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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 04, 1772
Page
1
From the London Gazette dated January 4, Stockholm reports the States held a full day of dispatches and adopted a resolution to meet after holidays on January 8. James Harris junior, Esg, kissed the King's hand as Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Berlin.
London report details Sir Joseph Mawbey accusing the Lords of arbitrary punishment for printers and letters from Paris about England's affairs. Writs issue for Carnarvon and others, royal health concerns, suicides, marriages, deaths, and a Norwich duel end with no fatalities.
Publication notice for a religious treatise by Rev James Hingeston M A vicar of Raydon Suffolk printed for Hingeston Cadel Payne and Johnson in the Strand Mews gate Ave Mary Lane with price bound 55 shillings The day of publication is noted.
An 18th century advertisement touts Essence of Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice as superior toothcare, promising enamel preservation, decay prevention, fresh breath, and gum health. Sold by W Bayley and others in London and Bath, with counterfeit warnings and a Steady list of retail outlets. Also advertised are TolU lozenges for coughs and hoarseness, with claims of curing breathing issues and aiding digestion. remedies sold by T Greenough in Ludgate Street and others. A testimonial praises a diuretic drops treatment for dropsy from a Salisbury correspondent. Also noted is a urinary tract medicine by Matthew Holand with multiple retailers listed.
An 18th century advertisement touts the Imperial Asthmatic Balsam as a sovereign cure for breast and lung disorders including asthma and wind. It cites cured patients including Sir John Shelly and others, urges calling at Nowro Birchin Lane Cordhill for details, offers Balsam at 5s 3d per box and Stomachie Powders, with proprietor consultation hours listed.
A condensed excerpt of Junius’s 1771 letter to John Wilkes criticizing the July resolutions. He denounces the measure as injudicious and overbearing, urges prudence, favors constitutional clubs, and questions the feasibility of eradicating corruption through the proposed plan while defending the broader cause and urging careful, measured discourse.
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