, 1771
Page
4
A London pamphlet poring over the danger to liberties from excessive royal power. It laments ministerial oppression, warns of the Crown and pensions eroding constitutional balance, and urges subjects to resist tyranny while defending rights and resisting despotism. The King is a channel for public service, not a lever for favor.
A reader identifies as CONYERS MIDGleton requests evidence from Dr Middleton to defend or challenge claims about John Locke and Middleton. He asks for passages or authorities from the Doctor’s own works to support arguments about miracles and future state, offering to substantiate his stance with clear references.
East-India House on Leadenhall Street to host a General Court of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies for the election of twenty four directors on April 1772. Voters must hold stock for the required calendar months and name themselves when voting.
An 18th century advertisement for a new music collection and a biographical series. It announces prices, publication schedule, and distribution through various booksellers. It notes popular airs starred by performers, and outlines a plan to publish Houbraken heads and Birch’s Lives in fifty four numbers, with two heads per issue, at eighteen pence each, plus details on complete sets and imperial-paper editions.
The piece recalls Aristophanes weeping on hearing Sir F B Delaval and Mr Holland died. He retires in sorrow, then returns to social life, remarking on burial delays. The tale contrasts theatrical wit with genuine grief as he and acquaintances react to the losses and funeral customs.
A historical notice recounts Squire Morgan hosting a dance and supper for town gentlemen and principal ladies. After a late revel, Morgan and an aide-de-camp fled with a bill of seventeen shillings sixpence per head, prompting the excited guests to hire ringers to escort him from town amid cheers. The item also touches on widespread postscript gossip from Reading and Portsmouth involving forgery, political tension, naval rope-making schemes, Garrick’s portrait, and various local judgments and appointments.
Fragmented OCR list shows bank stock prices and annuities with multiple percent rates and fractions. References to Consols, South Sea Stock, Old and New Annuities, India Stock, Navy and Victualling Bills, Exchequer Bills, and Lottery Tickets appear without coherent context or dates.
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