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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 04, 1776
Page
1
Paris reports say orders were sent to Brest to dispatch several warships whose destination is unknown amid ongoing discussions of military reforms. The French Assembly of the Clergy approved a 16 million livre free gift, while talks of a potential alliance with Austria surface.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a Theatre Royal satire and a dissolution of Parliament planned for February with a new meeting in May. Names and clear details are unreadable. A last Wednesday arrival in Acetland is mentioned but not clarified.
On Wednesday fragmented notes report two candidates at large for an election. Mentions Mr Thomas Bowes, deceased, and Mr Gilbert Dixon resignations due to illness. Unclear spelling and broken place names indicate a damaged OCR segment from a local country news column.
A garbled shipping notice records winds from an E N E direction as vessels JAMAICA bound and sailing from the Downs including the Earl of Sandwich, Henry Richardson, and Ruffian. It lists several ships and ports such as Barford Ely, Union, Eagle Jamaica and references sailings from London to St Augustine and Jamaica with various captains and routes.
A dispatch from the Continental Army dated near St. Feins reports operations with prisoners taken and a skirmish involving the Green Mountain and second regiment troops. Major Brown and Colonel Allen are named, with forces driven toward the Serrel and Lean pressed to act. Cana chasis were pressed into service.
Royal proclamation offers prize to seamen ages eighteen to fifty entering service before February's day for the navy. It invites enlistment aboard ships or tenders and promises a royal reward for those who volunteer for the king's ships under captains or lieutenants.
Reports detail naval press warrants, bounty rules for seamen, and officers departing for Pool and Falmouth to recruit mariners. Letters reveal Canadian distress, American Congress papers, and Boston exchanges. Local notices warn price controls in Rhode Island, with warnings to curb tea sales and enforce wartime measures.
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