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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 18, 1780
Page
1
A candidate announces at the March 11 1780 assembly that he has been nominated by a Grand Jury meeting at the Assizes to stand for the county in the next General Election. He asks for votes and support, pledges Parliament duties, and aims to prevent local unrest while expressing gratitude for constituent favors.
J Collett advertises a “simple powder of quicksilver” as a cure for obstructions in the passages, attacking bougies and urging patients to apply at Tavistock-Town Covent-Garden before two or between five and eight in the evening. He claims honesty and piety and says no more powder will be given to the faculty without payment.
A March 16 1780 Surrey committee meeting at St Albans Tavern resolves unanimously to award the committee’s thabis to the 208 members who led the House majority on Monday last and supported Parliament’s right to curb civil officers. It praises John Crete for proposing a bill to exclude revenue officers from voting and to curb unnecessary official influence, and adjourns to April 7 with Francis Vincent as chairman.
A petition from Cambridge yeomen and freeholders urges the High Sheriff to call a county meeting at the Shire Hall Cambridge on Saturday March 25 at eleven in the forenoon to petition Parliament for constitutional redress of grievances. Signatories include numerous local gentry and clergy intreating noble support and a vacancy for a committee.
A fragment from the London Evening Post addressed to the Chairman and Berkshire county notables notes the speaker’s sudden throat trouble during a meeting at Abingdon on a January date in the late eighteenth century. It mentions a neighbor with notable property and integrity and alludes to an Honourable person.
Milan reports the death of Francois Marie d Este Duke of Modene and Mirardole at Varese aged 1 year 8 months. His heir Hercule Renaud d'Este takes possession of most dominions except Varese which joins Milan per Vienna. Debarkation troop details altered with a 15 000 strong force under Rochambault and changes to regiments. Also ships captured, a fire at Duke of Northumberland's home, and multiple court notices, marriages, and deaths recorded.
His Majesty appoints Sir George Brydges Rodney to the long vacant lieutenant generalship of the Marines after Sir Hugh Palliser’s resignation. Parliament expected to be dissolved in May. Lord North faces scrutiny over political ties and visits with Maurice Lloyd. Duchess Dowager of Athol seeks hereditary Chamberlainship. West India convoys reach Madeira. naval movements include Bellona prepared for sea under Capt. Onslow and St. Alban’s repair. Privateers capture ships en route to Halifax, New York, and Chepstow.
JACOB HEMET a dentist to the Queen and Princess Amelia recommends his Essence of Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice as highly effective for teeth and gums. The products are sold by W Bagley in Cockspur Street and J Price in Leadenhall Street at 6 pence per 64, with a note that Hemet is not responsible for sales by others in London.
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