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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 31, 1774
Page
4
A letter signed Dubitor asks medical readers whether a daughter born after a mother had the smallpox during pregnancy remains secure from the disease and if inoculation is advisable amid maternal fears. The exchange references Lord Chesterfield and relates to prenatal exposure and infant immunity.
A reader in the General Evening Post reproves a writer for mislabeling a group as an Inquisition and argues that naming a different offender as the cause would yield broader support. The missive recalls public figures and ends with reverent wishes for a prince. Dated May 23.
Foreign intelligence from Paris reports that the planned Rheims coronation for the king was postponed to May 1775 to allow for pomp. The court will be dressed in new apparel and many attendees from the late king’s circle are ill. Countess du Barry may visit her sisters-in-law with her notary arranging payment of her costs.
The Upper Assembly read a second time and committed the bill to raise funds on Exchequer bills and to limit export of woollen and cotton goods. Several bills advanced to third reading, including river navigation and fire safety measures, while others were read second time and committed.
The House debated amendments to a import duties bill for Quebec, rejected a hawkers and pedlars measure, and considered a revenue clause on water company pavements. Dyer opposed the pedlars bill as late and harmful to revenue, while others argued for delaying or printing to inform the country. Reports from the Board of Trade and proposed flour office were discussed, with adjournment promised. Reports of a Boston armament rally and rumors of high-level diplomacy also circulated amid tensions with Turkey and Russia.
An extract from a Dublin letter notes the King of Spain clearing his late father’s debts abroad and in the kingdom. General Elliot arrives as Commander in Chief to oversee forts and defenses. Parliament may adjourn early as bills are blocked. A plan to regulate attorney admissions requires a fifty pound deposit and strict examinations to curb fraud. Other items include ship news from Venice, a royal marriage, baptisms, market shifts in Lincolnshire, grain prices, and a riot incident in Deptford with sailors whipped and authorities commended. A chandler’s shop scandal in Rotherhithe ends with a prison commitment.
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