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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 01, 1764
Page
4
Mechanicus laments abuses at hospital festivities and calls for restraint on patients display. He cites St Lukes hospital practices, praises humane treatment, and urges support for the 1751 charity founders restoring sanity to afflicted individuals while condemning spectators who mock or provoke lunatics during festive seasons.
A reader from the London Evening Post-R expresses joy over a reported two million pounds in the Exchequer due to prudent ministry management. The writer claims long-overdue arrears may finally be paid, citing accumulated idle funds and personal gain.
Intelligence from Hogs Norton reports a lively race last week between Squire Flercbher's Brazen Face and Mr Wells's Equity. Equity won clearly despite five to one odds on Brazen Face. Many bets were placed and the crowd was vocal. Note that Mr Worthy’s horse Gero was not entered to run.
Mail from Flanders reports Parma on November 3 announcing that the Duke has declared the marriage of Princess Louisa, his daughter, to the Prince of Astuvias. The nobility and foreign ministers offered compliments on the occasion. The Duke of Darmstadt, former fiancé of the Princess of Modena, widow of Prince Antony Farnese, died of smallpox at St Donin in his 55th year.
The piece notes Philip Carteret Webb is likely to receive a baronetcy for public and private services. It mentions the influence of government policy in honoring such men and anticipates political writers will have ample material from Mr Legge’s papers. It also reports Captain Lybrand’s hard case from Ireland prepared for Madrid court action seeking satisfaction.
Reports detail a British cruiser’s encounter with a French guarda costa near Martinique and its escort to Saint John for the commander’s explanation. Letters from St Petersburg claim Russia building nine ships in Archangel for British wants. Prussia seeks an American colony. Tobago sees seven new sugar mills. Gambia boats hint at inland discoveries for the African Company. Cadiz notes silver near Porto Bello traded by disguised merchants. A Newcastle barber is robbed after a fall. Halifax loses Samuel Stead, Esquire. Pilchards flood Mount’s Bay. Smuggling remains rampant despite cutters. smugglers exploit creeks at night. Dutch Riga ship lost near Bombhalm. Hamburgh ship wrecks near Rinkoping. Tilbury and Dutton East Indiamen sail. Inland imports and exports list items and ships in the Downs.
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