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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 17, 1765
Page
4
HISTORICUS laments that corruption and tyranny threaten liberty, drawing parallels between Rome under formidable emperors and the present state. He warns that even when senates sanction public affairs, tyrannical rulers crush freedoms, and a future prince with harmful principles could ruin the nation.
A reader asks whether a peer may act as the return officer for parliamentary elections. The letter notes Lord Hinchinbroke being sworn mayor of Huntingdon and seeks clarification on the legality and propriety of a peer holding such municipal and electoral duties.
A letter to the London Evening-Post discusses public access to cures for mad dog bites and bladder stone. The writer cites a decades-old remedy from John Hill of Ormskirk, Lancashire, notes one failure when directions were ignored, and questions Parliament rewards for publishing such receipts versus Mrs Stephens's bladder stone cure. The author signs as HUUMANUS.
The notice promises careful handling of orders for the Lennon Evening Post and vows to correct any future mistakes. It invites patrons to send ads letters and intelligence to Mr Almon in Piccadilly for convenient West End service.
Report on October 1765 Common Council resolution granting the Freedom of the City of London to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick Eusden burgh in a gold box valued at 150 guineas. Includes broader notes on stamps, trade policy, colonial affairs, ship movements, local incidents, weather, and theatre listings from the same era.
Travel rates and mixed fare listings for ports and routes include Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Paris Bourdeaux Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Genoa Venice Dublin and Porto with various half and quarter shillings and notes on prices and changes. The garbled OCR shows inconsistent fractions and country names, indicating a maritime rate table from a historical newspaper page.
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