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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1776
Page
1
Captain George S Whitehead of the Eagle tallop seized a smuggling galley near the river Teese mouth with arms and ammunition on board. He secured part of the crew and moored the vessel in Stockton port, aiming to curb longstanding smugglers infesting the coast.
Fragmentary list of ship arrivals and departures with names of vessels and routes. Mentions Liberty, Two Brothers, and British ships, plus arrivals at Quebec and Western islands including Elizabeth Shroudy and Rosamond Southgate from Lisbon and St Croix.
Yesterday the Marquis of Lindsey met the King and Queen at St James's as Westminster election nears with Lord Petersham likely unopposed. Updates report Princess Amelia's apoplexy, intercepted letters, and numerous naval prizes and troop movements. Martials law relaxed in Jamaica, with militia restored. Paris and London gossip cover nobles wagers and Madrid fleet notes. A court case on a minor marriage was rejected in Doctors Commons. Also noted are shipyard progress, a diving bell honor, a threatening letter, robberies in Rumford road, and obituaries and marriages in London.
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