08 Jul 1790
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 08, 1790
Page
1
Vienna reports warlike mood among Turkish subjects amid fleet movements and delays due to sailor shortages. News from Chioggero siege details Austrian losses and tactical withdrawals, with claims of Turkish fortifications and dispatches hinting at European diplomatic interest.
On July 7 a list of ships traversing the Downs includes the Marta Mollet Africa Eleanor Magruder and Termagant Wallace for Maryland as wind and seas hindered progress. Present were Adventure Southampton Termagant Seost Wasp and pilots Graveford with various vessels passing Memel Dantzick Jamaica and Dunkirk routes.
Yesterday the King rode from Stoke P lace to Windsor for dinner while the Duke of York arrived from Newmarket and the Prince of Wales went to Brighthelmstone. The Dutch squadron of ten ships reached St Helens with Kingsbergen in command and dispatches were sent to the Port Admiral. A report from Charlestown notes a bountiful rice crop yet poor indigo due to late September fruit and low rivers. labor savings may reduce slave imports as boating and ploughing rise in fashion. A ship 98 guns Windsor Castle is commissioned for Admiral Sawyer, while Britain details several ship movements and political meetings, including Warwickshire election pledges and knightly swords for the county representatives. A Richmond Hill incident involved arsenic in brandy found by a housemaid, and a near highway robbery on Hounslow Heath. Died and marriage notices follow.
Hibbs informs the Nobility and Gentry that his orange shrubs are in high perfection. Orders of at least two gallons for Rum Shrub or Brandy Shrub are offered on the lowest money terms. Cards of prices available at the Ware-Moule.
Notices advertise Game Guns and Twisted-Barrel reels claimed to be accurate at 100 yards and to bury shots in wood with low recoil, promising 60 yard bird shot escape, with tests to be allowed at Meitior's Manufactory near Whitechapel Turnpike, London. barrels bored for two guineas and post-paid letters only.
A' Serna offers services as a governess with good education and experience in French grammar history geography chronology mythology and polite literature. She has worked in respectable English households and promises civility and obedience, requesting a suitable placement with Mr Creven near the church in Bloomsbury.
OWN-made TEA-URNS finished in super er Style by R. Stone and Co Mo 144 Oxford Street inform the public of an extensive assortment. Prices on novelties include small plain 16 6 gallon ditto with plated furniture. exchange for old urns. double block-tin kitchen furniture sets at 35 per year repair. wrought iron furniture kept in repair at 30s per year. London and Sheffield knives and forks offered for ready money. Baths for sale or let.
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