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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 12, 1748
Page
1
The London Gazette reports a five o'clock fire at Petersourgh Academy destroying the building and endangering a valuable rarities collection and the library. It notes the project began under Peter I and was supported by the present Queen.
An extract from a Hague letter dated January 9 discusses the Court of France and Rules of War, warnings to avoid contravening treaties, and Prussia’s stance on neutrality and potential military action. It mentions possible alliances, naval tensions with Britain and the Netherlands, and a rumor of 30 000 troops forming to oppose a Prussian move into Bohemia.
Edinburgh January 7 report that a Holland to Leith bound ship was captured by a French privateer and ransomed for 300 S sterling. On board were several Highland Regiment officers en route to Scotland to recruit and they were forced to surrender their baggage except one Highlander granted favor for his lierts. Also notes that yesterday the Baltic sailed from Leith Road for London, and Mr William Crockat, a cerre of the Baillies of Norris City, died yesterday and was buried, aged 6? years.
The report notes Prussian officers in the Empire recruiting actively and paying sixty florins to men of certain size and age. Correspondence from Francfort Hamburg and Ratisbon mentions an Army of Observation being formed with no objection from Vienna or Dresden. An express arrived from Cape Breton via Plymouth. A grand council met at Whitehall on important matters. Brass field pieces and carriages were prepared at Woolwich for Flanders, along with tin boats for army use. Henry Bathurst named Attorney General to the Prince of Wales, Francis Joddrell Solicitor General. Various clerical and naval appointments recorded, including a dispensation for Henry Cotton to hold multiple offices and a new rectorial appointment in Denbeigh shire.
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