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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1773
Page
3
Brussels reports diverse guesses on the fate of the Toulon squadron arming for possible embarkation. Two regiments ready for service, with Toulon department set to seize Marseille arsenal and artillery park. Geudreville, intendant of that department, travels to Marseille to ration the marine troops there.
April Bristol notes unusually fine weather has revived wheat prospects across the kingdom. Corn prices fall but grass abundance keeps cattle values high. Cheese prices tumble from 33s 8d to about 30s. Edmund Bastard of South Wonford and Pollaxfon Bastard of Medlicott have died. Reports from Shrewsbury and Coventry describe a new bridge keystone weighing 36 tons and the capture of suspects linked to a murder and robbery near Brindley Bridge.
Parted by the Britannia and Argo ships arrive at Dover and other ports from Dunkirk Jamaica London Bristol Bilboa and more. Lord North fails to speak as Middlesex sheriffs’ letter on Wilkes is read to the House. East India affairs report printed. huntingdonshire lands bill passes. Mr John elected MP seated. stocks fall. armament orders issued. Sheriff Oliver recovers and appears on Change.
A March gathering at an inn near Windsor sickens twelve or thirteen gentlemen. Four die: Capt. Needham, Mr. Herwood, Mr. Benwell, and Walpole Eyre. Other reports note a canal project impostor in Spitalfields, shipboard fire on the Royal Charlotte, drownings and various robberies and trials in London.
An 18th century notice announces Martha Wray and Mary Sopp retiring from business and John Wray continuing as sole keeper of TURLINGTONs Original BALSAM of LIFE at the King’s Arms London. It extols cures for stone gravel gout rheumatism asthma and many internal ailments and warns against counterfeits and posthumous claims of Mr Turlington’s methods.
An 18th century style advert lists Dr Bateman’s Petonal Drops for rheumatism and pains, Dr Anderson’s True Scotch Pills, Dr Radcliffe’s Purging Elixir for smallpox purification, Dr Feauances’s Female Strengthening Elixir, Betton’s Oils, Fyar’s Pelletan improved, and numerous elixirs and cordials along with Goofye’s Cordial. It warns that the names DICEY and OR ELL appear with bottle and box to prevent counterfeits hawked publicly.
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