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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 11, 1767
Page
3
Grant, enraged over envy, killed M Donald with a large knife after a private message near his home. He wounded his brother in law as companions fled, and 206 men pursue Grant who escaped into the woods. M Donald lies mortally wounded and the brother in law’s life is feared lost.
Manchester and surrounding towns report multiple deaths and sensational incidents. Mrs Rivington of New York dies. Francis Palmer, Lincoln Sheriff’s officer, found drowned after alleged self harm. Mrs Glover dies in vault viewing her children. Francis Williams fatally wounds himself amid marital strife. Other items include a Bristol murder, Cambridge academic appointments, Northampton cavalry movements, Ipswich clerical appointments, and slave ships arriving at Antigua with hundreds of enslaved people.
An anonymous incendiary letter was circulated to Mr Adderman Richardon in Chester threatening arson and murder if markets are not policed. The message cites a crowd of armed men and anger at forestallers. The rest mentions local cattle births with two calves dying and two more likely to live.
Port News lists multiple arrivals and sailings across Poole Dover Jamaica Plymouth Marseilles Castlehaven Cadiz and Brashat Tryal. Vessels include Indian King Regis Cyrus Eagle Cornwall Ark Planter Houghton Morant Raffles and Good Intent Braganza and Brashat Tryal. Sparse weather notes accompany the listings.
London notes recount visits of the Duke of York and other peers at York House Canon House and St James's while listing numerous court appointments and changes. Reports from the East India Company court on accommodation to Government and grain prices tied to 1765 export bounty. Town news cover maritime losses in Charles Town, lotteries proposals, prison rebuilds, militia movements, a tennis match, and multiple obituaries and local incidents.
Auction of bankrupt estate includes household goods and furniture, exoticks and nursery stock, a public house with income from a tenant, two tenements near Dorking church, and the bankrupt's dwelling in Docking. Sales run over three days with timings, conditions, and catalogues available at listed inns and from the auctioneer and attorneys.
A commentator condemns a priest for publishing lewd books that corrupt virtue and provoke public appetite. The piece urges church superiors to curb the author’s immoral writings and to enforce proper oversight of clergy conduct amid broader concerns about obscenity and morals.
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