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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 04, 1790
Page
3
The House of Lords met after prayers and private business. The Duke of Leeds laid before the house several papers detailing the Articles of the Convention with Spain along with the ratification particulars. Papers were ordered to lie on the table and be taken into consideration next Monday. The session adjourned to this day.
The Speaker resumed the chair at three with business on petitions and a motion that no petitions rejecting private bills be received after February 25 next. Teave to bring in a felon regulation bill and confinement provisions. A Devonshire Oakhampton election petition considered. Gilbert at the table as Hopkins spoke on enlarging ships of the line. Government moves to employ 24 000 seamen and 4 000 marines for 1791. Ravrote praises the marines. Allocations for bonded sums and last year service approved, House adjourns.
The Governor and Deputy Governor met with the Mioiter at Downing Street amid talk of resigning the Joint Paymaster General post. Ambassadors and nobles discussed accounts and taxes while Pitt faces prints taxation questions. Pur hosted a Yorkshire gentlemen dinner after the House broke up. Curzon, brother to Lord Scarsdale, is expected to be summoned to the Lords.
The article lists the gross costs of the late armament to November 11, including Navy War Ordnance totals and Exchequer loans. It notes funds issued for provisions in the East and West Indies and discusses peace-time seamen payroll, potential opposition critique, and reports of a French civic oath decree for clergy. It also mentions Cordovan Tower lighting innovations at Bordeaux entrance.
Local reports recount numerous vessels from Newfoundland to London weathering long passages and windbound delays. It notes the Serpent awaiting Jamaica news, two ships paid off, a major spirits seizure at Plymouth Dock, a naval stores embezzlement reward, and a wreck near Africa with rescues.
The article describes an arranged settlement for a new Canadian province with Governor and civil officers appointed, a two-chamber legislature, and royal confirmations. It notes salaries for dignified offices, anticipated public advantages, and an emphasis on iron and timber trade over fur trade profits.
The fragment lists multiple lottery drawings labeled for different days, including notable numbers and prize notes. It mentions drawn numbers like 20 3 6 2 000 and 12 917 33 057 1001, with indications of prizes and dates, though the text is incomplete.
Sunday and yesterday weddings and obituaries are listed from Bruton Street to St Mary Newton Surrey and Hanover Square. Entries mention Captain Clive marrying Miss Archer, Mr Henry Fourdrinier jun and Miss Walker, Duchess of Athol, and deaths of George Kearsley sen, Dr Ellis, Joseph Coltman, Mr and Mrs Clark, and John Turner with local ties to Suffolk and Dublin.
Report from Portsmouth describes rioting and depredations as finance rules falter. The body of a sailor was found near the Sai Port Beach with a crushed skull, likely murdered by unknown hands. Coroners inquest returned verdict of wilful murder, with strong suspicion pointing to a woman recently living with the victim.
Reports describe two fires in Staffordshire regions Woodford Grange and near Great Wyrley consuming barns and nearby corn, blamed on servants careless with no lanterns. Neighbors aided but all buildings burned. A separate incident in Dyer Street, St. Giles, saw a man fatally wound his wife with a knife after a quarrel. A judge’s opinion on a person named Movler will be delivered at the Old Bailey and Farrell, condemned earlier, was captured after desertion and returned to prison.
Trading in wheat and grain shows mixed demand with quality variations. Wheat prices slide on middling samples while fine samples hold. oats and barley show modest activity. Coal and hay markets reveal steady to firm quotes, with scarcity noted in some staples and prices quoted per quarter or per load.
Old securities and parish notes list various bank stock figures and annuities. Entries include South Sea stock, Navy Lottery Tickets, and Tontine related values with percent returns and fractions. The fragmented OCR presents a catalog of financial instruments and their quoted prices.
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