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Newspaper

General Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 30, 1790

Page

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Royal Dignities Granted in Britain and Ireland

The King grants the dignities of Earl of Digby and Viscount Coleshill to Henry Digby with heir male, Earl of Beverly to Algernon Percy, Viscount Gage to William Hall Gage and Baron Gage of Highmeadow with remainder to his nephew, and a royal license for William Newham to adopt the surname Lacy. Notes from Oct 30 include foreign affairs and a Vesuvius eruption update with crop damage and corn returns.

County Wi Shui Kingdom of Great Britain Algernon Percy Loraine Alnwick Beverly Ork Wiliam Hall Gage Gage Kingdom of Ireland Baron Gage of Firle Baron Gage Highmeadow Gloucester Henry Gest William Newham Scarborough York Lacy William Lacy Collége of Arms St. Farness Landgrave Furstenberg Germany Duke of Leeds Clement Cottrell Dormer The Two Sicilies Hiphgot Aria Clementina Vienna Mount Vesuvius Ordnance Royal Regiment of Artillery Edward Pritchard Wadding Tom Lucis O’brien Egerton

Pedestrian Misstakes Race to St George's Church Ends

Mr Forster Powell, famed pedestrian, started at ten o clock from the Dolphin inn to walk to St George's church Southwark and back for 60 guineas in 24 hours. By ten this morning he reached Canterbury within two miles and lost the wager due to a wrong turn in darkness, falling several times and finishing exhausted in a carriage.

Canterbury Forster Powell Dolphin Inn St. George’s Church Southwark Powell Greenwith

Deal, Kingston, Stroud ships press departure for Jamaica

In the Downs the king's ship Dictator remains as the Deal and 40 gun vessels deal with a strong north east wind. Kingston and Stroud depart for Jamaica while London Packet Glass sails for Dublin. Gravesend note Agatha Philippina Mickley and Methedacht Dobrick pass Osntzick.

Deal Kingston Stroud Jamaica London Packet Glass Dublin The Downs N. E Gravesend Agatha Philippina Mickley Methedacht Dobrick Osntzick

Royal Pursuits and Court Movements at Windsor

Saturday at Windsor the King hunted with flag hounds and released a young red deer at Swindley Lodge for a party, with plans to repeat Tuesday. The King Queen and elder Princess attended divine service in St George's Chapel, Windsor, now open for public worship. Duke of Cumberland mourners departed, while the Duke of York toured Whitehall and headed to Newmarket after audience with Sir William Fawcett. Dundas arrived in London from Edinburgh. Prince Landgrave of Furstenberg departed from Vere Street for Portsmouth and dined aboard the Charlotte at Spithead. Six Cherokee Chiefs visited Covent Garden Theatre to see Macklin and Bolina, seemingly pleased.

Leghorn Britannick Maijesty Eurydice George Lunisdaine Tangier Gibraltar Mororca Constantinople Spain Rouen France London Italy Paris Liege Chamber of Dartmouth Mogadoré James Erwing Hannah Liverpool Ambbassador le Pigris de Brewdent Rabardy Ostend Bayonne Ramsgate Knaggs Petersbugh Hyde Park Duke of York Norwich Elizabeth Bentley Montagu Carter B. Tallemache Louisa Manners John Hunter St. James’s Street Covent Garden Westminster Portsmouth St. James’s Sarnia Baltey Lowe William Karni James Gilding Hugh Eta Pracla Beckbaiti-church William ,Edridge Surrey-road Clark Peekham J. Nottage Batt- Hanningfield Anne Feanget Wakeham Wakeham Racking Bainham Iain Reynolds 34Th Regiment of Foot Elizabeth Godfalve Jobs Godfalve Croffe Great-Baddow George Parris Great Suffolk-street Charing-cross Miss Hill Hazeleigh Robert Unwin Rosemary Polly Clarke Dan- Bien Bedfor -Street Edwin Covent-Garden Theatre Windsor Swindley Lodge St. George’s Chapel Duke of Cumberland William Fawcett Yorkshouse Whitehall Newmarket Henry Dundas Somerset Buildings Edinburgh Prince Landgrave of Furstenberg Ibbetson Vere Wreet Portmouth Wall Bart Howe Charlotte Spithead America Covent Garden Theatre Mr. Macklin Max Bolina

Charity for Aged Blind Men and Women in Painters Hall

Notice from the Painters Stainers Company, London, announcing a Court of Assistants on December 8 to elect pensioners for blind aged applicants. Criteria include total blindness for three years, indigence, English birth, three years parish residence, age 61 plus, sobriety, and no substantial own income. Applications by petitioners via Clerk's Office, with strict filing and authentication rules.

Stainers Company London John Stock Coure ‘of Chancery Iid Company Painters Hall Little Trinity- Lane Queenhithe Fid Peron England Wales Scotland Sandys Sandy Te Tqomlins Painter's Hall

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