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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 06, 1773
Page
3
John Howe was crushed to death when a gable collapsed during foundation work at Allendale town. William Robinson and Hugh Dawson were wounded. Robinson’s leg and foot were shattered and Dawson injured with a broken leg and dislocation. A Hexham surgeon warned Robinson required amputation to survive, but the patient died after eight days.
Arrivals at multiple ports include London Bi-Indiaman and Mercury Packet bound for Senegal and the river, with ships such as Swift, Lante, and Dartmouth proceeding. Vessels departing or passing Calais, Petersburgh, Riga, and Amsterdam routes are noted, with numerous arrivals from Dublin, Liverpool, Lisbon, Georgia, and Jamaica amid a busy, early Atlantic trade scene.
Royal events at St James's include a levee and cabinet council with Lords Gower Rochford and others. News from India House reports ships London East Indiaman Webb and Pigott sightings, a leak on Jenny, and coin circulation concerns. Local crimes include thefts, assaults, and a watchmaker robbery foiled by gunmen. marriages and deaths note Sir Walter Simpson aged 98 and others.
The verse invites readers to hasten and buy into Cox's new lottery promising five thousand pounds or long income, gold and jewels, and wonders beyond Athens or Rome, urging national pride and commerce as Britain sails and science reigns. The repeated call to purchase emphasizes excitement and potential wealth.
In September 1773 Lily-Hoo races at Hertfordshire outline gifts and prizes for mares fillies and horses with weights and heats. Entries open August 22 with rules on age qualification, penalties, and steward decisions by John Radcliffe and Thomas Brand. provisions for stands booths and liquor sales.
ARON VAN HAAKE promotes his Royal Letters Patent MANURING for turneps as the best manure yet. Prices: one shilling per pound, six to ten pounds per acre, up to twenty five pounds for rich land. Discounts apply for large orders. Names of farmers praising results listed. sales across multiple towns in England.
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