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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 19, 1775
Page
3
Testimony detailed dangers of quack remedies and mercury poisoning linked to a deceased patient. Several doctors supported the accused’s behavior and character, noting salivation from mercury and repeated poison fears. After two hours of summing, jury returned NOT GUILTY amid public acclaim.
The Two Sisters Capt Robins arrived from Boston after 28 days at sea, reporting a cannon firing at departure but unclear if a full engagement or skirmish. The report also notes a court scene with a defendant's juror challenges and a reprimand for a military observer. Additional items include a carriage accident near Hurley-bottom injuring Mr Hewerdine and Mrs Hewerdine, a pistol accident at King Street, and local births and deaths with a stock market and commodity price roundup.
The Amelia sails for Malaga and the Bermudas and the Nautilus for Dublin depart. Numerous ships arrive or pass by including the Canadian from Quebec and the Friendship from Bremen. Arrivals list Dover to London and Jamaica to Montserrat with crews and captains named.
Extra from Liverpool notes British naval movements from Norfolk and Boston with reports of engagements near Roxbury and losses to Provincials. Letters describe merchants planning to sail to England, ships arriving at Milford, and ports around New York and Charleston potentially closed. Irish story reports Whiteboys brutality. alongside tributes and the deposting of Paul Whitehead’s heart in a Buckinghamshire mausoleum with ritual procession and an urn bearing a symbolic device.
Mr Powell curate of High Wycombe and Lord Despencer led a militia procession to the Mausoleum, with two hours of marching, a sacred ode by Dr Arne, and a triple saluted urn. An oratorio by Arnoté with Atterbury music followed in West Wycombe church, supported by a hautboy concerto and generous charity attendance.
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