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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 26, 1771
Page
1
Paris dispatch dated December 13 reports developments in foreign affairs. Details are sparse in the fragment but indicate diplomatic chatter and notices circulating among ministries. No specific events, dates, or named officials are fully readable.
In York on December 11 James evin Esq was chosen Town Clerk of Demcaster replacing the late Richard Shepherd. The bulletin lists arrivals and departures of various East India and Atlantic ships with origins including Jamaica Nevis Lisbon Civita Vecchia Dublin Genoa and Bristol, noting vessels such as Granby Oiterly Havannah East Indiamen and London Merchant among others. Also reported are arrivals at several ports with ships like Carysfort Frigate Elizabeth Catharine and Jane Sukey and Harriot Packet among others.
An express from Dublin reports the Irish Commons rejected the Money Bill due to a council alteration. the old bill lapsed on the 25th, leaving Ireland without a revenue law until a new bill is obtained. Votes were 95 to 77. Jeremiah Dyson named for Privy Councillor, and Earl of Shelburne held a private court conference with the King. Extra: Grand Duke Duchess and Duke of Gloucester in Pisa news. Duke ill prior to a ball.
A narrative recounts an Irish gentleman’s son-in-law in Leghorn who murdered a woman who had funded him and fled with her fortune, sparing little of her effects. He is imprisoned and claims guilt as the corps delays his fate. The piece mentions a grand library in Italy and German respect for Sterne, plus historical stock-jobbing anecdotes and assorted notices of ships, hospitality, theft, and marriages in Scotland and London.
Death notices include several individuals such as Mrs. Smith of Beech Lane and Mrs. Lawrence of Westminster, plus a Glasgow bailiff named Duncan Rivers. A long list of prize numbers appears under a Hackney address, with numerous sums and prize amounts recorded for yesterday’s draws.
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