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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 13, 1771

Page

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London Protest Against Parliament Shutdown

A London City petition submitted in common hall laments parliamentary overreach and river Thames land grants, calling for dissolution of Parliament and removal of ministers. The King replies that he will not yield to the request though ready to redress genuine grievanes. Reports note floods in Hague and naval arrivals including ships to St Vincent, Petersburgh, and Jamaica.

ST. James’s City of London Earl of Hertford James Hodges Don House of Commons London River Thames Thames James Hopees Hague

England Capital Sentence For Burglary And Theft

Oxford July 13 reports two men Martin Reeder and William Crooke convicted of burglary and felony and a third man unnamed for stealing a gelding belonging to the Earl of Upper Ossory and sentenced to death. The horse-fearer was reprieved before execution. In a separate matter, John Cheney of Banbury faced a trial for practicing printing without proper apprenticeship under Elizabethan law. the court adjourned as counsel sought a rule for Cheney to stop printing pending.

Oxford Martin Reeder Wiliam Crooke Thomas Earl of Upper Ossory Justice Afton John Cheney Banbury Cheney Cooke Banks Warsaw M. Dé Salderen Republick Poland Saxony Albert of Teschen Paris Louis le Cafinca la Tavagna Fiumnalto Dauphine Berry Rank and File Alsace Royal Roussillon Burgoyne Royal Italion I. Allela Bulkely Rank Spain Crown of Cadiz Bay Inglis Wilson Mrs. Wilkes Farringston Wilkes Charles Hd Chelmsford John Lundy Henry Mott George March John Francis John Wakeling St. Thomas’s Hospital Hyde Park Somerset Garden Christopher Simmonds New Bond-street Elizabeth Gordon Bloom St. Leonard Shoreditch Jewell Church Row Blunt Norman-street Emneth Norfolk Thomas Peyton Henry Dathwood Eiset Swaffham Bath Mr. French Christ College, Cambridge Little Chelsea Lady Manningham Sir Richard Manningham George I Kew William Kirby Richmond David Holdham

Ended Endeavour Anchors at Peterslourish South Caro Magna Ghatra

Fragmentary naval weather note from July 12 mentions Wind S W, ship Endeavour with Majesty, pine transports for Peterslourish, and ship Magna Ghatra Maitland bound for South Carolina. Text is garbled and largely unreadable.

Berrian New-York Dear Wind S Robbins Cadiz New Trimmer Wellin Lisbon Polly Peecy Hubbs Catharine Young Philadelphia Salisbury Coombes Gibraltar Elizabeth Burrows Seville Pleasant Blake Albion Beaumont Liverpool Peggy Bedley Southampton Sarah Court Weymouth Delight Falmouth Gravesean Thomas and Mogry Farfar Maple Rhone Royal Charlotte Lee Mahone Britannia Waide St. Vincent’s Rucker Turner New York Miller Earl of Dunmore Laurence London Ellen Clark Bristol Sally Pearce Naples Lancaster Abraham Fryer Rotterdam Tyger Johnson South Carolina Cowes Petersburgh Jewne Ake Harrison Havre Jennett Stratton Moncrose Martnda Dickenson Whitby Amelia Villencuiff Industry Seal Broad Bay Marblehead Mary Sullivan Dubin Oporto Gardner Hull Portsmouth Resolution Lambert Minorca Dublin Bride Towers Hird Cok Globe Geriques Diana Montgomery Virginia Maryland Thomas William Cook Dover Fanny Galbeath Yazelwood Nelly Fletcher Nancy Harwood Thrathher Pol Active Littlejohn Sweedwell Downing Settival Favourité Renwell Dartmouth Clements Harbour Grace Stuighinton Bromiley Brista Liberty Merchant Industry Webb Viana James Nasby Whitehaven Yates Ancona Torfinan S&s Drat Wind S. W Big Majesty Endeavour Peterslourish Maitland

Londonese dispatches hail royal voyages and political shifts

News from London reports the Duke of Gloucester planning a Mediterranean voyage with Gen Harvey and Col Delaguliers, new embassy appointments in Paris, Guernsey governance, and city ceremonial preparations. It notes Admiralty orders, Captain Cooke’s East Indies voyage, Polish political intrigues, and an assortment of criminal, civil, and social updates, including bankuptcies and local deaths.

London Duke of Gloucester Mediterranean Woollwich Stratford Blackwall Woolwich Nore Essex Rochester Medway City Admiralty Office Portsmouth Portland St. Helena Barfleur Admiralty Emeavour Cooke East-Indies Banks Solander Green

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