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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 16, 1774

Page

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Turkish envoy to renew traces with courts and travels

Vienna May 27 reports Turkish envoy appointed by the Grand Signior to resume contact with the Ottoman court and renew negotiations with Berlin Stockholm and Versailles. He will travel by sea to Constantinople via Marseilles after a quarantine at Semlin. A dispute at Bud a led to executions among attendants and troops. The Prince of Saxe Terchen heads to the French court with a crucial commission for the new king.

Vienna Nincias Berlin Stockholm Versailles Marftilfes Constantinople Semlin Buda Bula Antrian Trodéps Prince of Saxe France

Soldiers to sail into the Bay this summer

Gasport June 14 reports orders directing mo men of war to enter the Bay this summer to save expense. Canterbury June 15 details a seizure of uncustomed goods at Polders. Spencer challenged a Custom-house officer, the pistol fired by accident, he fell dead. The coroner ruled the death accidental.

Gasport Canterbury Spen¢er Spencer

Ships Arrivals and Departures Across European Ports

Dust and wind limit sailing as Henry Bennet sails for Liverpool and Mermaid for Chester. Vessels from Dublin to Rotterdam and Teneriffe to Stockholm report arrivals and passing ships including Mercury and others from Boulogne, Leghorn, and St Vincent. Port lists show vessels arriving at Hill Bristol Milford and Portsmouth with cargo and crew details.

Blore Henry Bennet Liverpool Mermaid Cotton Chester de Weptune Oliver Dublin Rotterdam Robert Clark Hallant North Carolina Prince of Wales Belt Narva Francis Barnby Dantzic Bristol Dimsdale Jones Falmouth Kilkenny Touzin Maria Prift Ondon Hoppett Strom Stockholm Oo Milford Jennet Speedwell Fox Georgia

Governor Pownal Reports Bread Price Origins in London

Gov Pownal reports after examining laws from Fleury II to Queen Anne that meal and flour were integral to bread costs and that the reform under Queen Anne shifted responsibilities from millers to magistrates. The note details two breads in force and analyzes wheat and flour markets at the London Corn Exchange from 1759 to 1773, finding no marketed flour suited for those breads and confirming price trends.

Pownal Fleury George Hs Corn Exchange of London

Bread Act report urges fair division of flour profits

The committee report argues for dividing and pricing flour to satisfy the act and benefit the public. It claims baker and miller profits would be fair, bread standards preserved, and cheap wheaten bread provided, with emphasis on protecting the poor and laborers while ensuring enforcement practicality.

Matster Bakers Company Victualling Office Pelham Farrar George Younge Devon Exeter Charles Irwin London

Proposals on Finances and Court Etiquette in France

Impetuous temper delays resolutions from England as bills in contemplation are sent to provinces. Savings include meals at court, extradition penalties, and massive horse and carriage rearrangements at Versailles Fontainbleau and other sites. A Wardmote elected a Common-councilman in the City. Market prices faltered in Surrey and Kingston. Midland and Norfolk Circuits scheduled: Warwick, Coventry, Oakham, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln. Robberies reported near Hampstead and Ratcliffe Highway. Birth of a son to Mrs. Henley Ongley. Deaths: Francis Andrews Provost of Dublin, MP for London, and others.

Boton New- York England Mark Maisons de Plavance Versailles Les Petites Ecuries Brandebourg France Fontainbleau Brand Girdters Hall Basinghall-street Nicholon John Frith White Bear John Burlow Kingston Guildford Midland Baron Perrett Fustice Wiles Warwickshire Warwick Coventry Northamptonshire Northampton Rutlandshire Oakham Leicestershire Leicester Derbyshire Derby Nottinghamshire Nottingham Lincolnshire Castle of Lincoln City of Norfolk Fustice de Grey Fustice Aten Buckingham Bedfordshire Bedford Huntingdonshire Huntingdon Cambridgeshire Cambridge Suffolk Bury St. Edmund’s Norwich Hampstead Highgate Cane Wood Stelling Haberdather Ratclif-highway London Francis Andrews University of Dublin City of Londonideny Ireland Battersea Paul Bevan Figeinten Hackney Rebelo de'Mers Dota Coppleton Glover Carnaby

Auction notices for drainage meeting and Sussex estate sale

Notices advertise a drainage commission meeting to be held at the Angel Inn New Sterard on Tuesday July 9 at eleven, and an auction on June 23 at Spread Eagleton Midhurst for a messuage barn garden and 33 acres in Heyshott Sussex in occupation of Nicholas Hopkins with timber on site. Further particulars from Mr Wardroper at Midhurst.

House of Commons Boston Cooper Downs New- York Bardarous e'Angel Inn New- Sterard Teestay Ferencon Bankes Batten Cincolgshire Lloanapford Sleford County of Lincoln Witham Angel Vin Sicaord Ssues I Hertford Nicholl Peae Aylesbury Haydon Hill Eagleton Midhurst Sussex Heyshott Suoffex Nicholas Hopkins Wardroper Michurst Halvergate Acle Norfolk Thomas Wells John Howard John Barrett Walker Lowestoft Nathanty Symepes James Turner William ‘Bvylor Yarhouth N.B Barrett Barton Pone Trent Batton Park John Holland Thomas Webb Barton-Park Deroy AfXbourne Uttoxeter Burtonboon Trent Nathaniel Lifer Armitage Park Litchfield John Fletcher Litchfieid Mr. Hianiion Stoney-Stratford

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