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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 19, 1771
Page
4
A meeting of the Trustees for the River Leech is set for Monday the 28th at the Bell Inn in Hertford town, Hertford County. The notice confirms the venue and date for official adjournment actions.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses a patient aided by rhythmic movement and sweating, implying a music based cure. It cites Baglivi and Democritus, noting theories that harmony and heat restore health, while challenging the conclusions and stressing mind body links.
A reader reprints a Naples professor Dettor Cirillo letter denying music cures for tarantula bites. The note recalls Baglivi reports of patients collapsing after bites, with music played to treat them. The piece frames music as historically believed remedy but questions its efficacy.
In a 1771 letter to the Lords of the Treasury, the writer urges action to end the circulation of base halfpence. He describes tollgates at Edgware and Blackfriars Bridge where counterfeit coins were used, asks toll-keepers to refuse bad currency, and cites prior attempts to curb the practice, urging authority to stop the practice and protect honest travelers.
A dispatch from Bane reports Sieurs Bielewitz and Funck leading 200 men toward Rosienne to win Samsmogitia for the Confederacy, but they were decisively defeated by Lieutenant-Colonel Ledeichinski. Sixty Confederates died, others wounded or taken prisoner. Palakowski, once a noted Polish partisan, was seized in the city by Ruffans and held. A separate note from Syria states Ali-Bey’s general defeated four Pachas.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a death and a group after an incident. It references AlieBey pb and four Packas registered Pasidecus without resistance. The text is partial and lacks verifiable details or clear chronology.
The article describes Rochester’s city ceremony honoring local citizens who defended liberties against corrupt covenants. Lord Mayor and Sheriff join honored guests including Mr. Calerart amid praise for resisting ministerial pressure. A later report notes the Princess Dowager of Wales’s declining health and cautious talk of a future tour for the Prince of Wales.
The dispatches report Ottoman and Russian movements near the Danube with Count de Romanzais leading forces against Ottomans. Conflicts in Livovitz and Poland loom amid troop reinforcements and shifting alliances. A Baltic event notes the death of a prominent merchant and local civic changes in Aberdeen and Port Glasgow.
Yesterday The West-Indian featured The Elopement and this evening The Maid of the Mill with the same program Covent Garden offered Yesterday Oroonoko with Mother Slippion and this evening The Merchant of Venice with Love A la Mode
The fragment lists various securities and rates including Bank Stock, India Stock, South Sea, and annuities with reduced Es values. Contel entries show percent figures, with notes such as Ditto Contel and Lag 4a per cent. The text appears as a dated financial ledger item with fragmented figures and few clear headings.
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