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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 19, 1790

Page

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Mourning Orders and Court Notices from 1790 Empire Post

Lord Chamberlain announces mourning change for October and November in the royal court to honor the late Duke of Cumberland. Listings include dress codes for ladies and gentlemen, dates for changing mourning, and plans to end mourning on November 7. Also reports deaths and a convention of armistice news from Vienna and Berlin, with updates from Frankfurt and The Hague. Bankrupts and final dividends listed for various trades and locales with dates and venues for proceedings in London, Gloucester, Sheffield, Worcester, and beyond.

Duke of Cumberland Vienna Prince Nicholas Esterhazy Berlin Lufi Prince of Cobourg Prince Henry Ferdinand Prussia Frankfort Hague Frederique Louise Guillelmine d’Orange Prince Brunswick Comte de Mercy Argenteau France Netherlands Matin Bailey Middlesex Guiéheh Southgate Breet Gloucester Conway Whithorne Dursley Hill and Mere- With Gray’s-inn London James Laffeils Wiliam Hinton Little Queen-street St. Giles Midlesex Copartners and Coachmakers Strop Attery Eagle and Serpent Cleobury Mortimer Thomas Fawcett Maiden Lane Covent-garden Taylor Guildhall John Armitage Silver-street Golden-square Middlewex Upholder Atten Thomas Nixon Lamb’s-conduit-street Serrchant Joseph Gattey William Waller Wandsworth Surry Éruggitte Guidhelm Nichalas Wertherby Gateshead Durkheim White-hart Newcastle Upon Tyne

Return voyage of envoy with dispatches from Constantinople

Yesterday the Mail from Flanders and Vienna arrived. M de Geertz, who passed through the capital three weeks ago from Constantinople to Berlin, is returning to Constantinople with important dispatches. He will travel via Wallachia and Rudschink to confer with Count de Lufi.

Flanders Vienna M.de Geertz Constantinople Berlin Consantinople Wallachia Rudschink Count de Lufi

Potemkin Pressures Wallachia Amid Balkan Negotiations

Letters from Moldavia report Potemkin declaring to the Prince de Cobourg that if Austrian troops withdraw from Wallachia in one sector to yield to the Ottomans, and before Russians sign peace with the Porte, the army under his command at Bender will cross into Wallachia from the opposite side. Florence. Sept. 28. Archduke Ferdinand and wife arrive Milan. Archduchess Elizabeth travels from Venice to Innsbruck via Verona. The duke Braschi Onetti’s niece, Rome’s liaison to the pope, dies in Rome on the 13th.

Moldavia Potemkin Prince de Cobourg Wallachia Reichenbach Bender Florence Archduke Ferdinand Lombardy Milan Elizabeth Venice Countess of Meran Infpruck Verona Braschi Onetti Rome

Portsmouth News: Flagships at Spithead and Fleet Repairs

Rear Admiral Corinth hoisted his flag on the Marlborough as 11th flagship at Spithead. A Treasury order permits duty free wine and spirits for Fleet officers. Hebe and Proserpine sail for Guernsey. Elephant requires dock repairs delaying Spithead voyage. Bellona to come out, Robuste heavily damaged and needing overhaul. Hind finishes repairs and heads to Spithead. Fortune paid off and crew dispersed among transports.

Portsmouth Corinth Marlborough Snithead Treasury Hebe Proserpine Guernsey Elephant Spithead Bellona Roburst

Shipping News: Vessels Sailed and Departures Noted

The ship news records sailings on the 16th of the month with the Clarendon Barnés for Jamaica and others bound for Gibraltar Mississippi and Dublin. Several ships remain in the Downs under command including Pomena Nemesis and Dictator. Wind northwesterly. Vessels Mobpet Purdy and Floray Rifingy reported passing as they sail from Malaga Carthagena and Zant.

