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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 07, 1790
Page
6
The principal officers of the Navy announce readiness on Thursday of the current month to confer with individuals willing to supply specified stores under existing contracts. This notice invites interested parties to engage with the yard authorities regarding supply arrangements and terms.
Notice that payments of half pay to Admirals Captains Lieutenants and Masters will start at 10 o'clock each day from Monday the 130th to Friday the 17th at the Navy Pay Office. Attendants must bring affidavits and certificates declaring no prior amphablie employment and allegiance sworn. If attending via attorneys, affidavits must be produced from the attorneys.
In the Commons a committee of the whole House was ordered to consider Ways and Means for raising supplies for the king. Mr Gilbert chaired as bond motions and reports were presented. The Committee of Supply was postponed to Friday next as minutes record a day of business and adjournment.
Yesterday the mail from Flanders brought intelligence deemed important and authentic by the authors. They pledge the information for public knowledge and rely on a trusted authority.
Frantic events unfold as General Koehler leads a retreat from Namur while Schees feldt’s center collapses and disorder erupts. Austrians arrive to restore calm as mobs loot magazines, while taxes, postings and court news ripple through London and Dublin.
A colonial era court report notes a formation of indictments under the 6th Geo. 1 statute for tearing and defacing garments, and describes a remand after a defendant declined defense. Sixteen prisoners faced trial with two capital convictions for breakings and entries and other felonies after lengthy proceedings in open court.
The fragment describes strict commands to use force against civilians and threats of death for disobedience. It mentions German troops or authorities in a context of field orders and reprisals, with references to leaders and movements amid a retreat.
A blaze destroyed a house in Crown street, causing fear among temporary residents seen fleeing garret windows in night attire. The event left no material damage beyond the fire, but frightened onlookers reported the rapid extinction of the flames and a cloud of alarm over the neighborhood. Several lottery numbers and local notices are interwoven in the report alongside obituaries and clerical election results.
Excaat on our latt In the Advertisement of an Edition of Dr Johnsons Dictionary with the Authorities at large printed and sold by Mr Longman one vol fulix al sos read gl 38 also fe another in two vols groy 21 105 rad gl 38.
Readable figures mention bonds and tontine terms with percentages and dates. Several items reference annuities, dividends, and interest rates amid unclear tabular data.
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