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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1747
Page
1
Reports from Genoa detail a local revolt and new republican government as forces prepare a four-sided assault on Genoa with English naval aid. Elsewhere, French and Sardinian theaters describe preparations for siege of Antibes, ongoing troop movements, and political reshuffling within France’s ministry and command.
The Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council unanimously resolved to present the Freedom of the City to the Duke for his service to the nation and country. They also ordered the Council to thank the Right Honorable Lord Justice Clerk for his care of the city during the late rebellion, and an order was published prohibiting gaming tables on the streets and enforcing acts against vagrants who cannot account for themselves.
From Penrith reports that Lord Viscount Lonsdale distributed sixty pounds to local poor families and houses in two neighboring parishes, with a twelve-penny loaf of bread six pounds of beef and a gallon of ale from his cellar. Lady Ramsden added twenty pounds for rebels’ victims. Capt. George Stephenson named Trinity-House Master. Nicholas Burdon and Utrick Whitfield die, estates left to heirs and nephews.
In London it is said Count Brown withdrew toward Piedmont and Beuil to secure supplies after losses and the Antibes defense. Marshal Bedesiste cannot disrupt his position. union seems easier for Brown than for the marshal. On Tuesday evening John Conyers and Lady Henrietta Farmer wed and left for Copt Hall Essex.
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