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Newspaper
London Packet
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 04, 1789
Page
1
A London advertisement touts SHERGOLD and Co. as a trusted lottery house offering large prizes and a guaranteed return. It cites past draws with major prizes, bank references, and multiple city offices to lure readers into purchasing shares.
The writer critiques penny-pot politicians who spread unverified tales about Pitt and Fox and claim access to royal conversations. He argues such reports arise from ignorance, prejudice respectable figures, and a culture of scandal that distorts public perception.
A writer mocks pretentious chatter about politics and royal circles, advises modest conversation, and condemns affected airs. The piece laments missed strategic choices at Temesvar and criticizes Grand Vicu and General missteps that prolong Ottoman resistance.
Warsaw reports the Diet’s War Commission, 17 members led by Count Branicki, convened, with Branicki defending his siege of Oczakow. Arms purchases for 30 000 men were authorized, funded by subscriptions and royal treasury loans as taxes are debated. Vienna notes Russian forces poised to advance toward Wallachia after Ocskow.
The House of Commons held a late session with the Speaker in the chair. The Chancellor of the Exchequer explained delays in preparing the Regency bill and proposed adjourning until tomorrow to allow further progress, with a possible second reading postponed to a later date and debates over clauses extending into Sunday morning.
The Lords adjourned to Monday after a Tuesday layoff. A Cabinet Council at the Lord Chancellor’s Great Ormond Street home sat until eleven. Letters from Halifax and Guadeloupe report mild Canadian winter and storm damage respectively. St Kitts crops promise sugar yield. Vienna reports Emperor ordering Ye Deum for Oczakoff as Potemkin advances. Paris letters describe ice breaking on the Loire near Orleans with rapid flood passage.
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