London Evening-Post Briefs and World News Snippets
The paper reports sentences for robbery and horse theft, plus racing results at Knaves Mire and local society notes. Royal appointments include Marlborough and Jersey joining the Bed Chamber, with Navy promotions and ships in commission. Financial updates cover stock movements, a Paris banking win, and press gang impressments for sea service. Political and foreign affairs touch on Newcastle’s talks, court communications, and anticipated Mediterranean troop movements. Local notices cover marriages and obituaries, while stockjobbing and lottery tidbits conclude the digest.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
William Manners
Lord Delaware
Earl of Tankerville
Earl of
Jersey
Commodore Matthews
Chatham
Robert Henley
Bart
Croydon
Surry
Body
Calland
Smiling Bob
Stevenson
Richmond Ball
Hounslow
Mrs. Clarkson
Will
Mr. Worrell
Paris
Thomas Geraldine
Duke of Newcastle
France
Whitehall
Kensington
Board of Admiralty
Lords Commissioners
Tilbury
Lee
Faulkland
Oliphant
Trefusis
Chester
Roger Butler
West Indies
Gibraltar
English Gentlemen Arrive in Florence for Opera at Lucca
Florence July 1 The Earl of Middlesex son to the Duke of Dorset arrives with several English gentlemen and a company of musicians preparing to set out for Lucca to perform an opera there.
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Earl of
Middlesex
Dorset
Lucca
Windward Passage Sloop chases and booty fears scourge
Reports from Boston and Philadelphia detail near pursuit of a Spanish sloop with 60 men through the Windward Passage, a brigantine voyage, and a captured crew stripped of clothing. Also note deaths of Joseph Crowden and a Rhode Island sloop destroyed by lightning off Guinea with enslaved crew saved by long boat.
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Boston
Jarvis
Jamaica
Fune
Gardner
Taft
Philadelphia
Joseph Crowden
Rhode Island
Funez
West Indies
Godfrey Malbone
Guiney
Caleb Godfrey
Earl of Granard sails for West Indies with squadron
Ireland July 22 Dublin reports the Earl of Granard arriving from England to sail with his squadron for the West Indies after receiving instructions. Also noted is the death of Lady Duncannon, mother of Lord Tulla, triggering a 600 pounds annual allowance to him. Preparations proceed to transport 250 soldiers from established regiments to reinforce Port Mahon. Remains from Killarney state Lord Fitzmaurice wed Lady Gertrude Lambert.
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Ireland
Dublin
Earl of Granard
England
West-Indies
Lady Duncannon
Lord Tullaby
Port Mahon
Killarney
Kerry
Lord Fitzmaurice
Gertrude Lambert
York Crown Side Affices Ended for the County
York report notes the Affices on the Crown Side for the County of York concluded on the date in July, marking the end of a procedural segment. The brief item records the closure without detailing subsequent actions or outcomes.
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Country News
York
County of
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Malefafors
Stephen Watson
Benjamin Bowser
John Goodwin
Ann Moor
Mr. Stainton
Knavesmire
Taylor
Wright
Hards
Sharps
Company of Watermen
Mediterranean
Griffiths
St. Christopher’s
Havanna
Puerto Rico
Prince’s Chamber
Westminster
Charter
Viscount Townshend
Joseph Jekyll
Rolls
Joseph Burchell
Bank
Battersea Church
Jane Wynn
David Wynn
Palle Mall
John Simpson
Simpson
Aldermanbury Church
Henrietta Stapells
East India Company
Dodson
Swithen’s-lane
Cannon Street
Road-lane
Morley
Serjeant Morley
John Gardiner
Sarah
Mellih
Blyth
Nottingham
Kensington Gardens
John Peirie
Nathaniel Curzon
Great Burstead
Essex
Florence
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