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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 09, 1765
Page
4
Fragment from a London Evening Post reader voice rails at government evasions and misrule. It laments trade blockages and fiscal malpractices, urging reform, and contrasts Britain’s far earlier prosperity with current poverty and unrest. The letter appeals to public virtue and caution against speculative schemes.
Reports from Hamburgh note Prussia’s king pursuing leisure amid peace and inviting Helvetius, while Vienna leans toward renewing Warsaw alliance. Lisbon hints at Portuguese command for Brazils. Leghorn mentions East India Company revival and China voyage. Paris gossip ties Canada bills to cabinet talks. North American church appointments may include George Whitefield. North American forces to aid road works with double pay. British fire engines sent to Warsaw. Coal price relief eyed for Shields and Sunderland keelmen amid hardships. London lottery prize of 50 000 livres to 5507 ticket. legal notes on long briefs. multiple marriages and obituaries. Shipping: several vessels arriving, exporting lead and sugar. weather and accidents noted. Stage listings and theater performances fill the night.
Weekly mortality and illness figures show aged 23 deaths from dropsy and 67 from consumption, 110 convulsions, 3 drowned, 1 excessive drinking, 2 hanged, with 437 males and 154 females christened and burials down by 59. The data reflect smallpox, measles, and fever counts alongside a tally of victims and births.
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