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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 14, 1780
Page
3
From Copenhagen reports on November 21 a severe fodder shortage and high cattle deaths result from last summer's unfavourable weather and sustained snow. A moderate fishing season adds to the strain, raising fears residents may be forced to eat horse meat if the dearth continues.
A London dispatch reports ministry allies denying Intelligence on the Channel fleet. It notes dispersed fleets, possible Darby hopes to meet homeward Indiamen, and ministerial claims challenged by critics. Details include Cornwallis era ships, privateers, Court of Directors agenda, and riots verdicts.
A selective notice lists multiple social and professional figures across Britain. It mentions Francis Vivares landscape engraver in Great Newport Street, John Laing of Barnfoot Scotland, Mrs Savage tied to Richard Savage, Esq in Kent, James Smyth in Upper Grosvenor Street, Bath for Mrs James, Mrs Leece of the War Office in Dean Street Soho, and Chandler the apothecary in Cheapside, with events scheduled on a forthcoming Saturday fo'night and Sunday. The brief item records these appointments and residences.
Yesterday several numbers were drawn at Guildhall with prizes attached. Notable entries include 33 173 100 and 36 27 34 248 43 018 40 172 100. Other listed numbers include 13 913 45 474 46 1976 35 297 24 902 8619 38 231 91750 37 973 46 478 33 497 385799.
Prices for corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, malt, peas, beans, tares, flour, rape seed and related goods listed with varied shillings and pence, per measure or weight, including specific lots and lots per tack, reflecting market rates at the Bear Key area.
Mefirs Sharman and Co advertise insuring numbers at a small premium with a chance to win a fifty pound prize if drawn above twenty. They claim to have paid out hundreds of pounds under this plan and list multiple offices in Fleet Street Poultry Cornhill Exchange Alley High Holborn St James Street Cockspur Street and Fleet Market near Obelisk for their insurance business.
The General Quarterly Meeting of the Triftees will be held at their Office in Bank Street Cornhill London on Thursday January 4 1781 at ten in the forenoon. All persons who have suffered loss by fire are requested to present their claims for satisfaction. Attendance is also given at Craig’s Court Charing Cross for insuring houses goods and merchandise from loss by fire throughout Great Britain.
An ornate prospectus promotes Lady's Poetical Magazine or Beauties of British Poetry printed in refined type. It promises selections from Shakespeare and Milton plus modern and female authors, with copper plates and frontispieces by notable artists, and advertises a new edition of the Novelist's Magazine.
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