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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 28, 1771
Page
3
A 1790 account describes David Island renamed Saint Charles after a French commandant claimed it for Spain. The report notes the island lies farther from Callao and about 680 leagues from Chile. Locals greet visitors with offerings, yet the inhabitants live simply in caves, lack arms, and worship stone statues, while a croft commemorates the event.
Deat reports storms with ships riding out the wind while others arrive and sail for Stangate Creek and Denia. Arrivals include Two Brothers and Elizabeth at Bristol and Philadelphia, plus several vessels from Cork, Newry, Limerick, and Ostend sailing for Bristol Jamaica Bremen and Cadiz with crews named.
In Parliament a heated motion probes the authority behind pensions for Jeremian Dyson Ely and his two sons on the Irish list funded by surplus funds. Patriots oppose the crown's claimed prerogative, insisting no such power exists amid national debt, while noting historical bindings between Ireland and England. An Irish House of Commons vote on revenue officers is described as equivocal, with conspiratorial hints about public deception. A letter from Leghorn reports Duke of Gloucester's gradual recovery and readiness to travel.
A dated fragment from London reports travel notes in Lille with the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland staying at the Hotel de Bourbon. It mentions the Duchess's elegance, a new bridge opening at Battersea, and various urban incidents including a fire, break ins, an attempted escape of Jewish prisoners, a public watch act proposal, and local deaths, marriages, and promotions.
A crowd of names appears tied to residences and roles in London society, with at Upper Brook Street mentions of James Qfmaod, Esq. at Bath Thomas Wilkinson of Lawrence Pountney Lane, and others including a prominent librarian, a merchant, and a Glasshouse, amid a long list of prize numbers drawn yesterday. The list includes numerous prizes and numbers, suggesting a lottery or prize drawing tale common to the period.
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