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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 08, 1774
Page
3
A duel near Warsaw between Major Wilde and Captain Muller ended with a shot fired into the air and an apology, the seconds prompting reconciliation. In Paris, a thief fleeing into the Palais Royal killed a pursuer and wounded others before capture, believed to be an escapee from the galleys.
America New York December 27 reports that the Hempstead Plains residence of Hon. Geo. D. Ludlow third Judge of the Supreme Court burned to the ground last Thursday. Fire likely started by embers from a crack in an old chimney spread to upper wooden rooms. Loss includes furniture, plate, and a library valued at 12,001.
Wind from the northwest hinders outward sailings as arrivals report at Dover Sally Mouat from Waterford Sligo Friendsip fann from Philadelphia Angola Ambris Lovegrove from Bristol New York Warwick Harvey from Bristol Beghorn Levant Burford from London Friendship Hitchins and Active Ranten from Yarmouth Mountbay Mabella Randall from Deb'in In the Downs Grenada Galley Bushell from Corke
From Boston December 27 reports Massachusetts towns Plymouth and Portsmouth pass resolutions to curb East India Tea importation. a dissenter faction's protest is rejected. London notes include Tallow-Chandlers petition to be summoned, ship losses Galway Bay and Shetland, and a 120 year old Sieur de la Haye tale. police deter a planned public disturbance in Golden Lane Barbican.
A chaotic report recounts a staged crowd scene with a mock king cry and arrests in tragedy dress, a fatal fire at a Bedford Row green grocer injuring a woman, a suicide at an inn in Piccadilly, and proceedings at Bow Street for counterfeiting. It also notes robberies near Hampstead, burglary charges against the Hudsons, suspicions about a Calais valet, plus various births marriages and deaths in Glamorganshire and London.
Notices detail subscriptions toward an annuity act and distribution rules with priority for first payments, lists of nominees, and annual printing of deaths and defaults. Also announced are river Lee trustees meeting in London, enclosure terms in Lincolnshire, and Nabob donation claim deadlines along with a State Lottery office offering prizes and tickets at par, with drawing set for March 3.
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