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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 12, 1773
Page
3
Report details arrests and dismissals of city management staff over provisions duties and embezzlement totaling over 180000 Roman crowns. An Archbishop in Paris issues a mass order to give thanks for the fire’s survivors, while criticism grows over the tragedy and those buried in the Hôtel-Dieu ruins.
Letters from Barbadoes hint Sir Francis Bernard may become governor of New England. Capt Jenkins left London with button making materials for a new American gilt button industry. A schooner Obed Gardener sank off Nanthicket in Dartmouth Sound with three drownings. In Hanover County Virginia Nathan Philips killed James Aylett, then surrendered to authorities, believed mentally troubled.
Walter Waring, Esq. offers himself as Representative for Goventry city to replace Sir Richard Glyn. On the first canvass day he was promised 396 votes and faces no anticipated opposition. Ship news records arrivals and sailings to and from Gambia, New York, Antigua, Tortola, and other ports with multiple vessels listed.
A Hague front reports Baron de Reiffentreck’s secret dispatches from Vienna. He informs Duke Louis of Brunswick and others, awaiting authoritative instructions to present collective court sentiments to the States General. The Baron complains of liberties by the new party with state proceedings and seeks reprimand for the Rotterdam Gazette.
Extra from Copenhagen notes a change for the better as the King assumes government and bars the Queen-Dowager and Prince Frederick from state affairs. Letters from Amsterdam report twenty-two houses in town have made top payments, while a distant dispatch from Gloucester reports a fatal ferret incident in Berks. A description of street crimes follows, including robberies near Islington and a public court health report at Newgate.
At Bow Street John Psatter and Willistiy Godlington faced charges for assault and robbery. Captain Roach confronted the attackers, a pistol was found on Godlington, and Procter fled. Both men await trial while others including an itinerant organ player, a Drury Lane baker, and Kentish Town stage raiders feature in a broader London crime roundup.
A fragment listing marriages including Bart to Nelthiorfie, Owen to Powell, and Clive to Juliet Wroughton, with individuals from Epsom and Bucklersbury. Died notices follow: Thomas Smith of Yorkshire aged 86, Mrs Nocke of Cornhill, Mrs Dawson at Queen Square, Mrs Warren of the Tower aged 82, Mr Atkins of Finchley, Mr Farran in Ratcliff, Mr Leland of Shadwell, Mr Fabian in Chelsea, Mr Gaunder in Covent Garden, Mr Garfarth in Fenchurch Street, and Thomas Denham who died after eating oysters for a wager.
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