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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1764
Page
4
Fragmentary verse passage depicts Acasto mourning Almira with pity and conscience in a stormy sea of fate. The narrator links grief to a larger reflection on benevolence, nature’s winter scene, and a hymn to the Creator praising Heaven’s order and compassionate response to suffering.
A scrambled text fragment discusses a portrait of a good senator and a wicked one. It comments on naming, safety, and the idea of inserting or inferting the opinions, with references to a wire test and anticers in a feigned historical style. The overall meaning remains unclear due to garbled wording.
London reports Mr. Wilkes has entered appearance to three informations in the Court of King’s Bench concerning publication of the North Briton No. 45 the republication of that number and the Essay on Woman. Paris dispatches claim Wilkes lies dangerously ill in captivity. The notice also covers society meetings, trade hopes from hemp fibers in Florida, and various London criminal and social items.
A compact listing of stock prices and financial notes including Bank, India Stock, South Sea Stock, Old and New Annuities, Consols, India Bonds, and Navy and Victuals Bills. The snippet notes various prices and subscription figures with references to old and new issues and exchange rates.
Fragmentary OCR lists routes with Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Paris, Paris prices and dates. Mentions 11 wae Ditto ar Sight, 1 Day'sPate, 30, 1-4th Bourdeaux, and Bainpargh with prices 34 to 36. No coherent narrative or clear event.
The brief notes exchange rates across European ports including Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Genoa Venice Lisbon Porto Dublin with hay prices quoted from 51s to 635s per load and straw from 213s to 30s, in Whitechapel and St James's.
A 1764 performance in Dublin Castle celebrates Queen Charlotte with Benjamin Victor, Mat. Dubourg, and choral interludes. The piece invokes blessing on Charlotte and George, praising virtuous reign and peaceful union, with recitatives, airs, and duets urging prosperity for the Brunswick line.
A critique of a letter addressed to a young lady urging women to avoid male midwives especially in the final months of pregnancy. The piece questions decency in the city, cites the dangers of iron instruments, and argues the doctor patient secret harms a woman's reputation, advising preservation of dignity and teeth. It concludes the practice remains widespread but questions its suitability for married women concerned with their husbands’ esteem.
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