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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 1775
Page
3
On last Wednesday night in Barrack-fire a soldier from the 16th foot was attacked by unknown villains. A second soldier from the 9th regiment was assaulted at Blondy bridge. he remains missing. At 1 45 fears rise that he has been murdered, his hat found on the bridge.
Cambridge reports the 1774 1775 duelling themed poems judged in favor of Charles Peter Layard and Samuel Hayes both MA of St Johns and Trinity Colleges respectively on 7 Tokach Oct 75. News notes losses of cutters off Lowestoff and two vessels near Aldborough with several drowned bodies washing ashore.
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures across ports including Falmouth Liverpool and Southampton. Vessels such as Friendship Roma Elizabeth Day Harmony Success and many others are reported sailing from Waterford Leg horn Memel Archangel and more with numerous names and destinations.
Tts reports the Earl of Dartmouth appointed Lord Privy Seal replacing the resigned Duke of Grafton and Lord George Germaine named Secretary of State for the Provisions. A hurricane-driven voyage from Liverpool to Dublin wrecks multiple ships near Formby and Parkgate. over a hundred passengers aboard Fly Packet, with several perishing. Vessels including Traffick, Hector, Peggy, Favourite, Betty, and others suffer wrecks. many crews drowned, cargoes lost, and only partial salvages.
Reports of ships arriving after storms and long passages from Cork Dublin Jamaica and Jamaica to Glasgow with crews and delays. A magistrates bench in Whitechapel handles coinage crimes as couples elope with military men and a fire damages warehouses and a gold-beater's shop. Marriages and deaths are listed with several local figures noted.
The Authentic Account records the Wednesday Tyburn executions of five men for transportation offences, robbery, and related crimes. Robert Angus, 22, born in London, cites gaming as his ruin. John Wilde, 26, from Shropshire, attributes his fall to pride and an unhappy affair. James Johnston, 29, a butcher, and Thomas Bath, 22, London-born, professed Catholic faith while under sentence. John Yardy faces contingencies.
The 28 year old John Yardly born in Birmingham faced execution for coining. He admitted guilt but minimized the sentence. On execution day, three Protestant prisoners received communion. Bath confessed hypocrisy for money, repented, and prayed with the others, dying in communion with the Church free from papal errors.
The State Lottery Office at No 11 Poultry London lists capital prizes sold and registered across multiple lotteries with specific ticket numbers and prize amounts. It notes that tickets and shares are available on reasonable terms and that drawing begins Monday November 13, with money paid for prizes and secure, faithful handling of government securities and transfer records.
The text outlines a lottery scheme offering two prizes per five ticket units and eight shares, with calculations cited to show favorable odds. Purchasers of five whole tickets or fractions are promised two prizes, proportional to six numbers, for a cost of twelve guineas each, plus a print agreement delivered on demand.
Auction-like note offering shares and tickets for a lottery scheme. It promises payments in whole or in shares by signatories Molesworth, R. and J. Johnson, with detailed share prices and fractional options. The ad directs readers to offices in Holborn Fleet Street and King Street for full details and purchase.
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