Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

General Evening Post in London, Middlesex

We have pages in Middlesex

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 06, 1776

Page

3

Global Wary News Flows From Vienna to Paris on Cold Fronts

Yesterday the mail from Houtano reports European unrest as young men enlist abroad amid Russian troop movements in Poland and shifts in Bohemia. Warsaw notes ice on the Vistula and costly boat-bridge removal. Madrid mentions Portugal tensions. Rome covers court life and army cutbacks. Royal entertainments in Rome and French army woes conclude with cannons, suspensions, and mutilated old provisions.

Yeterday Houtano Hamsaren Vienna House of Austria Bohemia Poland Russia Prince Henry of Prussia Stockholm Warsaw Vistula Madrid Portugal America Romanius Prince Sulkowki Rome Duke of Gloucester M. Baldaffare Odiscales Paris Count. de St. Germain Count de St. Germain War Office M. de la Chaise Versailles

Windy seas drive London ships toward distant ports

Jan 7 report lists outward bound vessels sailing to India and Liverpool with crews aboard Earl of Sandwich Fussell Dutel Furley Pollard Fower Britannia and others. Arrivals at Gravesend Weymouth Bristol Portsmouth and the river include Elizabeth Thomas Grace Count de Provence Betty Ruth Duke of Gloucester and Concord with freight from Newfoundland Jamaica Seville Hamburg.

Earl of Sandwich India Liverpool Fernell Furley Pollard Falmouth Union Fower Glasgow Britannia Richardson Yarmouth Arethusa Gravesend Nancy Wilton Mogadore Goodwin Currin Waterford Wartmouth Elizabeth Addicot Turner Newfoundland Weymouth Thomas and Grace Jerrerd Seville Bristol Count de Provence Murphy Jamaica Betty Ruth Butler Portsmouth William Hafie Rotterdam Duke of Gloucester Hatton Concord Emmerton Hambureh London Corke Nassau Norfolk Lord Holland Solebay Coast China Downs N. E Gos Earl of Suffolk Recorder Margaret Caroline Rudd James Quair Mr. Adair

Naval Armaments and Political Letters Reach London

Advice from Madrid via Standay express reports seven Spanish men of war under an Admiral preparing from Cadiz for the Philippines. A letter from Rochfort notes teen frigates fitting at that port for American settlements, carrying troops and deep provisioning. Additional items include German recruits arriving at Dover, Voltaire's health, and various ship movements and bankruptcies.

Standay Express Lord Grantham Madrid St. James’s Cadiz Philippine Islands Rochfort Fowey Massachusetts Council America Ordnance América Dover Baron Grothaus Hague Amsterdam Orion Petersbourg Prince de Gallitzin Havitz Switzerland M. de Voltaire

Chesnut Riding Mare Stolen Near Foxcarth in Essex

A Chesnut riding mare, eight years old, about five hands three inches high, with white facial markings and distinctive shoe wear, was stolen from John Bullock’s table in Foxcarth. A foal last summer accompanies the mare, who now suffers a bad couch. Rewards and charges offered to informants to locate and recover the horse, with extra reward for the thief upon conviction.

Priex John Bullock Foxcar Chesnut J. By Fozi Mr. Stacy Horn Braintree Essex Mr. Bullock Foxcarth

Lands Sold under Sewers Commission in Barking Essex

An auction by order of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Levels of Havering Daggenham Ripple Barking Essex was held at the Green Man Great Ilford. The sale included the Marsh Lands called Breach and Hof in Westbury Levet Barking, 22 acres 2 rods 21 poles, formerly Thomas Spearman, now John Bristow’s possession. The land lies near Barking Creek and carries a wall repair obligation and manorial assessments averaging four shillings per acre yearly. Further details available from William Dearly in Romford or Mr Stacey in Took’s Court Chancery Lane London.

Havering Daggenham Ripple Barking Essex William Dearly Great Ilford Les Marsh Westbury-Levet Thomas Spearman John Bristow Barking-Creek Westbury-Level Dearfly Romford Stacey Took's Court Chancery Lane London

Elegant London House to Let Furnished with Rich Interior

A large modern built house in a central London street offers a detached kitchen, two reception rooms, three top bedrooms and four attic rooms with abundant furnishings. It includes a coach house and stables, a wine cellar, and a full service of china. Furnished lease options at four hundred guineas/year or an extended lease at eighteen hundred pounds, viewing by tickets in January.

Rex Jeffs Old Street Road Martin and Kay Gray’s-inn Picard Cheapside London

Blandford Forum estate sale by Mr Percy on February 12

A freehold mansion house and six adjoining lots in Blandford Forum with five bedrooms, vaulted cellars, extensive outbuildings, and landscaped grounds. Lot II includes land valued at 61 per annum, Lot III two tenantable messuages, Lot IV a public house New Inn, Lot V garden with three cottages, Lot VI a plot with a cottage. All freehold, contiguous, with potential improvements. inquiries to Mr Percy in Blandford.

Percy Blandford Forum John Dennett Ayor Benjamin New-lnp Saac Horlock John Simmonds Robert Churchill Gos Pércy Blandford Fale

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robert Perreau James Adair Adair Henry Dagge Perreaus Erson Daniel Perreau Daniel Erith Robert Burgess Charles-street Berkeley‘square Elizabeth Winfield Curgon-freet St.George the Martyr Queen’s-square Mr. Bell Gray's. Inn Athmall New North-street Red-lion-square Miles-lane Cannon-street Castle Yard Holborn Richard’ Vincent Ipswich Miles Wallis County of Suffolk Samuel Day Beckley Sussex Guildhall Atternies Bargrave and Forster King’s Bench Walks Temple John Bates Mefk Ward Shawe Coventrden Aeremiah Hatton Cathedral Somersetshire Taylor Greyhound and Shakespeare Tavern Bath Edward Vernon Goodall James Phillips James Penfold Day Bankins James Brunton Bungay King’s-head St. Peter of Mancroft Norwich Stephen Cazalet Exchange-atley Samuel Crowe Diss John Molesworth Bev-Hon-square Middlesex William Cleland Black-friars John Kingsbury Sadler’s Half-Court Cheapside Hofier George Oxlade Robert Oxlade Thames Street Skinner Garraway Cornhill William Young, Bart Delaford Iver Bucks Surry Berks Hertfordshire Lon Don Uxbridge Windsor Salt-hill Croyn Usbridge Salr Windtr Red-lion Hounslow Thomas Francis Aldergate-street Spain Richard Twiss Esg F.R.S Bartalozzi Booker, Byrne, &c G. Robinson Jackson Hooper Bateman R. Stoughton
Search Courier

Search the General Evening Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The General Evening Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication