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London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 12, 1776

Page

3

Arrivals and notices from Gravesend and ports

Ships arrive and depart with cargoes and crews across Gravesend Cork Londonderry Madeira and Dublin. Notable items include vessels from Petersburgh Rotterdam and Gibraltar. arrivals to Yarmouth and Plymouth. royal visits and sermons at chapel royal. a Bishopthorpe death. a river Dwina navigation project with tax plan. and Admiralty updates on ships parting company from Gibraltar and Levant convoy.

Gravesend Libery Ladd Stranngek Petersburgh Brisith King Fotherly Msmel Southamptom Smeer Rotterdam Deal Wind S.S.W Susannah Geantmore Gibraltar Laf Camberwell Ogilvie Lisbonn Phorsix Hiragr William and Elizabeth Thorr Portfi Fleece Moore Plymouth Nevas Seonte Sconce Embdtn Boyd Templeman Hamburgh King David Hogarth Stockholm St. George Williamson Dalton Malaga Daniel Legar Guernsey Londonderry Nautilons Robinson London Corks William and Chalotte Lindse Admiral Mestague Power Newfoundland Wales Memel Arther Mary Ann, White Eubjina Madeira Shinden Lothian Rockingham Harvard Gog Robey Aurher Ad Beefy Sally Gibiss Gorge Langdon Po 1 Yarmouth Brisby Porteus Chapel Royal Harah Earl of Ashburnham Queen’s Palace James Esdaile Kennet Walter Rawlinson Clarke St. Paul’s Cathedral Sandiford Dent Bishopthorpe Robert Drummond York Petersbourgh Dwina Benedict Fatow Count de Brown Livonia Fatow de Faton Offend Maria Theresa Bernard de Giray Joséph the Second Michael le Grand Prince Charles Alexander de Vos Prince de Stahremberg Joseph Cornelius Admiralty Office Mather William Ramsey Matter John and Rebecca Leith George Finley Dalrymple Andrew Gray North West Admiralty Jam P. Stephens Lisbon Levant Argo M’kenzee Charles Town Bourdeaux Congress Zephyr Portugal Priddis Hope Dartmouth Cadiz Buenos Ayres Wilson Northmerica Friends Stalker Antigua Halifax Philadelphia Hunter Leeward Islands Great Britain Dominica Admiral Montague Childham Wood Cork John Catherine Owens Maria Brown Cornelia

Winds and arrivals shift mail ships and a divorce case

News briefs report ships arriving at Bristol Madeira and Dublin with mail from Lisbon and Quebec, mis nada and Orkney, plus a Glasgow tender crew, and ships bound for the West Indies. A divorce bill advances in Doctors Commons as a nobleman seeks separation on adultery grounds with strong evidence.

Vandegra Rotterdam Alfter Dublin Falmouth Hanover Hill Lisbon Judith Mary Hocking London Worcester Groves West Indies Leeward Islands Madeira Bristol Buckingham Stockland Quebec Warren Justitia Parks New-York Portmouth Glasgow Deptford Dacres Orkney Whitehaven Limerick Ness Stromner Doctors Commons Betterworth

High Water Timings At London And Scotland Millstone

Fragmentary notice appears to list high water timings for London and Scotland with multiple hours and days following specific daily slots. Text attributes indicate publication by authority to Parliament and a printer named William Cooke Ridge.

Lord's House Sermon Urges National Reform and Repentance

Framed as a December Friday gathering in the Lords, the sermon by Rev. Br. Hurd of Litchfield and Coventry urged personal and national moral renewal. He condemned luxury and gaming, called for public virtue, and urged printing of the sermon. The session adjourned to January 23.

Wrestminster Abbey Br. Hurd Litchfield and Coventry Times British Empire Litchfield Coventry

Westminster writ for new member after Earls death

The House ordered a new writ for Westminster to replace Earl Percy, who ascends to the peerage as Baron Percy after his mother the Duchess of Northumberland dies. Petitions from York Buildings Co. referred, Islington workhouse bill read and passed, inclosure reports approved. Friday adjourned. Sermon at St. Margaret's urged providence, humility, and national virtue. Adjourned to January 2.

Honate City of Westminster Earl Percy House of Peers Baron Percy Duchess of Northumberland York Buildings Company Islington

Forshe London Evening Post: Baron and The Jolly Young Waterman

A fragment from Forshe London Evening Post discusses a baron and the song The Jolly Young Waterman. It mentions a minister at the head of the treasury and notes war with France or Spain as a focus, with the minister described as sharp and witty and his work done neatly despite opposition.

London Evening Post Baron Young Waterman Treasury

Taxation and war stir grievances in Birmingham

A fragmented wartime verse from Birmingham dated December 4 critiques taxation as the spark for quarrel and corruption. It laments ministers favoring contractors and jobbers, warns that the burden will hit English taxpayers, and predicts consequences for the home front amid increasing ships and planning taxes. The piece frames the war as enriching a few at the public’s expense.

Birmingham

Creditors of Thomaas Stisted Claim Against Deceased

In obedience to a High Court of Chancery decree the creditors named in the 1725 schedule are ordered to come before Peter Holford at Symond's Inn Chancery-Laws London by the twelfth day of February to prove their claims or risk exclusion from the decree’s benefits. Names include Edward Ventris, Frederick Alse, Francis Edgar, Thomas Day, John Ethie, Robert Cather, Edward Hulsbads, Henry Sainner, John Steward, Richard Wooathorp, Mrs Hoot, Mrs Banloff, Joan Shiner, Robert Miunnings, and others or their legal representatives.

Robert Cather Edward Hulsbads Henry Sainner Merchart John Steward Richard Wooathorp Hoot Banloff Thomas Ventris Clers Joan Shiner Robert Miunnings Tamassidinge Etys John Raynter Baymaker Peter Holford Symond's Inn Chancery-Laws Lindon

Wine and Brandy Savings Promoted at Rallin Shop

An advertisement extols wine and brandy bargains at Rallin Wine and Brandy Warehouse. It claims wines from English-made traditions rival foreign varieties, selling at 3 pounds 10 shillings and 33s 6d per gallon with several prices noted. Brandy priced around 5 pounds 6d and 7 shillings per gallon, claiming parity with foreign goods at higher costs. Orders from the countryside are welcomed and money refunded if goods are faulty.

Bef France

Auction notice for timber near Farnham Surrey 1714

A notice announces sale by auction on Monday afternoon at the Queen’s Head Farnham Surrey for lots of oak elm and beech timber in Moor Park Farnham. Mr John Hoar and Mr Thomas Saith will show the timber and printed particulars will be produced. The Mooe Pack location is about eight miles from Guildford and near the navigable Godalium river.

Queen's Head Farnham Surry Andrea Moor-Park John Hoar Thomas Saith

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