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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 01, 1774
Page
1
A London medical panel discusses practical measures to counter the ongoing blindness epidemic. Physicians urge early detection, improved eye hygiene, and public sanitation to curb spread. The discourse outlines proposed remedies, cautions against unsafe practices, and calls for further study.
A polemical letter critiques Mr Wilkes amid factional fights in the city. It denounces a subversion of laws, praises Protestant succession, and accuses opponents of Roman Catholic and Jacobite manipulation. The author questions Wilkes loyalty and calls for public confession of contrition as a Christian duty.
From Warsaw to Hamburg and Genoa, reports describe Austrian efforts to remove military magazines, distrust between ministries and legations, and rejection of a permanent council. Brandenburg marriages are cited as upcoming unions, while a French mail theft near Lengerick prompts pursuit. Madrid relays Cadiz orders to deploy regiments to Vera Cruz and Havana amid ready warships.
The dispatch notes Captain Vande taking command of His Majesty's ship to Asia replacing Captain John King. Two Ruffian ships ordered to enter harbour the same day. Cambridge reports the death of Mr Pell at Cawthorpe Lincolnshire noted for his extraordinary bulk weighing about 40 stone, buried in three coins with a total weight of 40 stone 73 pounds.
London notes relay a Turkish force of about 40,000 led by Apu Pacha and Ghaods Pachi was defeated by Russians at Bazargic, with 10,000 captured. grand vizier and Janissaries respond by raising 60,000 troops. Meanwhile, a royal court gathering at St James's praises young Lady Medgrave. fires and maritime losses also alter royal and clerical routines.
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