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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 13, 1748
Page
1
From the London Gazette Vienna November 30 reports Emperor in the Habit of the Order attended by Knights in a procession to the Augustins for High Mass then dining publicly with all the Knights. Marshal Bathiani arrived Saturday and will be declared Governor to the Arch‑Duke on December 8 the Emperor’s Birthday.
From Vienna dated December 4 Empress-Queen ratifies her accession to the Definitive Treaty of Peace, while ministers complain the court is left by allies. The Weymar guardianship dispute prompts Imperial envoy actions. A placard in the city invites Hungary to feed wine and provisions with duties, amid debates on economic regulation. The Polish Diet ends heated disputes with proposals seen as extreme, including taxes and punitive measures on Jews and Separatists. Dublin reports note a large stone donation for a hospital for the reception of fools and incurables, and other local events including deaths, marriages, and public disturbances.
Reports from London note Royal address responses and a pledge to uphold the Church. Parliament fills seats with Burdett for Tamworth and regimental promotions. Clergy dispensations, grants, and naval law reforms appear. incidents include highway robbery near Beaconsfield, vessel burglaries, a tragic murder in Watford, a cruel assault at Tothill Fields, and deaths in Edinburgh and Cambridge.
Dublin, Nov 29. Among the many excellent services done for the good of this city by the Right Hon the Lord Mayor, his Lordship some time ago, the narrative credits notable public actions and civic contributions shaping local governance and civic pride.
Windward and other ships arrived in the Downs and various ports. Achilles Belbrown from Barbadoes and Peggy Movart from Virginia reached respective destinations. Tryal Levinston arrived in Dublin. St. Clare Stafford and Experiment Howell from Bilboa and London at ditto. True Briton Morgan from ditto. Brown from Lisbon at Cork. Amity Atkins from Glasgow at ditto. Catherine Payne from Malaga bound for Ipwich. St. George Dobbins from Virginia at Dover. Two Jennys Moss from St. Kitts at ditto. Duke of Glasgow Jamson from Greenock at Rotterdam. William and Mary Winwell from Newfoundland at Waterford. Nassan Slater from Virginia arrived Liverpool. Pardoe Thompson from Jamaica at ditto. Occupation Bolton from Malaga at ditto. Hardman Wakeley from Liverpool at ditto. Anne Clark from Angola at St. Kitts.
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