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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 09, 1776

Page

3

Sovereignty under British policy in the American crisis

A parliamentary voice argues that sovereignty rests with Parliament and condemns coercive measures toward America. The speaker condemns Tea imports and warns of shipwreck if rulers do not steer away from peril, urging administration to seek counsel and maintain legislative supremacy while coordinating policy amid a tense Cabinet debate. The text previews forthcoming speeches by notable peers and promises continued coverage.

George Grenville America Scylla Great Britain Duke of Grafton Townshend Sandwich Shelburne Lyttelton Camden Weymouth

Arrivals and consignments list from Burg transport fleet

Ship New 5S and many vessels discharge and arrive at multiple ports with crews and destinations including Boston Barbadoes Jamaica Africa Lisbon Dublin Grenada Smyrna Chester Newry Newry Venice Naples Seville Saint Lucia and more. The long list names ships captains owners and origins with arrivals at Cowes Poole Bristol Southampton Liverpool and the Creek among others.

Deatt Maancaro Wild W.S.W Atkins Boston Hogan Linerek Ireland Gravwrsxuo Marcu Judith Currin Newry Pembroke Neale Dunkirk Mendofe Dort Dispatch Sheldrick Ostend Cowes Vrew Judith Giliam

Public House Violence Leaves Two Wounded and One Dead

In Spur-street Leitester-fields a group of nine journeymen tailors and two women were ordered to leave a public house after a row. The landlord called the watch. the first officer entered with his skull split by an axe, later dying. A second officer was badly wounded, and a third died from a poker blow. Guards secured the scene and the group was committed to separate gaols after questioning at the Rotation Office in Litchfield Street. Births marriages deaths and other notices follow, including a daughter born to the Lady of the Right Hon Lord Boston and several marriages in Portsmouth and Knightsbridge. A death of Lady Margaret Stanley, age about 55, noted along with the Earl and Countess’s interment. A minister, Rev Mr Johnston, is noted as having served over 24 years at Tunbridge Wells. A Mrs Warner’s death is reported in Berners Street.

Taylors Spur-street Leitester-felds Justice Welch Litchfieldstreet Lord Boston Grosvenor-treet Oporto John Croft Elg Harriot Tunstall Tunstall Rochdale Lancashire Portsmouth John Graves London Simorid Edmund Yolle Knightsbridge Ormskirk Tunbridge Wells Johnston Richard Vaughan Berners - Street Warner Vaughan

News from London and Lisbon in the era of upheaval

Reports from St James's Levee as officers bid farewell before sailing to America. British frigates capture four American vessels, with families and treasure aboard, sending prizes to Boston. A Lisbon widow returns jewels to the king, receiving 20,000 piastres. At Winchester, Richard Whatley and three others are condemned, with two reprieves and executions planned. Oxford and Reading sentences finish with two deaths and one reprieve.

L.O George Osborns St. James’s America West India Islands Boston Sukey Liverpool Blue Mountain Valley Dempster London Elizabeth Town Portmouth Mouat Lisbon Winchester Richard Whatley Churchill Collier Grant Oxford William Brookes Richard Chum Reading William Clifford Rosbert Goodie Deborah -Pottinger Compton

Creditors of Earl Granville Urged to Send Demands

The creditors of the late Right Honourable Robert Earl Granville and those by mortgage bond or simple contract are requested to send their accounts to Mesfis Farrer in Chancery Lane London. They are authorised to cooperate with the executor to form a plan for settling and discharging all claims as soon as possible.

Robert Earl Granville Mesfis Farrer Chancery-laney Londs

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