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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 28, 1773
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a date or section marker and the name Les Aond. The readable portions show little context or clear event details. No identifiable actions, places, or organizations are preserved for a full news card.
In Haddington on a Wednesday evening, a candle ignited hemp parcels near a canister of gunpowder in the back shop of Brown and Crumbe. The blast wrecked the shop and ruined the house above. An apprentice employed by the merchants was killed outright, while Mr. Gardner’s Georgeian and a servant were badly hurt.
Shipping news lists arrivals and outbound ships at ports including Livepool, Cape Fear, and Rotterdam. Vessels such as the Carolina, Pro thee, Ware, Sea horse, and Dutch ship for India sail or depart, while numerous other ships arrive at ports like Portsmouth Bristol Plymouth and Falmouth from Staetins Seville Waterford Limerick and Gibraltar. The report records names of ships captains origins and destinations in a dense sequence.
The Earl of Guildford becomes Treasurer to the Queen as the Ambuscade arrives with two Turcén Court ladies. A fire at Bellmont destroys Barony Mills. A Covent Garden crowd injures a spectator. a man drowns in the Thames. At Bow Street, Moses Lawrence faces charges after a puppet show disturbance. Oxendon Street residents pressed for action with 25 Geo II statute. Dennis Furen, with George Corfield, charged over a forged bank note incident.
A prisoner and associates are linked to forged bank notes and a prominent account of note transfers. Evidence shows notes moved from a desk at Curfitor Street and payments settled at the Cocoa Tree coffee house. Trials continue with banker witnesses and a remand ordered.
Samuel Foote performs at Dublin venues with noted flair and wit. The record recalls his first Smock Alley appearance and Crow Street premiere of The Minor, highlighting an Alderman Faulkner parody and Irish political theater tensions.
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