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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 29, 1771
Page
1
An official member of the Privy Council arrives to supervise harbor improvements including a wet dock for large ship repair. The Court bans remedies for horned cattle distemper and authorizes a Brussels officer to order slaughter and enforce disease controls. Dangerous conditions prompt rapid, centralized action.
Letters dated Sept 10 to Oct 28 report officers Abaza Pacha and others beheaded by order of the Grand Signior for abandoning Crimea. Other dispatches carry Syrian and Polish front news, Ottoman maneuvers at Salonica and Cairo, bets on mines in Sweden, and a surge of ship mispractice in London with parliamentary writs and public notices.
An Old Correspondent cites a quotation from Thompson’s portrayal of Liberty, contrasting corrupt rule with calls for just governance. The excerpt laments tyranny and praises virtuous acts that elevate humaneness, urging freedom over despotic power and the plight of the common land.
A London advertisement promotes Imperial Asthmatic Balsam as a sovereign remedy for asthma and related symptoms. It cites the case of Sir John Shelley who, after failing with other treatments in France and Bath, was reportedly cured after using the balsam for five months with only minor attacks. The advertised remedy is sold at No 19 Birchin Lane with powders and other aids offered locally, promising further details and testimonials.
The Court of Directors of the East India Company will hold a general court at Leadenhall Street on the eighth of the month from eleven in the forenoon to six in the evening. The ballot will determine whether the directors acted consistently in recommending the continuance of the present dividend and will resolve to thank them for their conduct in this matter.
Admiralty Office issues a notice that a session of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for offences on the High Leas within the Admiralty of England will convene Thursday November 7 at Justice Hall Old Bailey, eight in the morning.
An 18th century notice promotes a balsamic tincture claimed to cure scurvy and stubborn skin disorders after years of other medicines failing. It touts numerous cures, urges general use, and lists F. Newbury as wholesaler at St Paul's Churchyard with bottles sold at 38 pence.
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