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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 26, 1767
Page
4
In Formosa captives faced shaving as ignominious punishment driving many to flee. A Frenchman’s hair taboo led to blindness, humiliation, and living with hair in a bag. The letter argues prejudice shapes philosophy, religion, and politics as a force as strong as visible harm.
A letter to the Printer of the London Evening Post by A Goose seeks explanations why thousands of the author’s relations are sacrificed to the God of Gluttons on Michaelmas Day. He appeals for more respectful treatment given their noted services in ancient history such as saving the Capitol.
A celebrated physician near Adl-y street plans a treatise on chemistry claiming to convert a loyal patriot into a pliant courtier using three key ingredients: a pension a place and a peerage. The method allegedly shows dramatic transformations with sufficient quantities and proper blending, to be dedicated to a northern individual.
The fragment describes a manuscript written fifteen months ago and an immediate experiment on a great C- with complete satisfaction. It notes the need to use all materials due to the substance's hard texture. The General Election is said to enhance the treatise's value to a person named L Pp, who is described as its greatest friend and patron.
The mail from Holland and Warsaw reports royal celebrations for the king's accession and a grand court at the Premislau palace. Detachments arrive in Glotz and debates loom over nuncios and accession acts. Protests grow at the Protestant church as Scheidmantel sermons draw thousands. Harvests across Poland are bountiful while grain prices drop. Denmark expands militia and recruitment terms, and Corsican tensions rise with French troop movements. Naples sends funds and jewels for the marriage, and the Archduchess travels with a large retinue. Paris notes Father de la Valette’s return amid political shifts.
Expresses were sent to foreign courts notifying the Duke of York’s death after illness following a heated journey. The Princess Royal’s birthday passed quietly, while the Marquis de Morigia arrived in London. Reports cover a new Lord Mayor election, charity proposals for decayed gentlewomen, market prices for lambs, ship arrivals and various petty crimes. Weather, market, and stock updates fill the day’s civic notices and commerce.
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