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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 16, 1776
Page
3
A servant girl milking a cow near Hayden-bridge was struck dead by lightning. Two women at Williams-Dyke near Ridley-Hat were killed in a similar strike. In Oxford a quarry worker was killed by lightning during a storm. Cattle suffered substantial damage in the fields.
The list documents arrivals at several ports with ships such as the Dragon, Eagle Ayton, and Jolly Sanderson from places like Naples and Norway. Other vessels include the Admiral Keppel from Jamaica, the Dorset Yacht from Chester, and the Barbadoes ships Echo and Phia Doris from London.
A London letter dated Halifax Funk 43 1775 describes arriving troops awaiting wind to sail to New York and confront provincial resistance. It notes expected limited violence, fear of supply shortages, and belief provinces may join the effort for restored privileges. Also reports on Barbadoes ships, Bristol privateers, alleged burning of New York, a Constantinople court decision, and Royal Navy activity including new hulks.
The report details ships and convict work at Woolwich, a large crowd in Soho for the Masquerade, street thefts including eight to ten watches, a house collapse at Mr Figes’s shop, and robberies in Whitehall and Copenhagen House. At Bow Street, Robert Harley and Edward George faced murder charges in Pierson case, with Fielding urging restraint. Developments include forgeries by Henry Daniel, silk thefts near Charing Cross, and several executions at Tyburn for highway robbery, counterfeiting, and burglary, alongside new clerical appointments and marriages and deaths in Bath Stepney and London.
A July masquerade hosted by Mrs Cornelys drew about 450 guests in a candle lit revel, with open rooms, tea and supper, illuminated terraces, and music. Notable attendees included Irish Carmelites, Sir Moses M Sampson, and various figures in fancy dress, while complaints lingered over licentious behavior and noisy aftermath.
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