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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 16, 1773

Page

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Court Mourning Orders for late King of Sardinia

From the London Gazette March 16 an order sets mourning rules for the court for the late King of Sardinia. Ladies to wear black silk or velvet with accessories. men to wear black coats or white and gold or silver. On March 25 the court will go out of mourning. Spencer Madan receives the office of Chief Porter of the Tower of London.

Manca Sardinia St. James's Spencer Madan Lon- Ne Daniel Schant Anters Topham Deyvonshhire Guildhall London Attorne Huffey Temple John Hill Henston Devonshire Carcier Swale Exeter Williams William Days Thomas Dawes William Jackson the Younger Basinghall-street Blacktwell-Honers Benjamin Porter Pater-nofer-row Alexander Pyott Jacob Westlake Benjamin Atterley George Gun Munro Wandsworth Surry Callico-Printers Copartners William Pomroy East Greenwich Kent Carpenter Alderman Brown Little Thurloe Suffolk Cambridge John Pettit Chippenham Cambridgeshire John Borwick Little Knightrider-street Chapman Richard Hurst Great Buthlane Middlesex Hertford Bedford Huntingdon Northampton Rutland Leicester Nottingham Derby Stafford Salop Hereford Worcester Warwick Gloucester Wilts Berks Oxford Bucks Sufffolk Norfolk Lincoln York Durham Northumberland Cumberland Westmorland Lancashie Cheshire Monmouth Somerset Devon Cornwall Hampshire North Wales South Wales Scotland William Cooke N. B

Lewes Fortefehe found dead in wreck near Rocks

The Hon. Mr. Fortefehe, aged 19, was found among rocks after a shipwreck. His body, badly decomposed, was placed in a leaden coffin for transport to Devonshire to be interred in the family vault. Newceftle reports two coiners, Hurst and Bacon, arrested near Whitby and escaping custody. A Summer-hill fire, suspected incendiary, burned Mr Barber's dwelling, with four men seen nearby and references to threatening letters.

Lewes Marcus Fortefehe Devonshire Newceftle Robert Lightfoot Hurst John Bacon Runswick Bigg Town Whitby Bacon Hurst Barber Summer Firth

Ship arrivals and passages from various ports

The ships SHIP-NEW 5S Creat Magen 1g wind north sailed for Boston and Lisbon. Vessels including Argo Folger John White, Lovely Betsey Bachop Queen of Hungary Pearl Vansittart Remains the Cornelia Noble for Amsterdam and more passed. Arrivals listed at Plymouth Nantz and other ports with teams from Rotterdam Embden and Amsterdam. Ships as of March 16 with captains J De Geavesenny and Goddard among others.

Creat Magen Wind Argo Folger John White Boston Francis Rotterdam London Wigmore Dunkirk John Albert Vrow Debora Jacobs Young Alice Embden Waakraankeyd Tolkert Amsterdam Plymouth Amiable Francis Duvall Lisbon Ditto Adtive Geffin Cape Francois Nantz

Bills Granted Royal Assent in Late Session

Royal assent was granted to measures including naturalization of foreign Protestants, grants for Gravesend lighting and paving, and a new Shire Hall for Devon. Other items cover overseas money lending, Ireland oaths, Eas and Ely fen drainage, Glebe leases in St Martin Birmingham, and Exeter debt recovery. The House reported passage on several private and public acts as the session closed.

Don North America Ireland England Gravesend Devon Earl of Bleffington Tre Great Britain Isle of Ely St. Martin’s Birmingham Tunbridge House of Commons Exeter

Fragments of Parliamentary Debates and City Notices

Report of debates on elections and amendments, East India Company affairs, and turnpike reform with adjournments and witness questions. Also court and stockholder actions, shipments, and local notices including births marriages and deaths across London and ports.

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