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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 30, 1771

Page

3

Local Royal Navy Movements and Political Maneuvers Highlight May News

The May 2 issue reports a man remanded in Warwick jail for suspected murder of his uncle Joseph Arfold of Tamworth. It lists ships sailing from Spithead and Cork, arrivals at Liverpool and Barbadoes, and a move in Parliament with a plan to dissolve the current Commons. It notes the embankment bill, cattle export ban, and a Whig inquiry motion, along with society meetings, appointments, and the ill health of Counsellor Dunning.

Hursday Warwick Joseph Arforld Tamworth Portsmouth Spithead Plymouth Cambridge Earl of Chatham House of Commons Thames Durham-yard Whitworth J. Miller Society of the Bill of Ight London Tavern Frederick Bull Esg Treasury Earl of Harcourt France England Dunning Watkin Williams Wynne, Bart Lord Bathurst St. James’s Square Aldgate Oliver Guildhall Wilkes Fownsend Elfinear Philadelphia Easton Justice Ogden Ogden Wyoming Stewart Fortewart Cas Capt. Ogden

Smugglers Clash and Fleet News From 18th Century Letter

An extract recounts Stewart fatally shooting a man then leading his band of men away. The Bar in Carrick reports a large smugglers’ march. 156 horses laden with tea and 12 with spirits, landed at Genluce Bay, narrowly routed by military and excise. The Board of Works orders coastal survey. ship Queen Africa tale ends with mutiny and capture near Barbadoes. Notices cover executions, Privilege cases, clergy moves, and deaths in England as authorities adjust naval and legal affairs.

Bar Carrick Scotland Genluce Bay Ireland Glenluce Board of Works Kent Sussex Africa Barbadoes Kendall Liverpool India Mediterranean France Spain Newgate Benjamin Trancs John Haines Moore South Adley- Street William Charleton Roger Moser Aldersgté Street William Hewett Sarah Orbell Pancrase Richard Butcher Hanes Haines Alderman Oliver Baron Parker Oliver Commons Coe Sam Shaftesbury Aylesbury Murray Holt Cooper Lord Keejer Wilkes Colonel Pitt House of Commons Baron Perrot

Universal Magazine April 1771 listing contents and prices

A compact notice announces the April 1771 issue of The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, detailing numerous articles and features such as Roman history examples of simplicity and luxury, anecdotes, poetry, travel letters, biographical sketches, and dramatic pieces. It lists copper plates, engravings of Wilton House and the Turkish Empress, and includes pricing for the periodical and bound volumes, with distribution through J. Hinton at King’s Arms, Paternoster Row.

Wilton House Pembroke Montgomery Capel Earl of Knex Universal Magazine of Annecdote Admiral Blake Muley Hailem Eusebius Philander Charles Fox Alderman Oliver Tower Bashion J. Hinton King’s+Arms Paternofter-row

English Husbandry Tour and Farm Management Treatise

A bookseller note introduces Arthur Young’s English Husbandry tour and methods. It describes the work as an intelligence office for cultivators, detailing cattle breeding, labor provisions, farm rentals, estate sizes, and agricultural improvements across England, with author’s other farming titles and editions offered through multiple presses.

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