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General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 02, 1773

Page

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Abundant harvest and drops in corn prices abroad

The report notes corn supplies in the United States and Bavaria flood markets, with prices halved locally and life costs falling in Bohemia Franconia and Swabia. Military notices list junior officers and ensigns from various regiments, including Dragoon guards and Foot regiments, with names such as Lieut. Quantock and Ensign Bird among others.

Munich Bavaria Bohemia Franconia Swabia War Office Ween's Dragoon Guards John Quantock Royal Rep. Dragoons Heywood Ath Dragoons Thomas‘Alston Queen’s Reg Light Dragoons Henry Pigot Tive Royal Reg Foot Thomas Radcliff 46Th Reg Thomas Taylor Bird Thames Wintringham 46Th Robert Henry Mallory 36Th Francis Chester Abel Walter Robert Burne Duncan Cameron ames‘Spiack Charles Kerr William Millar Edward Despard Wilson John James

Military orders and ship movements reported at Plymouth

Plymouth dated Sept 28 shows orders for His Majesty sloop Weazle to fit for service and Captain Cras appointed to the Somerset in the guardship at the port. Gosport Sept 30 notes Defiance will be commissioned in place of Worcester and that others will be put out of commission.

Counntry Plymouth Weazle Guinea Cras Somerset Hughes Gosport Worcester

Outward and arrival ship list from a 18th century port

Outward bound ships depart in light WSW to NNW winds including Polly Forward, Duke of Cumber, Hunter for various destinations. Arrivals include Corke Loyalty, Royal George, Downe s Mary, and others from Barbados, Jamaica, Philadelphia, Cork, and Liverpool. The long list records many vessels and their origins with destinations like New York, Cadiz, Leghorn, and Jamaica.

Dear S.W Boyce Polly Forward Senegal Annapolis Eden Elizabeth Mary- Sands Christian Smith Antigua Duke of Cumberand Hunter Oporto Maria Thompson Piscacaqua Felicity Simpson Neptune Coffin Beaver Boston Portland Wilson Carolina Weathéridl Cox St. Kitt's Hope Archdeacon Honduras Thomas Obrien Matthew Clapp Jaica Industey Duke Carthagena St. George Wear Cadiz Hawke Gershiers Philadelphia Jupiter Dertring Leghorns Nancy Moore N. N.W Hazard Potts Venice Smaragada Willis Turkey Diliencq Brickland New Providence India Ayce Hopewell New York Aveney Dove South Carolinas Courtney Cooper Virgina Eo Cole Corke Loyalty Helm Barbadors Virginia Peel Eachgose Woodford London Goisboreu Ir Royal George Gray Mary, Rountree Jamaica Ifn Quebec Terieriff Phoenix Buffet Roche Malaga Allerton Aneron Geox Fa Gibraltar Swallow, Org Biddeford Bee Som Londa Regelias Y Rainbow Gordon South Carolina Spwes

Elion Don Letter From Smyrna Reports Ottoman Reforms

A July letter from Smyrna notes the Ottoman Ministry's resolve to restore order and protect European residents. The Grand Seignor sent the Koulkayafi with unlimited power, who entered Smyrna on Monday, met with a hostile reception from janissaries, and implied a revolt.

Elion Don Smyrna Koulkayafi Janissaries

Mutineers Disarmed After Wise Leadership and Ship News

A report details mutineers in the city being disarmed through firm leadership, refitting their chief. Advice from Gibraltar notes the Westmoreland, Captain Bradley, captured by a Moorish frigate on August 4, while a squadron sought restitution at Mogadore. Letters from Leghorn mention General Murray with 164 Christian slaves redeemed by the Empress Queen of Hungary. The India service captains’ firing times for 1773 are listed, and the East India Company appoints Rev. Robertes Carr as chaplain at St Helena. An inscription on Wolfe’s monument commemorates his death at Quebec in 1755. Extra from Capt. Robinson describes a hurricane at Galisbury and Malmsbury, with ships on the stocks damaged and people injured, plus local trials, robberies, and deaths.

Koulkayafi Gibraltar Westmoreland Bradley Leghorn India Service Gamage Bendy Newte Hayter Gravesend The East India Company Robertes Carr St. Helena Bearcroft England Wolfe Westminster Abbey James Wolfe Que- Bec Great Britain Capt. Robinson Newberry Port Bofton North-America Galisbury Malmsbury Akill St. Margaret’s Hill Dillet Hoxton Diederick Hilker Clemient

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