08 Apr 1836
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 08, 1836
Page
1
A centuries old plea argues for restraint on distillers and a targeted license regime to curb abuses while preserving legitimate trade. The writer warns Parliament against total prohibition that would ruin honest distillers, noting debts, leases, and a bloated industry. he also rebukes a public figure for betrayal and urges prudent charity.
From Parma and Bologna reports dated March 24 25 details that French troops are withdrawing from Mantua to Modena while Imperial forces seize positions abandoned by the French. Spanish troops to evacuate Mixandola Parma and Placentia soon. Montemar orders Major-General Mariani to inventory artillery stores and effects. Khevenhuller to assist as commissary and later command Mirandola. A conference with Montemar and Lautrec is anticipated.
Deal April 5 ships the Neptune from Trepany the Molly from Naples the Martha for St Kitts and the Marquiss for Cadiz came in this morning but failed to stop. Gravesend April 6 arrivals include the Chandos from Rotterdam the Blessing from Hamburg the Sweet Peggy from Jersey and the Success from Guernsey.
John Stocker of Broad-Wall Christ-Church Parish Southwark reports a year and three quarters of ear noise and poor spirits. He pursued remedy through John Moore apothecary and praises anti-scorbutic pills and spirits for health restoration, noting improved head symptoms and return to work at Essex Stairs. The notice extols Moore’s formulas as superior, detailing claimed blood and nerve benefits and lists scorbutic symptoms.
The text describes scurvy as a mortal enemy to the nervous system and a list of symptoms in gouty or weak individuals. It notes swelling of the skin, foul breath, loose teeth, ulcers, abnormal gums, nocturnal sweats, weakness, and diverse pains, with skin appearing on the urine and inconsistent symptom clustering per patient.
By Whole sale at the Apple Brandy warehouse on Keen's Wharf Strand, Randy praised as fine as foreign brands and increasingly used as a substitute. Geneva, a hotranp sort made in London, priced 2s 4d per gallon. Tasting offered to all, without purchase.
Smoke tinted London notices report deaths from gout and a noble’s wealth, plus a private burial in Whitehall and the Portland family's lineage. Also listed are a shoplifting case in Surrey, reprieves for two malefactors, executions slated for Kennington Common, a collision between a Norwegian vessel and a royal yacht at Greenwich, a near-drowning disaster near Monmouth, and grain prices in Gloucestershire with theater listings in Drury Lane Covent Garden and the New Theatre.
High Water at London Bridge and market notes show South Sea annuities trading around 112 with new issues at 1 3 to 9. Bank circulars include three per cent and India duties. Royal Exchange prices quoted, London Assurance at 14 for the opening, African and Welch shares listed, and South Sea bonds reported at 5 with varied per cent coupons.
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