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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 07, 1790
Page
1
Tuesday evening William Warberton, longtime owner and master in a flat, fell overboard when a sudden tiller jerk sent his vessel on a sand bank off Halehead near Frodsham. Boatmen later recovered a man floating in the water with shrouds and gear, plus an anchor about 3 cwt and a hemp line over fifty feet long.
Deal ship notices list vessels arriving and sailing on January 6, including the Sally Dean from Maryland bound for the River, the Nymph Merry for Africa, Fame Baker for Jamaica, and Ave Lyon for Madeira. Wind is S W. Gravesind and Fan 6 pass by Mary Tullock and Compte de Paros from Ostend and Expedition, Marshal from Mar- Keitles.
Yesterday the Majesties and three Princesses left the Queen's House for Str James's Palace. At two o'clock the Drawing-room, attended by Prince of Wales and foreign dignitaries, lasted until after five. A countess and ladies attended, with ministers and nobility, before the Royal Family returned to Buckingham House. General Meadows writes he will not stay in India beyond early 1791. Revenue for the week ending Jan 1, 1790 totals £284,758 11s 1d. Extras report Opova capitulation and tense dispatches from Belgrade and Vienna.
Extracts describe the Prince of Prussia’s recovery and a kingly ode in Berlin, trade scenes from Marseilles and Aix, mail ships from Portsmouth, a marriage pursuit at Ostend, opera and theatre events, robberies on Harmersmith road and Bow Street cases, and multiple local marriages and deaths from Bath to Doncaster, reflecting a broad 18th century news digest.
An English translation of a French work published in Petersburgh by the Academy of Sciences presents a natural history narrative. It outlines Tartary through a ringed framework of nature and science, reflecting Enlightenment inquiry and speculative geographic scope.
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