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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 20, 1797
Page
1
Located at Greenwich Kent the house offers six or eight rooms and pleasant setting. Available for three or four months from mid May at moderate terms. The owner renews yearly but may not renew if no desirable tenant is found. Apply to Mr Baker printer of this paper for particulars.
An advertisement announces the publication of Part II and III of the History of London and its Environs by John Stockdale. It describes two large Royal quarto volumes with numerous maps and views, including a four-sheet map of the country within 20 to 30 miles of London, and lists prices for subscribers and non-subscribers, details about paper, plates, and a subscriber list to be printed.
Letters and testimonials praise Welch's Female Pills with claims of remarkable relief and health restoration. The notices cite customers, endorsements, and varying addresses in London and nearby towns, urging trust in the remedy and detailing prices and stamp disclosures.
In a session concerning Dunbartonshire a new writ was ordered while a petition from Great Yarmouth seeks hearing against a bill moving lent offices from Thetford to Norwich. W Bird proposes amending an act to suspend two Bank of England promissory note acts. bill read first time and to be read second tomorrow. Adjournment follows as Lushington hints at wheel-carriages and turnpike reforms.
London dispatch reports the Prince of Wirtemberg's coastal tour and upcoming royal marriage. It also covers loan talks in Sackville Street, financial figures for an eighteen million loan, and turbulent Portsmouth sailor discontent with pay and provisions amid government tension and partisan criticism.
A packet from Franckfort and the Hamburg Mail arrives reporting sailors accused of flogging and mutiny, while Tyrol and Friuli shows no official French progress. The Rhine front and Italian campaigns appear linked, with Austrian defenses and Hungarian nobility mobilized. Observers foresee decisive events shaping the campaign's fate.
Portsmout h April 19 Yesterday at eleven oclock Lord Spencer and two other Lords of the Admiralty arrived to settle the grievances the seamen allege from disobedience and disorder. Lords Bridport Gardner and Admiral Colpoys met them while Sir Peter Parker, commander in chief at this port, attended. Romney freed from embargo failed to Newfoundland while sailors assert control and threaten punishment for infractions. Ships keep to orders yet sailors dictate terms, with a yard rope ready to hang violators. The La Nymphe has arrived and Monarch departed for Spithead. Royal Williams crew faced hostility from Royal Sovereign men if they cheer.
Plymouth reports this morning that His Majesty's ship Greyhound of 32 guns under Captain Israel Pellew ran foul of a ship at sea causing a sprung buwprit. She proceeds to Hamoaze to refit after departure from Indefa tigable and the Phebe, both 38 gun ships under Sir Edward Pellew and Captain Barlow, cruising Westward.
An extract from Portsmouth dated April 19 reports a rising naval protest at Spithead. A four-man seamen’s committee from each ship chairs meetings in the Admiral’s cabin aboard the Royal George. A lengthy petition demands pay rise to 15 shillings daily, 10 ounces per pound of provisions, higher prize-money, and pensions for wounded sailors. Earl Spencer has tentatively promised to present the first two aims to the King, but the fleet currently governs itself and awaits the monarch’s decision on the petition.
Reported events describe a convoy ordered to sea then reaching St Belen's for favorable winds. An extraordinary guard from West Kent Militia mounted with colours to receive the Painct of Wirtmberg as crowds gathered at the Fountain Inn. A Serene magistrate arrived later to cheers from onlookers.
In Gosport the Seamen in Haflar Hospital join the Sailors, flying a flag in approval. No women may leave ships, punishments for drunkenness are described, and only frigates with convoys may sail from Spithead. Boats few ashore, officers scarce in Portsmouth Portsea Gosport. Marines disarmed, guarding magazines.
Sporting intelligence from Newmarket reports the Second Class of the Oatland Stakes with entrys including Lord Titchford's Wifer, Darsham, Yeoman, Crawler, and Milfer. Winners limited to first five. weights and betting shown. Hambletonian leading at 2 to 1 alongside Almator and Sweeper in early odds.
The Ints State Lottery opens drawing Monday July 24 1797. Tickets and shares on sale at Richardson Goop Lucr Co. 104 Bank Buildings Cornhill. 8 opposite the King's Mews Charing Crofa. House of Stevenson Matchett Market Place Norwich. Present price Half 31 8s Eighth 17s 6d Fourth il 1s Sixteenth 9d. Nicholson No 16 Cornhill near Bank of England announces Irish State Lottery tickets issued from His Majesty's Treasury Dublin in great variety of numbers with shares ready for sale.
Obscure mixed notices announce marriages and deaths including Rev William Shippen Willes to Miss Williams of Panthowel Carmarthen, and the death of William Leigh Symes Esquire of Uffordhall Northamptonshire. Also listed are clergy and officers such as Rev Peter Ney comé, Hon George Baillie, Mr John Gitson, Mrs Millington, and Surrogate Samuel Whitehorne with various regional ties and titles.
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