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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 28, 1771

Page

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Riot and mob violence in town over cattle theft case

A prisoner charged with involvement in cattle maiming was taken to the barracks as a mob called Hearts of Steel attacked the town. They burned a house, threatened others, and later dispersed after Dr Halliday secured the prisoner’s release to avert further harm amid economic distress and land monopolies.

David “Douglas Reg Hearts of Steel Waddall Cunningham Mary Grant William’ Grant Turnhampreén Este . Romortrd Langtter Sdehons Kello Darham Douet Tho Ipabor Rottingdean

Arrivals from Jamaica to Lifton and other ports

Port arrivals list includes ships from Jamaica London Virginia and Bristol arriving at Lifton and Dover. Notable vessels include Catharine Ref Alexander Mariom Earl of Effingham Curling Nancy Brown Cranbrooke Suttle Patient Mary Harvey Friendship Thompson Gill Stardifath Johnson Hanover Planters Watson Fanny Sintkir Daws Brown Geo Boowh Snehipiony Jermyn Fay Taylor Hemikeg Severn Hathorn Jolly Severn Hathorn etc. Spotted ships from Lisbon Virginia and Philadelphia and Bristol with names Francis Jane Barrons Duke of Gloucester Dover Neptune Hub bard and more.

Shep-News John Ann Clark Jem Faro Birch Lifton Jamaica Catharine Alexander Mariom Earl of Geo Boowh Snehipiony Safalk Jermyn London Fay Taylor Hemikeg Frames Lisbon Jolliffe Reed Virginia South Carolina Carolina Parker White Dover Hannah Pope Bristol Neptune Hubbard Matays Cores Francis Jane Barrons Brifflol Severn Hathorn Philadelphia Success Murry Limerick Duke of Gloucester Kelly Britol

London News and Parliament Briefs on Paving Bills and Marital Law

London reports detail bills for paving Goodman's Fields and Whitechapel streets awaiting royal assent and adjournment of a repeal clause on a divorced marriage. Other items include royal Audience notes with Governor O’Hara sailing to Senegambia, a noble entertainment at Pall Mall, army reorganization and dragoons’ demobilization, and rumors of imminent war.

Goodman’s Fields Whitechapel Charles O'Hara Senegambia Shelburne Spence Thomas Houblon France

Court notes on bridge plans and public notices

The Court of Common-council discussed depositing bridge building papers for inspection, ordered petitions to the House of Commons, and reported seamen bounty figures at 1017. Governors for the London Workhouse were named. various ships reported wrecked or ashore. A surgeon and mad-house keeper were found guilty of assault and false imprisonment with heavy sentences. Local obituaries and marriages were listed among routine notices.

Thames Dorham-yard House of Commons Hurford Black Friars Mirthal London Stephen Tyers Roffiter Sam Plummer Laurence Holker Thomas Sainsbury John Webb Thomas Swanson Butterfield Belfast Whitstable Albany Campbell Africa Portland Cowes Jane King St. Petersburgh Royal Society Gr—Jle An—m Soho Square Surry Hedin Southwark Joseph Mawbey Si Timothy Waldo Mary Leggatt St. Margaret’s Hill

Equitable Society of Annuitants to Admit Members at Southwark

The Equitable Society of Annuitants invites men and women to attend at the Three Tuns tavern St. Margaret's Hill Southwark on 21 ix and 28 ix for admission, offering annuities of 7 pounds 15 shillings per year or 1 pound yearly increases for members reaching age 40, with transfer rights and half yearly payments discounts for prompt payers. Capital is invested in the Bank of England in twelve trustees’ names, with funds allocated to junior annuitants, and the deed enrolled in the High Court of Chancery.

Equitable Society of Annuitans Three Tuns Tavern St. Margaret’s Hill Southwark Bank of England High Court of Chancery

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