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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1771
Page
3
A French court tale recounts Madame du Barre pressing for royal honours. Choiseul resists but the King secretly promises, while a card game reveals her boast that she has won the honours without him.
Arrivals at Gibraltar Dover Plymouth and Falmouth note ships and captains including Tygvets James and Emperor of Germany Lewis from Lundeen Newbieling Cooper from Portsmouth Howlett from St Lucar Four Friends Smeer from Bourdeaux Hawke Roberts from Ireland Jenny Morden from Bilboa Sweepstakes Trath from New England accurate maritime entry style
In a crowded court scene a judge presides over suits involving a Bengal councilman and an Indiaman captain for crim com with the plaintiff s wife, with damages set near 29 000l. A King's Bench judgment follows against a sheriff s officer for arresting a captain without leave, expected to cost the defendant around 300l. John Leveredze is executed for burglary at Oxford Road. West and Paris are acquitted for the murder of John Foy though branded on the hand. Notices report promotions in the army, clergymen assigned to new livings, and marriages and deaths including John Weatherey and Mrs Woods.
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