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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 10, 1776
Page
3
A letter from Leypen recounts a merchant ship voyage beginning November 3 1775 from Texel under Captain Jurrensen. In a severe storm off Jutland the captain ordered six barrels of oil spilled overboard to calm the seas, allowing the ship to regain control and enter port safely.
Arrivals and departures noted for various ships along the coast and Atlantic routes. Vessels named include Sally from Bristol, Diligence from Chester, Britannia, Bernst, Severn, and more with arrivals at Dartmouth, Jamaica, and Grenada ports. Several ships arrive from Lisbon Bilbao Ferrol Grenada and London.
A Watertown letter reports heavy Newfoundland fishing losses on Sept 6 totaling over 4000 men who planned two more trips then to enlist in regular service. The Sampson arrives from New York, seized at Portsmouth under a late act seizing two thirds American property, with a box of letters found in ballast. Other items note ships fitted for America, Lisbon mail, Jamaica and Africa arrivals, and a collapsible bridge after floods.
The notice records a Grosvenor Square fire sparked relief work by parish engines and Sun Fire-men. It lists pardons for Eleanor Brown conditioned on exile. It then reports marriages at Whitehaven and Fleet Street, and multiple obituaries and local deaths across Dublin, Westmeath, Maryborough, Willington, Clapton, Rotherhithe, Clare-market, and Moorfields with ages and details of professions and residences.
A British scheme to raise funds for charitable relief in North America is outlined with subscriptions to be received by Mc Hoare and Co Bankers at Elee epaltreet and Drummond and Co Bankers at ChatingroG. The plan aims to unite bishops and clergy in support, requiring concurrence and input from various benefactors to enable speeches aimed at aiding the charitable cause.
A historical satire titled This Day savas published in Quario priced at Ore Shilling ROMETHEUS or The RISE of MORAL EVIL. The work is sold by I Wilkie at Mo 71 St Pauls Church-yard, indicating a 19th century pamphlet circulation and authorial attribution.
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