London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Mails from Holland to Stockholm report looming famine risk

Stockholm November 23 reports grain shortages prompting a panic over imports. The king dispatches a courier to Russia’s Empress seeking permission to import cargoes, amid further European dispatches and military movements. Dresden notes the death of Johoartis Luther, a notable cleric, while Leigfith reports Saxon regiments marching toward Upper Silesia to join Austrian forces. The piece covers broader European maneuvers, naval prizes, and domestic political appeals for parliamentary inquiry into governance and defense priorities.