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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 25, 1773
Page
1
A verdict for the plaintiff was read on March 22. Two men were committed to Exeter gaol several days earlier for poisoning a wife by arsenic in a pancake.
Ships listed arriving and sailing including the Mary and John Black from Waterford and other vessels such as Adventure Maynard for Maryland and Liberty Outram for Virginia. Also noted are arrivals at various ports including Dolphin from Newfoundland Frichdtup from Cork Brothers from Lisbon and Real-Friend from Limerick with additional vessels bound for Leghorn Dominica and other destinations.
Debates on a Bengal revenue bill probe reveal charges of tax abuses and extortion tied to the Motat tax. Committee steps include home and abroad conduct review, with Sir Edward Astley pressing for printing of the Secret Committee report. Controversy over printer and allegations against directors spur lengthy exchanges.
In Parliament, motions are debated with speakers including Huffey Johnstone Gregory Sulivan and Rombold in favor, Harley and North opposing. The Commons ordered Sir Harry Houghton to carry the Protestant Dissenting bill to the Lords and to obtain concurrence. Other actions include committees on East India affairs, rewards for wheat imports, and city appointments. A Dublin grand jury sends thanks to Lord Bellamont for his patriotism, while Major Mackenzie succeeds in St Vincent. Various court and municipal notices, births, marriages, and deaths are reported, with maritime and local incidents and a strange new animal, the Ny-Ghau, noted.
Fragmentary obituaries or notices list Mrs Clark wife of the Rev Mr Clark in Great Smith Street Westminster and Mrs Hickman wife of Mr Hickman warehouser at London Wall. The text appears as two brief household notices or notices of identity from an old newspaper.
Lee March 22 1773 notice from the Society of Artists for Relief of distressed brethren widows and children inviting painters sculptors and architects to exhibit. Exhibition will open mid April at Mr Chrisie's Great Room next Cumberland House Pall Mall by order of the Secretary J Furman. Parish of St Mary Mandatese believed to house most town inhabitants.
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