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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 13, 1748
Page
2
Reports from Dublin describe a fierce storm damaging ships and property, plus a crackdown on riots led by the Lord Mayor with patrols and arrests. In London and environs, naval appointments, court notices, prize drawings, and dispatches from the Continent outline promotions, treaties, and military transports while crime reports detail robberies and a chaotic night of Sessions at the Old Bailey.
On Monday afternoon John Murray was married at the Minster to the Lady Wentworth widow of Sir Butler Wentworth of Howsham in the city. Sheriff Rowe was elected Alderman, in place of Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart. Daniel Smith became Common Council Man for Monk Ward. Last week a horrid murder occurred at Fenton near York as two women were attacked. a suspect, Robert Fowthorp of Selby, is held at York Castle. Samuel Ward, eminent attorney, died.
Shipping news records arrivals and sailings with vessels including Rewes from Guernsey and Camel in the Joliffe from Tenby. The William and Thomas and John and Elizabeth, with Mary Batten, sail for London. the Thomas and is noted at Weymouth on October 12.
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