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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 16, 1789
Page
4
Extracts report royal audience with notables delayed by travel due to floods and deep snows. Parliament life and court resolutions await king's decision. Also covered are Admiralty weather reports, ship movements, bread price rise and a brutal murder near Ampthill with coroner’s inquest details.
The physician Dr Willis describes the illness as affecting King George and discusses recovery prospects. He cites 27 years of observation and notes weighty duties, excessive exertion, and late rest as potential causes. He reports initial improvement after treatment started Sunday morning and estimates cures are more likely when not due to drinking or intemperance.
Proceedings debate Dr Gibborne's expertise and views on the monarch's illness. The testimony questions his experience, possible signs of convalescence, and whether the illness has a referable cause or category, noting uncertain prognosis and the limits of medical opinion.
Dr Addington discusses whether the king is incurable and his expected recovery. He recalls treating patients in Reading and London, noting care arrangements, cure definitions, relapse considerations, and that most patients were adults treated at a private house for incurable cases. He says most patients were men and women in roughly equal numbers, and that he admitted all suitable cases despite limited space.
Multiple court items describe a trial over a disputed seizure of goods in which the plaintiff seeks to prove ownership against a claimed possessor. Writings note officers of the sheriffs and witnesses, with defendant arguments about preemption and the defendant Murphy alleged to have occupied seized chambers. Additional notes report arrests for theft, traffic with contraband, and sentences including transportation and labor. Public notices list officers appointed to ships and a specific date for further legal proceedings.
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