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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 01, 1790

Page

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Admiralty Notice on River Thames Impressments and Naval Appointments

Admiralty directions on not impressing masters of Peter-boats on the Thames who fish for London supply. War Office updates to commissions and promotions across regiments including Dragoons, Light Dragoons, Foot regiments, and Highland units. Bankrupts and dividends listed with surrender and filing dates. News from Jamaica, Jamaica and Europe report officers and war movements including Potsdam and Berlin.

Admiralty War Office Queen's Regiment of Dragoons Guards Thomas Milner Gibson Purchase J. Stanislaus Townshend King’s) Regiment of Light Dragoons Jeffery Wheelock Pur

Mails from Holland and Flanders Reported with Military Dispatches

Intelligence from Petersburgh states that the Ruthan Brigadier Horfakon defeated Swedish General Stedingk near Kerimaky, seizing two cannon, burning ten vessels, and capturing two gun-boats. Russian General Numien 25 captured 12 brass ordnance and much camp equipage, along with over 100 prisoners. Prague notes artillery readiness for campaign. Berlin mentions immediate action after a death.

Wirfatv Petersburgh Horfakon Stedingk Kerimaky Numien Kymere Memélge Hamilton Numéen Prague Berlin

Timber-stealer pursuit ends in fatal forest accident

Gloucester May 31. Last week Mr. Thomas Harvey, a keeper of Dean Forest, rode through the forest in pursuit of timber thieves. He did not stoop in time under a low branch, struck his head on a spreading limb, dislocated his neck and fractured his skull, dying instantly at the scene.

Gloucester Thomas Harvey Dean Forest Bristol Sth St. Thomas James Allen Architec Sts Thomas’s Street Britol Dod Penns Messrs. Osborne and Leager

Shipping News May 31 arrives and sailings listed

Ships arrived and departed on May 31 including Melville Castle Dun das from Bengal Thames Hutchings from Oporto and Commerce Oughton from Jamaica. Walpole Churchill from China, with Aftrea Arrogant Scipio, Recovery from Waterford, and others. Passages include Cousins Bradford from Rouen Mohawk Thorp from Smyrna Juno Kennedy from Lisbon Elizabeth Davidson from Rotterdam.

Deal Wind N.E Melville Castle Dundas Bengal Thames Hutchings Oporto Commerce Oughton Jamaica Walpole Churchill China Arrogant Scipio Floop Wilson Africa Waterford Gravesend Bradford Rouen Mohawk Thorp Smyrna Juno Kennedy Lisbon Elizabeth Davidson Rotterdam

Royal pageantry and peace notes in London report

Yesterday Majesties and royal ladies attended sacred music at Westminster Abbey with a large noble procession. The Prince of Wales hosted a breakfast at Carleton House for French and British dignitaries. William of Gloucester named the Windsor Castle at Deptford. The Lord Chancellor met the King. discussions on a broader peace plan emerged. Articles of peace favor free navigation of the Mississippi, with Spain opposing. Admirals Barrington and Hood departed for Portsmouth to sail for the Baltic. a Dutch squadron joins, aiming to counter Russia. Pilots supplied by Trinity House.

Royal Augusta Elizabeth Mary Sophia Marchioness of Bath Marquis of Salisbury Harcourt Courtoun Lord Dover E. Waldegrave C. Finch Buckingham House Westminster Abbey Prince of Wales Duke of Orleans Duke of Queensberry Earl of Austria Paffarowitz Prussia Dantzick Thorn Poland Galicia Wiflieza Brandebourg Hanover Leopold Franckfort Rusha Britain America Great Britain United States Spain Barrington Alexander Hood Portsmouth Baltic Trinity Houfe

Insurrection in Savoy and Trade News From Cadiz to Jamaica

A London letter reports Savoy faces a dangerous insurrection of about 7600, with Montmillan seized and dispatches read openly. Other items note three Spanish vessels arriv­ing at Cadiz from Havatinah and Casthagena laden with piastres and goods, ships damaged by high winds in the North Seas, and new hires for Jamaica forces.

Cadiz Corunna Lyons Savoy Dauphiny Gem Pratt Belgic Doway Baron de Tott Duke of Buccleugh Duke of Montagu Duke of Queensberry Lord Beaulieu Buccleugh India Ware C Ivs Duke of Portland Earl of Plymouth Marquis of Hartington House of Devonshire Guildhall Company of Bakers Marklane Nottingham Butler East India House John Hunter Jamaica John Weir North Seas Britain Elfinear Wapping Rotherhithe Horflydown Kennington-lane Cardiganshire Lleckryd Tivy Cardigan Nugent Penlan

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