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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 16, 1790

Page

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Military Commissions and Ship Movements Report

Frew the London Gazette notes commissions in Wiltshire and East York Militias with officers promoted and new majors captains lieutenants. The royal ships under sail from St Helens route to Plymouth report crews, with Admiral Hood’s flag struck on the Royal Sovereign and regiments disembarking as marines.

Wiltshire George Herbert Thomas Pechell John Hungerford Penruddocke Bsg John Lewis Hicks York Edmund Garforth Matthew Boynton Bellingham Graham, Esq Warton Pennyman Berry Ralph Rowntree

Ships for troop transport favored by countermanding orders

Plymouth on November 14 reports that the Africa of 64 guns and the Charon and Severn of 44 each are the only ships in port not yet countermanded, implying they will be preferred for transporting troops to or from foreign service. A Cambridge guardship signaled on the Admiral Graves on Friday.

Spithead Portmouth St. Helen’s Rd Ound Plymouth N. E Royal Sovereign Capt W. Domett Prince J. Rogers Sir T. Bayard Kat Gibraltar G. B. Westcott Bombay Castle J.T. Duckworth A. Dickson Carnatic J. Ford Egmont C. Hope Swiftsyre J. Wallace Nassau A. Sutherland Lowestoffe R. Stopford Sir Alexander Hood Africa Severn Cambridge Admiral Graves Dublin London Express Wilkie St. Paul’s Churchyard

Shipping Update in Downs and Gravesend Ports

Deal November 15 details vessels DiGater Nemess and Willink, steward remain for Rotterdam. wind northeast strong. Gravesend November 15 logs Reinholt Ohlers from Hamburg Duke of Richmond Falconer from Petersburgh and Friendship Boxer from Gottenburgh pass.

S&s Deal Downs His DiGater Nemess Willink Rotterdam Gravesend Reinholt Ohlers Himburgh Duke of Richmond Falconer Petersburgh Friendship Boxer Gottenburgh

Royal gossip and shipping wrecks from London society

In London yesterday the Duke of York visited the Earl of Orford at Houghton Norfolk while Earl Howe met the Minister in Downing Street. Admiral Barrington and Sir Alexander Hood arrived from Portsmouth. Warnings include ships wrecked on Goodwin Sands and the Baltick voyage Jeune Antoine lost with cargo. The King’s Bench ordered costs taxation by plaintiffs, and assaults on Custom-house officers resulted in Newgate sentences.

London Duke of York Clermont Hall Earl of Orford Houghton Norfolk Earl Howe Downingtreet Admiral Barrington Sir Alexander Hood Portsmouth Lower Austria Vienna Marchioness of Rockingham Uxbridge Duchess of Rutland Hyde Park Prince Gustaff Adolph Dahl Gefle Alicant Goodwin Sands Jeune Antoine Nazerand Peterburgh Belfast Lady Court of King’s Bench Kaa King’s Bench Abraham Abrahams Michael Nailer Philips Abrahams Nailer Newgate Iis Holman Thomas Murray Guildhall

Prices of bread stay steady as Lord Mayor sets market rate

The Lord Mayor in the Justice Room ordered bread prices to remain the same while the Corn Market saw wheat dearer than last week. Reports from Newfoundland vessels claim successful catches, with Captain Wood of the brig Unity reporting 75,000 ced caught by five crew. Clerks and officials shift with resignations and new appointments in the Navy and Excise, as the press notes social clubs, air and water views, and a rash of petty thefts and fires at local factories. Obits note several notable deaths and marriages occur at the Savoy Chapel and Milford.

Newfoundland Wood Unity P. A. Curzon Stafford Regiment Lord Scarsdale Sneyd Admiralty D. A. Hemsworth Commissioners of Excise John Buck Esj Rotherham City of Chester Cheapside White-Conduit-house M‘gillows Alpholstery Oxford Road Savoy Chapel Mrr. Wright Cranbourn-street Hannam The Savoy Milford Richard Meyler Lyming Jarrett John Jarrett Me Osborne Bread-street-hill Stock Exchange

Hibbs's Orange Shrubs for Punch and Shrubs

Hibbs advertises Hibbs’s Orange Shrubs for punch and cordial, noting its perfection, worldwide shipping, and anti scorbic properties from Seville oranges. It appeals to nobility, navy and army members on long voyages, with two gallons minimum orders and careful payment terms. Prices listed at the Ware, card prices available.

Hibbs Monument-yard London

Notice of assorted trades and postings from 18th century ads

A collage of old notices proclaims Lea Bs leaving to sell rich fabrics for court wear, a vacancy for a pupil at the Inner Temple, a gentleman seeking town improvement, sundry sales and rent offers, and masons and diggers for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal project. Details include addresses around Tabernacle Row and Halifax with plans for an aqueduct road bridge and seven occupation bridges, plus tools and conditions for bidders.

James Carruthers Milk-street Cheapside London Guildhall Attornes W. Herne Paternofter-row Thomas Crockart St. John Wapping Middlesex Dealer and Chapman Willey Basinghall-street John Hammerton Little Shire-lane St. Clement Danes Holt and Barber Palsgrave-place Temple-bar Willian Heel Great Bolton Lanceshire William Hardman Little Bolton Meif Carpenter and Harris Southwark George Bottle Bath Somersetshire Dealer Chapman Teveny Greyhound and Strakespeare Richard Bowther Bathe Benjamin Willis Sheffield Yorkshire Davies Little St. Helen’s Bithopsgate-street Reuben Buckner Rumsey Harts Bull’s-head Market-place Manchester Jones Edge Inner Temple Joseph Hofe Borouzh Surry Iwan’s Mercer Reynolds Swithin’s- Jane Thomas Thompson Blackman-street Baker and Mealman Lesdots Attornies Meir Necld Bushy Norfolk-Street Strand Lovelafy Taber matle-Row Cigy Road Coln Lancashire Leeds and Liverpool Follbridge Gill Church Whitsworth Red-Lion

A3 20 16 Sale Item Appears on List

A fragment notes sale items including A3 20 16 and another listing. Details are unclear but the entry mentions items available on sale. No further names or places are readable in the text.

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