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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 20, 1790

Page

3

Inauguration of Archduke of Austria Draws Crowds

Foreign intelligence from Vienna reports the inauguration preparations for Archduke Leopold II. A massive crowd thronged Place de Graben. one death and several injuries occurred in the tumult. The king attended Mass at St Stephen's and received homage from Austria's States in the Mirroires Hall. Regalia were carried by hereditary officers. the Globe and Crown borne by nobles.

Place Dé Graben Migazzo Vienna Charles VE Comte Breuner Comte Stahremberg Marechal Place de Graben Leopold II

Dublin affair of honour surfaces in Kilkenny

In Dublin on April 13 a noble lord faced an anticipated new affair with a lawyer at Kilkenny. A Kilkenny counsellor named in a case against the lord asserted his lordship’s political glory was sullied by oppressive conduct to tenants. The lord sent a rival to seek explanation. the counsellor claimed the remark was impulsive and not intended to offend. The matter ended with a written disclaimer and no further action.

Irelan Dublin Kilkenny Mag M—tg M—tg T

Van der Mersch to face court martial for treasonable conduct

A historic letter reports General Van der Mersch, late Belgic army commander at Namur, to be tried by a Court Martial on charges of treasonable correspondence. The piece also notes year end revenue growth, glimpses of Mr Howard’s near death, a Robbery at Pultowa, and a harrowing escape of Mr Blair in Rome.

van der Mersch Namur St. Peterburgh Mancheser Turkey Rome Blair Scipio Mr. Blair

Turbulent assault and society notices in Edinburgh

A chaotic altercation ends with one man narrowly escaping as another is knocked to the ground amid a dirt-strewn melee. A later note announces a new Professorship for Agriculture at the University of Edinburgh with Dr. Andrew Coventry as chair. Additional items report a hairdresser named Tufing arrested on assault charges but bailed, a public disturbance, and recent marriages and deaths in various locales.

Mr. Blair Blair Pulteney University of Edinburgh Andrew Coventry Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh Tufing Great Queen-street Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields A. Brice Coildstream Regiment of Guards Miss Dupré Portland-place Tately Bath Whinfield Battlefllen Bedfordshire Miss Wrey Bouchier Wrey Bathurfl Pye Whitborne Weybridge Surrey Benjamin Haultain Cavendish-square George Prescott Theobald’s Park Herts Ipswich Alexander Dean Suffolk Corfield Clare Maddryesfield and Alvechurch Worcestershire Bevis Marks Abraham Alves Correa Banfield Thomas Banfield Carlisle-street Soha

Court bill passages and amendments in April session

Postséript. WeEowe Espay counsel in the appeal of Mrs Tean Cuming widow, James Donaldson affirm the decree of the Court of Session. Read a third time and passed the bill for altering the summer term of the Court of Legion. The Guttem-house seizure bill and several other bills were brought up from the House of Commons and read a first time before adjournment.

WeEowe Espay Tean Cuming James Donaldson Court of Session Court of Legion House of Commons

Hastings Trial Prep Provokes House Debate On Ordnance Funds

In Westminster Hall the Speaker fixes tomorrow for Hastings trial as debate unfolds on the Duke of Athol’s Isle of Man petition, and on the Board of Ordnance finances. A motion for a committee to audit expenditure since January 1, 1840 is urged amid accusations of concealed balances and misused open contracts.

Warren Hastings Westminster Hall Duke of Athol Isle of Man Curwen Courtey Board of Ordnance Duke of Richmond Sir John Miller Ordnance Cumberland Berland-Fort Plymouth Mount Edgescumbe West-Indies Portsmouth West Indies Dottor Hunter America Wolfe Marquis Townshend Flo Minchinald

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