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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 22, 1770
Page
4
A London Evening Post letter denounces First Lord of the Treasury Lord Holland for protracted accounts and alleged misgovernance. The writer attacks parliamentary leadership, accuses the fasc junta of betraying the country, disputes American affairs and inflation of authority, and warns against abdication of constitutional rights and financing enemies.
A38 year letter condemns a Royalist and a Patriot both harming the state. The writer defends the king, attacks press warrants, and urges unity to resist France and Spain. He criticizes the army’s guards, defends legal resistance, and vows to expose officials abusing public funds.
A satirical verse recounts a council meeting where North Bate and Grafton back Buckhorse Jack Ketch, and Colonel Sack is pressed to support Wilkes. The poem laments corruption as Sack is rewarded with office and boasts of his scheming while England laments with a grim chorus.
Report from Sept 24 describes Spanish ships forcing a claim over the Falklands, with stocks down five percent and Navy matters in London as Lord Mayor clashes with Admiralty. Press warrants disperse sailors and watermen amid ships fitting out for possible war. Dispatches from Jamaica and Portugal note arrests, ship pressings, and naval movements.
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