Deal Clarendon Barnés Jamaica Hop Blaber Gibraltar Sly M’fadeny Mississippi St. George M’dorald Dublin Downs Thins Pomena Wind N. W. Gravelny Mobpet Malaga Kite Purdy Carthagena Floray Rifingy Zant

King hunts hag in Windsor gratitude park and royal titles set

London reports a morning Hag-hunting diversion in Windsor Great Park with a nine o'clock start and a one and a half hour chase. It notes plans for dukedoms to be revived for Prince Edward and another son, and confirms two thousand Hanoverians sailing to Gibraltar with guards delayed by transport readiness. Letters from Quilend mention a six month truce between the Emperor and Belgic subjects, seen as a peace prelude. A French noble, once a baron and exiled during the Revolution, returns with his wife in distress and becomes a National Assembly member. Guildhall court held, naming eight leather searchers and sealers for Leadenhall, with bond and formalities to follow.

Windsor Grat Park Duke of Kent Prince Edward Duke of Cumberland Duke of Lancaster Gibraltar Portsmouth London Quilend France National Assembly Normandy Guildhall Ele Macaulay and Glyn Leadenhall Thomas Cowling John Pym Currier John Kite Thomas Denham Stephen Pyle James Lowther Thomas Moulds Daniel Baldwin

London Court Seeks Freeman Discharges and Trades Attire

The Court urged Lords of the Admiralty to discharge Bowcher a London Freeman and a Fellowship Porter impressed into service. It asked the Recorder to press Common Pleas judges to exempt Freemen from Impress, and to remove Roles at the Sessions-house. The Court vowed to increase attendance of Livery Companies for Lord Mayor's Day. Bread prices held. Further notices include ordnance orders to garrisons, calibration of French cannon, Calonne’s tour to Italy, and Freemasons School growth to 25 pupils. Local incidents report a Greyhound Inn guest who borrowed seven pounds, a forged-convict Burt transported to New South Wales and linked conpiracy rumors, a deliberate hay fire in Lewisham, and two muggings on Finchley-common. Marriages and obituaries follow.

Admiralty Bowcher London Court of Common Pleas Old Bailey Washwich Mont. Calonne Italy Freemasons School Greyhound Inn Richmond Houce Burt New South Wales Scarborough Lincoln’s Inn Tranport Lewisham Parley Colney-hatch Finchley-common Eastly Kent Henry Boulton Mary Francklin Newman Street Oxford Street Lord Harewood Yorkshire Richard Kennet Heath Wakefield Chevet Jones Snaresbreck Essex Guards

House Cards of Prices at the Ware

A fragment notes prices or price cards becoming available at the Ware. The short item mentions shopping details and a location tied to a retail or market setting. No specific dates or organizations are provided.

Mortgage of Freehold and Copyhold Estates Declared

Notice concerns wane from 30001 estates in Essex Suffolk and Cambridge. Parties Bromley Bell solicitors Grayston London and Fiske Hally attorneys Sattron-Walden Essex advise on particulars of the estate.

Essex Suffolk Cambridge Bromley Bell Allornies Gray’ston London Fiske and Hally Allornies Sattron - Walden Efsex

Turkish liquid cure for horses promoted in London ads

A travel-advertised Turkish cure for horses claims to heal flips sprains and shoulder injuries with a single bottle, stating it does not harm hair. Sold by Golding Humphreys and Williams by appointment at specified addresses in Cornhill Oxford Street and Pall Mall.

Golding Cornhill Humphreys Oxfords Joan Hill Lasy Hill Curzon Street Berkeley Square London Diogenes Fred Lady Hill Loandon W. Bacon Oxford-street Botelles Bacon

Blundstone's Hotel in Falmouth Opens in Elegant Style

Blundstone invites the Wobility and travellers to his newly furnished hotel in Falmouth now featuring a Pall-Room, seven dining rooms, a billiard room, twenty seven beds and wines of excellent quality. He thanks past patrons for their support during construction and seeks continued custom to build a firm reputation. The hotel sits centrally with harbour views and includes a spacious star-stable and a Exeter coach service thrice weekly.

Blundstone Falmouth R. Blundstone N. B

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