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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 11, 1775
Page
3
From Peerbourg letters: on the 26th Prince Lobkowitz the Austrian ambassador received leave from the Empress in the Palace interior. He dined with the Empress at her private table and was given a diamond ring worth gon rubles, quelling reports of any coolness between Vienna and Berlin.
Ipswich reports a drunken disturbance ending in a fatal shooting after a dispute with farmers at the Green Man near Leifton and Aldeburgh. Branton notes the death of Thomas Witler, four years old, leaving a widow. Liverpool details a man jailed for wilful murder after beating his servant Ellen Brown with a cutlass, leading to her death and impending trial in Lancaster.
Ships arriving or remaining at Portsmouth Plymouth Falmouth and other ports include the Achilles from Jamaica the Prince of Wales from Falmouth and Britannia from Guernsey with several other vessels such as Amity Esther and Sally arriving from various Atlantic ports and North American routes. Notable calls include the Amphitrite from Waterford the Indian King from Tobago and the Duke of Norfolk from Bristol with arrivals at Liverpool Maryland and Virginia listed.
Extra of a Turin Letter reports ongoing diplomacy with Sardinia Versailles and Genoa. Ambassadors and ministers work to secure Corsica terms while Omiah contemplates returning to Otaheite in April. Brewers seek beer price hike to 4d per quart and spirits sale restricted to publicans. Vessel losses and trials include the Elizabeth crew drowned near Cape Ann and a vessel bound to St Vincent’s under supervision. A Royal Bench judgment condemns a factory case with a warning sentence. Cambridge prizes awarded to Mr Withce and Mr Coulthart. a Woodstock lad faces a late inquiry.
Witness Mr Howlett described as the boy attempted to draw water from the stream above the mill, fell in, and both he and the lad were swept away and drowned. The text also notes riots in London with public houses in Piccadilly and Moorfields, arrests, bankruptcies, and various military appointments.
Fragmentary remarks describe two protests in a Great Assembly on the Merchants Petition and the Address. Disputes center on delaying or advancing the Address to allow petitions from North American merchants and West India merchants and planters to be heard before any action.
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